Holiday

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 slice of a thanksgiving hot pocket on a plate

Recipe

Chef Meg Gray of Tujague’s in New Orleans has devised the perfect day-after brunch treat

People carol inside a cavern

Arts & Culture

The commonwealth’s quirkiest holiday event happens to be one of its most magical

A hot cocktail in a glass sits by a half-eaten cookie and a silver platter with a silver tea pot and a bottle of gin

Recipe

Madeira, citrus, and a bit of Victorian flair come together in a Dickens-approved winter sipper

A spread of pecans

Recipe

The perfect snack for a Southern holiday gathering

A pan of brown cake with powdered sugar on top

Recipe

Sorghum syrup, orange marmalade, and black pepper takes this spiced cake to the next level

A stack of moravian cookies

Recipe

Inspired by the Moravian women of North Carolina

Two loves of challah shaped like alligators

Food & Drink

The challahgator is quickly becoming a holiday favorite

A bow of a boat is decorated with a garland of evergreens. It sits on top of aqua blue water

Travel

Candy-striped boat awnings, stone crab claws in silver champagne buckets, and bougainvillea everywhere—Bahamas-based interior designer and legendary hostess Amanda Lindroth puts on a tropical holiday to remember

An illustration of woman with a hat kneeling in a garden shed with a fruitcake

Country Accent

Think you despise it? Not so fast

A man in a studio restores statues of gnomes

Arts & Culture

“I genuinely believe they have magic in them,” Will Jackson says as Rock City prepares for a very special holiday display

A man pulls a fried turkey out of a pot

Recipe

An outdoor fryer cooks the best bird, says the Nashville restaurateur—and also fires up the party

A smoked turkey on a table

Recipe

Low and slow is the way to go this Thanksgiving, says the Puckett’s proprietor

A man holds a board with a turkey on it

Recipe

The longtime caterer and restaurateur knows that roasting still rules—but you may be roasting wrong

A trio of cooked turkeys

Food & Drink

Food for thought—and a trio of recipes—from seasoned Nashville restaurateurs

Gift Guide

Clever surcees, cheeky Southern ornaments, and more special “little somethings” for everyone on your list

Ham cream on top of a hashbrown on a plate

Recipe

Nashville restaurant Audrey transforms country ham trimmings into possibly the most Southern topping ever

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

Gift Guide

Whether it’s a new book about a legendary musician, matching Christmas jammies, or a camp dutch oven for a firepit gathering, here’s what G&G staffers hope to unwrap this year