{"id":847646,"date":"2025-12-03T22:40:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=847646"},"modified":"2025-12-03T22:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:40:53","slug":"its-ornamental-holiday-fanatics-share-their-elaborate-stashes-of-seasonal-decor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=847646","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s Ornamental: Holiday Fanatics Share Their Elaborate Stashes of Seasonal Decor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It\u2019s Ornamental: Holiday Fanatics Share Their Elaborate Stashes of Seasonal Decor<\/h1>\n
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By <\/span>Emma Specter<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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My well-documented obsession with holiday decor has led me down a number of strange online rabbit holes over the years. These include the predictable\u2014TikToks of Mormon micro-influencers decorating gingerbread houses\u2014and the more absurd: namely, my membership in not one, not two, but three<\/em> Facebook groups devoted to vintage ornament-collection. I haven\u2019t used Facebook to catch up with my actual friends in about a decade, but as it turns out, it\u2019s a great<\/em> forum for networking with Ukrainian grandmothers about where to find the best deals on pre-Soviet-era Christmas tree stars that almost certainly contain lead paint (a small price to pay for their beauty!)<\/p>\n

This year, however, my Christmas and Hanukkah decor obsession led me to three collectors whose ornaments have brought me to the brink of envious tears. Below, take a tour through the at-home holiday wonderlands Leben Riebe, Linda Fargo, and James Aguiar have created:<\/p>\n

Leben Riebe<\/h2>\n

\u201cI have been enamored with Christmas ornaments and decorations ever since I can remember,\u201d says Riebe, who, appropriately, goes by @vintageholiday on Instagram. \u201cAs a child, my favorite part of the holidays was decorating the tree. I loved the lights, I loved the tinsel icicles, I loved the ornaments. I really couldn\u2019t get enough!\u00a0I would have covered every inch of our family home in some type of holiday decor if I had been allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, decorating Christmas trees isn\u2019t just a seasonal hobby for Riebe; he describes it as \u201ca creative outlet where I can explore different ideas and schemes I have dreamed up all year long. I especially love being able to open up boxes of my favorite vintage Christmas ornaments and combine them in new ways to create new themes each season.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Linda Fargo<\/h2>\n

Not every holiday-decor collector can say they own an assortment of Christmas ornaments crafted in their own image, but not every collector is Fargo\u2014Bergdorf Goodman\u2019s SVP of Fashion Office & Store Presentation\u2014whose likeness has been recreated by Bergdorf\u2019s in miniature for the past 13 years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never dreamed that there would be a mini-me fashion \u2018Linda,\u2019 hand-blown in Italy by local glassmakers and collected properly by customers who, each year, can\u2019t wait for the next one to come out,\u201d says Fargo. \u201cIt\u2019s all rather pinch-me.\u201d<\/p>\n

She continues: \u201cEach year, \u2018Linda\u2019 gets to wear either an iconic look from an event I attended\u2014like the Schiaparelli cape or the Tomo tulle concoction for the Met Gala, or the Naeem Khan golden gown created for Vienna\u2018s Life Ball\u2014or she gets to wear a signature piece of fashion, like a leopard coat. Sometimes she\u2019s an alter ego, wearing something I dreamed to have worn, like the Schiaparelli halo couture gown. If I had to choose a favorite, it would be the \u2018Linda\u2019 in the hot pink Gucci coat from Alessandro Michele\u2019s first year at the house,\u00a0which coincided with the opening of the Linda shop at Bergdorf Goodman. She\u2019s so whimsical, high-fashion, and cheeky, all at once.\u201d<\/p>\n

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James Aguiar & Mark Haldeman<\/h2>\n

Aguiar and Haldeman\u2019s marriage more or less began with ornaments. \u201cIn the early days of our relationship, we started a tradition of exchanging an ornament with each other for Christmas,\u201d recalls Aguiar, creative director of Isaac Mizrahi Live!<\/em>. \u201cWe both loved vintage or vintage-style Christmas ornaments\u2014funny faces, pastel colors, interesting shapes, flora and fauna, as well as pagodas, mushrooms, and clip-ons.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It follows that storing the couple\u2019s vast assortment of holiday baubles is no small thing. \u201cOrnaments are organized by size, collection and color, each wrapped meticulously and placed in storage bins,\u201d says Aguiar. \u201cSome are in their original boxes, labeled with the date they were purchased and then placed in special storage reserved for holiday paraphernalia.\u201d<\/p>\n

After years of shared celebration, Aguiar and Haldeman have their holiday routine down to a science. \u201cWe generally start the season with our annual post-Thanksgiving holiday kick-off party, followed by a day perusing John Derian Co. for new ornaments\u2014the best in the city by far!\u2014then running uptown to watch the Bergdorf Goodman window reveal with our dear friend Linda Fargo\u2026and, yes, she\u2019s on the tree in her many iterations! We end with a dinner at Il Buco Alimentari or Cipriani,\u201d reports Aguiar. \u201cThe rest of the season includes sitting in the living room and staring at our beautiful tree, entertaining friends with intimate dinner parties, and then ending the season with our Open House on New Year\u2019s Day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Source URL: http:\/\/vogue.com\/article\/holiday-decor-collectors-2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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