ALONGSIDE LONG LINGERING dinners and Christmas cake, cut-crystal glasses of champagne, Christmas crackers and tissue paper crowns that we, [P & I] wear without fail for photos each year, another holiday tradition around here, is a glimpse of Aerin Lauder’s Long Island home, photographed by François Halard and published in House & Garden, over an astonishing 6 years ago, and still timeless, and there’s something so festive about blue & white toile, especially when paired with winter white roses, an evergreen & pinecone garland, and a roaring fire . . .

[Photography by François Halard for House & Garden]