There comes a time in our refinement journey that mulled wine, eggnog, toffee nut and candy cane flavours feel a little, basic. Sure a little nostalgia in Christmas coffee is fine, but during this Christmas season, we're looking for a little more edge.

As much as we love gifting, shopping, and the pleasure of well-chosen indulgence, Christmas has a bit of a habit of tipping into meaningless excess. There’s a point every where gifting stops feeling generous and starts feeling over commercial.

We love hosting, it's one of life's big pleasures, preparing delicious things to share with people you love. But the Christmas season has a particular way of making us feel frazzled as shit.

A margarita is a great cocktail at any time but the winter margarita is the cool aunt in a room full of sweet drinks, clean, sharp, refreshing, and sophisticated.

We all have high standards (if you didn't you wouldn't be reading this) and can be a little bit extra at times so the following list it going to make a lot of sense.

Full disclaimer, we love a real Christmas tree, the magic, the lights, the smell, but let's be honest they come with more drama than the latest season of Selling Sunset.

A modern reimagining of Christmas traditions, for anyone who wants something a little lighter, with less obligations, less over spending, less stress and less chaos. Over the next few weeks, we’re releasing our Christmas With a Difference series on shaping the festive season to suit you.

Here are the extra, elevated, almost unnecessarily luxurious ways to do completely normal everyday activities. Because why settle for ordinary when you can be extra ordinary.

We overestimate how much time it takes to feel good. If you treat luxury like it needs a full weekend, a spa day or a 27 step plan then you're missing out. But most of the things that genuinely shift how our life feels don’t take a day, they take intention with the time you have.