Inside St. Nick’s Christmas Decor Shop two toddlers sit on Santa’s lap, one crying as the other smiles. Nearby, a cat climbs a fully decorated Christmas Tree under the watchful eye of a dog. Underneath a table filled with Christmas houses are baskets of candies and gingerbread men. Outside the …
Among the Christmas paraphernalia we unpack each year is a gingerbread house mold. Circa 1995, the Cozy Cottage kit was sold by Longaberger, a company whose headquarters looked like a picnic basket because baskets were their real bread and butter. My mother passed it down to us, never used, thinking …
Martha Stewart ushered in an era of women seeking domestic perfection for which I’m not sure I’ll ever forgive her. Thanks to Martha, almost none of us can do enough to make a party themed and festive, decorate our homes in a complimentary palette, or create lush, landscaped gardens dotted …