Essy's Essentials

Christmas 2026

Christmas, the Essy's Way

For the people who still get excited when the first lights appear. Come in for traditions worth keeping, homes that glow, things worth eating, presents worth giving and all the lovely anticipation in between.

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A warm, candlelit living room at dusk with a large decorated Christmas tree, a fire lit and wrapped gifts underneath.

Explore Christmas at Essy's

A small Christmas tree in a wicker basket by Esther's front door, decorated with red tartan baubles and a matching bow.

Feature

Yes, There Really Are Eight Christmas Trees

It wasn't a decorating plan. They simply multiplied. One by the front door, the big story-filled tree in the living room, three snowy alpine trees by the record player, little trees upstairs and rather more Christmas happening outside. Somehow, it works.

Come inside our Christmas home
A European Christmas market at dusk, stalls lit with warm lights beside a floodlit cathedral.

Travel

Go Somewhere That Has Completely Committed to Christmas

Some cities understand the assignment.

Explore Christmas markets

Cabinet

A Little Organisation. A Lot More Christmas.

Plan now. More Christmas later.

Take a look
A snowy winter street at dusk with a lit brass lamp glowing in an upstairs window of a quiet house.

The Essy's Christmas Story 2026

The Light at Number Twenty-Seven

Make something warm, turn on the tree lights and give yourself twenty quiet minutes.

Read the story

And When Christmas Is Packed Away…

Christmas isn’t over. January hasn’t started. The lovely in-between comes first - then a softer Winter, the Vienna way.