From the team - December 2010 |
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Merry Christmas What I’m looking forward to this Christmas...
The NZ House & Garden team. Front row, seated from left:
Sarah Connell, Designer: “Champagne, carols and Christmas ham.”
Sally Duggan, Editor: “Turning on the Christmas tree lights for the first time.”
Kate Coughlan, Editorial Director: “Seeing what my sister Rosemarie and niece Pippa cook for Christmas lunch after their visit to Ruth Pretty’s Christmas Cooking Class.”
Sybille Hetet, Photo Editor: “Swapping my moonboot – after my ankle fracture – for jandals and feeling the sand of the Great Barrier Island beaches under my toes. Free at last!”
Kara Barnett, Web Editor: “Shopping for the perfect Christmas tree with my dad and brothers.”
Back row, standing from left:
Tracey Ellin, Art Director: “I have two sons and getting to shop for something pretty for my favourite nieces, Francesca and Bella, is always exciting.”
Melisa Sinclair, Group Sales Manager: “Watching the children’s faces as they open their presents.”
Niki O’Brien, Directory Sales Manager: “I look forward to Christmas carols at my sister’s place; her decorations always set the scene for a magical evening.”
Rosemary Barraclough, Deputy Editor: “Making a gingerbread house with my daughter, Lucy.”
Ellen Dorset, Editorial Assistant: “The food! Buttery croissants for breakfast, Mum’s turkey galantine and salads for lunch, followed by her home-made cinnamon ice cream and my aunty’s Christmas pudding. Yum!”
Marcel Gull, Designer: “My family’s quintessential Christmas Day at our bach in the Abel Tasman, where I always end up helping my nephews build amazing sandcastles on the beach.”
Jodie Fitzgerald, Brand Manager: “Opening the first gift on Christmas Eve – just the one!”
Jan Chilwell, Sub-editor: “Family, friends and lots of sunshine.”
Natalie Parton, Advertising Coordinator: “Being with all my family and watching them open their presents.”
Absent: Tracey Strange; Sally Butters; Gordon Collier; Jane Turner; Elaine Millar
Story: NZ House & Garden editorial
Photographs: Jane Ussher
Stylist: Annie Boyd Interiors
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