Summary: During the month of December the invitations — to buttered rum-fueled cocktail parties with friends, obligatory office gatherings and cookie swaps — come fast and furious. The casualty of all this capital “E” entertaining is that we all but stop having friends over to our homes for dinner, citing exploding to-do lists and calendars.But this is exactly the right time of year to invite some people over for supper. Supper is different from a dinner party.
