Christmas

Christmas dishware

Arts & Culture

For nearly ninety years, Spode Christmas Tree has had a place at the Southern holiday table

Arts & Culture

Five tips from the longtime floral designers behind the city’s grandest fir

Christmas wreath on gate

home & garden

See the bounty of fruit-studded wreaths, handmade ornaments, and greenery-draped doorways galore

Two horses

Arts & Culture

Whether delivering a tree to the White House or just greeting visitors to their farm, the “Clydes” all have distinct personalities

Outside a Japanese KFC storefront

Travel

A bucket full of familiar tastes and surprising lore on one Southerner’s trip to Tokyo

A historic courthouse in the snow

Travel

How Dahlonega is taking “straight out of a Hallmark movie” to the next level

an overview of a table, with tea cups

Home & Garden

Tips and a tutorial from a Charleston hotelier. (Don’t forget the clotted cream.)

A white house decorated with wreaths for christmas

Travel

An annual contest challenges makers to create wreaths using materials available in the eighteenth century. Peek at seven of this year’s winners.

A man at a holiday bar pours a drink

Home & Garden

The tiki legend shares a few simple ingredients for a DIY tropical pop-up

Dusting powdered sugar on a bunt cake

Recipe

A holiday classic from Virginia’s barrier islands

A spread of french toast and fruit and nuts

Recipe

A warm recipe for a merry breakfast

Slices of cheesecake

Recipe

This simple cheesecake tastes like the holidays

A tray of bread pudding

Recipe

Day-old bread gets new life in this tasty treat

Spreads of french toast

Food & Drink

Think outside the punchbowl and dive into these nog-infused desserts and one decadent breakfast

Nutcrackers stand outside a holiday-decorated hotel

Travel

With towering trees, dazzling lights, extravagant gingerbread, and more

Am illustration of a woman with a santa hat writing a list on a stack of cards

Southern Conundrum

What does it take to get on the naughty list?

A field of Christmas trees at Wishon Evergreens in Sparta, North Carolina.

Land & Conservation

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, farms are still welcoming guests and churning out Fraser firs

A woman presses a green vintage sewing machine on boxwood and cedar sprigs on a wood table.

Home & Garden

Floral artist Mary Spotswood Underwood demonstrates why you need this old-fashioned contraption

A coup glass with a cocktail on a green background

Recipes

Give your nog a nudge with this mixologist-approved interpretation

An illustration of a boy wearing a Santa costume in a mall with a Christmas tree

traditions

For a young boy, holiday magic arrived in the form of a little red suit