Miss Manners advises on polite dinner table setting for guest with dietary restrictions

A reader seeks advice on how to set a dinner table for a formal event, where one guest cannot eat food due to medical reasons. They wonder if the guest should have a full place setting or just glasses. Miss Manners suggests setting a full table to avoid drawing attention to the guest's situation. She also recommends consulting the guest for their preference regarding the setting. In other inquiries, Miss Manners addresses whether to disclose the donation amount made in memory of a friend's daughter and confirms that sending New Year’s cards can be done until March, depending on the celebration.