We have always had quite an unconventional Christmas and that’s just the way I like it!

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Christmas was always a solid 24 hours spent with my family, who all lived within three streets of one another.

The minis

Swim, Swim, Swim

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Natural Deodorants

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Underneath it All

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Spring Sniffs

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Spring Dresses

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Micellar Magic

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Cream for Spring

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Calm Balm

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If you have ever wondered what an Australian Christmas is like, I’m not going to lie: it’s a little stupidly idyllic.

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“Are your parents divorced?”

A random question to get during the holidays. Of course it never comes from friends and the people who know me well, because everyone who knows me knows that my parents are high school sweethearts who have been married for 30 years and are madly in love with each other.

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Holiday Tales / Garance

At our house, Christmas is kind of haphazard. We have absolutely no traditions, unless you count cutting your hands shucking oysters or stuffing yourself with foie gras until you have no room for the rest of dinner...

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A Nutcracker Life

The Nutcracker has been staged in New York every year since 1954, so to say it is a time honored tradition, well, is perhaps a bit obvious. You cannot deny that George Balanchine’s production of Tschaikovsky’s