Christmas dinner with friends

Rebecca Hessel Cohen on Instagram: "Feeling extra festive at home and for the first time ever craving RED ❤️ Red symbolizes love, desire, creativity and excitement. It’s bringing out more joy, more passion and more strength, all of which we need. I wanted to do a red ribbon dinner party for friends, so we went crazy with bows. I wore my favorite new velvet and pearl dress, which is perfect for any hostess. Definitely recommend bringing in some extra ribbons and extra red this season, it…

Best part? Many of these double as adorable holiday centerpieces.

With all the terrible bushfires here last summer, it never felt right to post about trivial stuff when so much bigger things were going on. So only now do I feel it's appropriate to share our Annual Girls Christmas Dinner from last year, which is always one of my favourite nights.

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Analog shot of group of friends having Christmas dinner party together at home. Shot with disposable camera

Hosting and party planning are two of my passions, and this year I was able to use both. We (with the help of Todd’s boss) hosted Todd’s co-workers for their Christmas party. His division is spread throughout the southeast, and Charlotte was the most central location for us all to get together and celebrate. If …