DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I host an annual holiday dinner for a group of neighbors, one of whom has asked in the past if he could bring a guest. My wife, on our behalf, has always said yes.

Dear Eric: Christmas is a very difficult time for me, and I typically don’t celebrate as I don’t have any close family, and it only brings back painful memories. I moved a couple of years ago and ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My wife and I host an annual holiday dinner for a group of neighbors, one of whom has asked in the past if he could bring a guest. My wife, on our behalf, has always said yes.

Dear Eric: My spouse and I are an older couple with some family members who live in the same town as us and some family who live out of state. The families who live near us only invite us to functions ...

If you’re kicking the holiday season off with Thanksgiving hosting duties, there’s something you need to know—invites are always appropriate and, according to Diane Gottsman, national etiquette expert ...