Each Christmas Eve, Tracy and her family make the short drive from their own farm to Peggy’s cozy farmhouse to celebrate with a festive gathering. Vintage Santa figures, lovingly collected through the years, preside over the affair. Stockings hang at the hearth, while gifts nestle beneath the boughs of a bauble-laden fir. But it is the intermingling of aromas—compliments of Hillhouse’s holiday lines—that calls to mind memories of fresh-cut trees foraged from a nearby forest and spiced cider bubbling away on the stove. Surrounded by beloved kin, warmed by a crackling fire, and with the promise of flurries in the forecast, all within this snug abode feel blessed by the joy of this wondrous season.
Text Karen Callaway
Photography Stephanie Welbourne Steele
Styling Melissa Sturdivant Smith
To learn more about Hillhouse Naturals, see “Scents of Nostalgia” in the November/December 2020 issue, available on newsstands and at Victoriamag.com.
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