{"id":9447,"date":"2020-03-16T21:31:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-16T21:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/?post_type=product&p=9447"},"modified":"2025-11-13T12:30:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T12:30:35","slug":"entertaining-is-fun","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Entertaining Is Fun!"},"content":{"rendered":"

“This is a book on making living fun. On having your friends to the house and on how to give them a good time. And incidentally, on how to give yourself a good time as well”<\/i> writes Dorothy Draper<\/b> in her best selling book, Entertaining is Fun!: How To Be A Popular Hostess.<\/i>
\n With her wit and can-do flair, Draper guides aspiring hosts and hostesses on how to excel at dinner parties, holiday meals, weekend guests, weddings, and more. And indeed, Draper’s secret is simple: If a hostess has fun, her guests will too! Also available: Decorating is Fun!: How to be Your Own Decorator<\/a><\/i> ISBN 9780985225629<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Originally published in 1941, this guide is filled with tips, advice and anecdotes, and includes a new introduction by acclaimed designer Carleton Varney.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9448,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[16737,5685],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-9447","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-gift-stationery","7":"product_cat-interiors","8":"author-by-author-dorothy-draper","9":"publisher-shannongrove-press","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"shipping-taxable","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEntertaining Is Fun! - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Entertaining Is Fun! - ACC Art Books US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Originally published in 1941, this guide is filled with tips, advice and anecdotes, and includes a new introduction by acclaimed designer Carleton Varney.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ACC Art Books US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-11-13T12:30:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9780985225636-04-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"672\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/\",\"name\":\"Entertaining Is Fun! - ACC Art Books US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9780985225636-04-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-16T21:31:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-11-13T12:30:35+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9780985225636-04-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9780985225636-04-1.jpg\",\"width\":672,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Books\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/books\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Entertaining Is Fun!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/\",\"name\":\"ACC Art Books US\",\"description\":\"One of the world\u2019s leading publishers and distributors of books on the arts and visual culture\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Entertaining Is Fun! - ACC Art Books US","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Entertaining Is Fun! - ACC Art Books US","og_description":"Originally published in 1941, this guide is filled with tips, advice and anecdotes, and includes a new introduction by acclaimed designer Carleton Varney.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/","og_site_name":"ACC Art Books US","article_modified_time":"2025-11-13T12:30:35+00:00","og_image":[{"width":672,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9780985225636-04-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/","name":"Entertaining Is Fun! - ACC Art Books US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9780985225636-04-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-03-16T21:31:59+00:00","dateModified":"2025-11-13T12:30:35+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9780985225636-04-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/app\/uploads\/books\/9780985225636-04-1.jpg","width":672,"height":1000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/entertaining-is-fun\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Books","item":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/books\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Entertaining Is Fun!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/","name":"ACC Art Books US","description":"One of the world\u2019s leading publishers and distributors of books on the arts and visual culture","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/9447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=9447"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=9447"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=9447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}