I collected empties from the wineries and gathered items in deep hues, burgundies, golds and mustard.
Red glass, shiny chargers and classic traditional table china and small white lights. 
Vintage draperies for a formal feel and of course a tree covered in wine bottle ornaments.
Use clean cardboard boxes with shred, use lots of curling ribbon and layer in even more green.
Use everyday items like chairs, but hang on the wall to feature the boxes of gifts. I'm not sure where the idea for striping the wall in lights and fabric came from, but when the light bulb goes off, I usually just go with it. I ended up loving the effect.
Our little wrapping station has pickle ornaments and bubble night lights.
More boxes, wrapped this time as lifts for the trees and we wrapped ornaments ready for sale, that are displayed on the trees.
Sweet laser cut mirrored ornaments adorn the mushroom knobs on the dresser. Another room done for the holiday. 
I love it when the design in my head goes from drawing to the display and loses nothing in translation....it doesn't happen often.
The cardinals have small clips for easy placing.
Our HiHo relishes and toppings have been stocked and make great hostess gifts.
Remember just because the shop is full of wonder holiday treats doesn't mean we don't have great furniture choices this time of year.
The set of dishes are sold, however the vintage etched crystal stemware is waiting for the right home, a set of ten.
We even have the famous Aunt Sadies pine scent candles with a cardinal label.
It was my intent to redo our rustic cabin room and present it as a mid century modern room, moving forward.
Not that I was going to get rid of all things rustic, I was just going to integrate those items into other places in the shop. Well, long story short I never got to it and decided doing a complete room makeover would be better suited for after the new year. HMMMM, what to do about all that retro merchandise I ordered??? 
Make the Haute' Haven room have a huge surprise factor and do retro Christmas in there. WA LA!!!
You can see from my drawing....at first, I was thinking of using topiaries with the candy and striped paper. 
Then I went on the hunt for plaid paper. I found it! The hat boxes were an eleventh hour find and the cherry on the top of this display.
Peppermint Bark, Ribbon Candy, Melt-a-ways, Candy Canes, we have them all this year.
Lots of options for small gifts, paired with tons of nostalgia, books, candles, boxed cards, boiled wool pom pom garlands, mistletoe and many other treats.
Vintage furniture in playful colors, lend a whimsical playful feeling to this room. The pair of chartreuse chairs are from the Metropolitan Opera House they are outlined in tassels and are FANTASTIC!!! I took a photo of this rooms featured tree....blurry, coming soon. Hint, hint we did a little monkeying around :) with this tree.
Daughter Aubrey with friend Lucy 
Carol and Maggie 
Ms. Ashley 
Claudia and Liz 
Steph 
Robin and Vicki 
Mr. HiHo and son Everett 
Eva and daughter Whitney 
Natia and Whitney
Susan
Each year I ponder whether we should offer boxed cards at HiHo. We have carried a few, but I have never found ones that felt like they belonged in our merchandise mix....until this year. 
But I'm pretty good about not sharing the themes, I like the element of surprise, the weekend of our open house. The different reactions to the huge transformation that takes place in only a few days...are always fun.
However I decided to share these pictures... giving you a hint of what a green Christmas theme maybe at HiHo. Wink-wink.
