F THERE’S ONE THING DANNY PELLEGRINO, HOST OF THE HUGELY POPULAR podcast, is ready for, it’s the holidays. “I’m a festive person. I love decorating for whatever holiday it is. I’m a huge fan of table scaping.” And after the success of his bestselling first book, Pellegrino decided to lean into his love for the holidays with his new book of essays, (Sourcebooks, October). “It focuses on the Christmas holidays, but there’s a Halloween chapter in there, there’s some Thanksgiving, all sorts of stuff.” And it certainly wasn’t difficult for Pellegrino to find sources of inspiration for the book. “The holidays are so filled with emotion that there’s so many stories.” He “just wanted to make sure that there was a balance of really funny, heartfelt and a little drama.” It’s the heart Pellegrino brings to his stories which is what makes this book and everything he does so successful. “It’s so important to just sort of celebrate the things that you love, because you’ll find the community of people who also love those things.”
