Your December Appointments
Because the art of romanticizing your life deserves a place in your calendar.
December has a way of softening the edges of life, as though the whole world slips into a gentler register. The lights dim, the air cools, and every ordinary moment suddenly flickers with ceremony. It is the season of warmth and sparkle—of candlelit corners, wool-wrapped mornings, and tiny luxuries that feel like whispered prayers.
And yet, beneath the shimmer, December can tug at us in tender ways. Joy and longing often arrive hand-in-hand this time of year, asking us to move through the month with both celebration and softness.
So consider these appointments your gentle companions—a slow, deliberate guide to embracing whatever this season brings. Cashmere first, champagne always, and a constellation of cozy rituals tucked lovingly between. May this month meet you with warmth, wonder, and room to breathe.
Your December Appointments
1). Put on my snowfall playlist while you tidy or unwind.
2). Take yourself on a date to a luxury hotel bar. Bring your favorite novel and sip on bubbles or a festive cocktail of your choosing.
3). Watch Eloise at Christmastime for the pinkest, most precocious fun.
4). Slip into cashmere socks.
5). Read The Little Book of Hygge with something warm in hand.
6). Sip a mug of mulled wine or a spiked holiday coffee.
7). Browse Pinterest for gift-wrapping inspiration (here’s mine!).
8). Curl up with a cozy Christmas novel like the Winter Street series, The Christmas Bookshop, or The Secret Christmas Library.
9). Spend an evening at home with only your Christmas lights and candlelight glowing.
10). Warm a lounge set in the dryer and put it on immediately after the buzzer goes off.
11).l Order deep-dish pizza! Admittedly, this is not intrinsically festive, but feels like home for my Chicagoland heart. And you can order nationally!
12). Decorate cookies as The Family Stone runs in the background. Immediately eat like, 15, straight out of the oven because Diane Keaton.
13). Take a hot-cocoa drive to look at Christmas lights.
14). Attend a festive fine arts performance.
If you’re in Atlanta, may I suggest The Nutcracker, The Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus Annual Holiday Concert, Christmas with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, or The Holiday in Concert with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra.
15). Wear flannel plaid pajamas.
16). Clean your diamonds so they sparkle extra under festive lighting.
17). Pull out (or invest in) a beautifully tailored winter coat.
18). Find a restaurant or pub with a fireplace and sit by the hearth for a libation.
19). Write a heartfelt note to someone who might find the holidays difficult this season.
20). Stroll a Main Street nearby (and be sure to pop into the local bookstore!).
21). Wear velvet!!!
22). Drink champagne with a ribbon tied around the coupe.
23). Stream a christmas scene while puttering or reading.
24). Watch White Christmas while wrapping gifts in a sea of paper and ribbon. It’s one of my favorite traditions.
25). Throw a fair-isle sweater over pajamas for a nostalgic winter morning.
26). Order a real magnolia garland for your mantle. Inhale.
27). Take a winter walk with a warm drink and let chilly air nip your nose.
28). Host your own Rosehill Cottage night — bed tray, ploughman’s dinner, chocolate with sea salt, a jammy red wine, cozies, a fluffy duvet, and, of course, The Holiday on as you flip through glossy magazines.
29). Scroll Kelly Rutherford’s Instagram and be endlessly inspired for muted yet meticulously chic style.
30). Curate a 2026 vision board on Pinterest!
Here’s mine from 2025 for inspiration.
31). Set New Year’s resolutions across your life — health, career, mind, money, spirit, and creativity.
