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Our welcome bag on the suite counter: Poppy Reindeer Crunch popcorn, Legally Addictive crackers, a Dailey Acres simmer pot kit, French Broad Chocolate peppermint bark and hot chocolate, a Spicewalla mulling spice tin, a Clark & June candle and a High Fiber tea towel, with a One For The Books card

Shop Local Asheville: The Makers Behind Our Welcome Bag, and When to Order for Christmas

Our hosted Asheville welcome bag came from seven makers plus a note on Provisions stationery. Current prices from each maker's own site, where each ships from, and why the popcorn needs ordering by December 4.

Cozy window seat at dusk with a plaid throw, hot chocolate and a candle, looking out at layered blue mountain ridges

Travel

A Cozy Asheville Weekend by Car, With I-40 Still One Lane Each Way

Rob and I drove from Huntsville to Asheville on November 4, 2026. A welcome bag of local makers, a suite with a mountain view, two distilleries and Black Mountain, plus why the drive home stays on one lane of I-40 until late 2029.

Mid-century living room set for New Year's Eve with a bar cart, gold-rimmed coupes, balloons and tin noisemakers

Vintage Holidays & Seasons

15 Vintage New Year’s Eve Party Ideas, and a Bar for 12 at $17 a Guest

A vintage New Year's Eve bar for 12 guests came to $204.48 at median eBay prices this fall, about $17 a guest. Buying coupes in sets instead of singles saved $202. 15 party ideas, priced.

Victorian-style parlor with a tall tree of paper cornucopias, glass ornaments and electric candle lights beside a velvet settee

Vintage Holidays & Seasons

15 Victorian Christmas Decor Ideas, and the Candle Tradition to Leave in the Past

Antique tree candle clips still sell, at a median of $15.49, but NFPA says candles started 11% of home Christmas tree fires. 15 Victorian Christmas ideas, priced, lit the safe way.

Grandmillennial living room at Christmas with a chintz sofa, skirted table, bow-trimmed tree and blue and white jars

Vintage Home Decor

15 Grandmillennial Christmas Decor Ideas, and the Whole Look for $373 Secondhand

Grandmillennial Christmas decor looks inherited, but its ten defining pieces cost $373.19 together at median eBay sold prices this fall. 15 ideas for every room, with what each piece sells for.

Brick house porch at dusk lined with glowing blow mold Santa, snowman and candle figures in light snow

Vintage Collecting & Thrifting

15 Vintage Blow Mold Christmas Display Ideas, and What a Porch Full Costs

A vintage blow mold porch of Santa, a snowman and two candles came to $174.99 at median eBay prices this fall. 15 display ideas, what each figure sells for, and why the cord gets checked first.

Four Christmas trees styled by decade in one room: a feather tree, a fir with colored lights, a pink-lit aluminum tree and a tree with big bulbs

Vintage Holidays & Seasons

15 Vintage Christmas Tree Ideas by Decade, and Why the 1950s Look Costs Four Times the Rest

A 1950s aluminum tree and color wheel cost $281.29 at median eBay prices this fall; a 1970s big-bulb tree came to $70.98. 15 vintage tree ideas, decade by decade, with NFPA's tree fire data.

White mantel with cedar garland, red velvet bows, brass candlesticks, a gilt mirror and knit stockings above a low fire

Vintage Holidays & Seasons

15 Vintage Christmas Mantel Ideas, and the Three-Foot Rule Your Stockings Break

NFPA says to keep anything that can burn three feet from a fireplace, and the building code lets a mantel sit 12 inches above it. 15 vintage mantel ideas, with what to do on fire nights.

Christmas village of glittered houses, a church, bottle-brush trees and a mirror pond with skaters under a tree

Vintage Collecting & Thrifting

15 Vintage Christmas Village Display Ideas, and Why the Cardboard Houses Cost the Most

Cardboard putz houses had the highest median of the four village types we priced, $38.00 per listing. 15 display ideas, with what each type sells for and how to light a paper village.

Shop Local Asheville: The Makers Behind Our Welcome Bag, and When to Order for Christmas

A Cozy Asheville Weekend by Car, With I-40 Still One Lane Each Way

Hunting for History: Rare Classic Film Memorabilia Quest

Shop Local Asheville: The Makers Behind Our Welcome Bag, and When to Order for Christmas

A Cozy Asheville Weekend by Car, With I-40 Still One Lane Each Way

15 Vintage New Year’s Eve Party Ideas, and a Bar for 12 at $17 a Guest

15 Victorian Christmas Decor Ideas, and the Candle Tradition to Leave in the Past

15 Grandmillennial Christmas Decor Ideas, and the Whole Look for $373 Secondhand

15 Vintage Blow Mold Christmas Display Ideas, and What a Porch Full Costs

15 Vintage Christmas Tree Ideas by Decade, and Why the 1950s Look Costs Four Times the Rest

15 Vintage Christmas Mantel Ideas, and the Three-Foot Rule Your Stockings Break

15 Vintage Christmas Village Display Ideas, and Why the Cardboard Houses Cost the Most

Shop Local Asheville: The Makers Behind Our Welcome Bag, and When to Order for Christmas

A Cozy Asheville Weekend by Car, With I-40 Still One Lane Each Way

15 Vintage New Year’s Eve Party Ideas, and a Bar for 12 at $17 a Guest

15 Vintage Christmas Kitchen Decor Ideas, and the Whole Look for $133

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