On the most basic level, sequins are small, shiny discs, so the trick is to pair them with their opposite: anything matte, fuzzy, or, yes, fluffy (another key texture of the festive season.) ...

Catering came courtesy of culinary-arts students. South Puget Sound Community College, for instance, crafted some 3,000 small bites like “crispy kraken wontons” and custom chocolates.