FREE
DECEMBER CHARLESTON, USA
ESCAPE THE ORDINARY
There’s always a little magic at this time of year, in merry wishes and long holiday weekends, in being surrounded by the ones we love,in the arms around us,in the laughter that brings us to tears. December evenings feel like they last forever while time flies around us, strolling through streets lit with twinkling lights, our arms filled with bags and bows. The preparations feel endless, while the festivities go by in a flash. Let’s flip the switch, make the priorities less of a chore and the celebrations the point. The shopping and the wrapping and baking and cleaning can be outsourced but the magic moments cannot. Love the imperfection of a messy house full of sing-song voices, the disaster of a kitchen can wait while we linger at the table into the late hours, embrace the ones we love forever no matter how long their flight is delayed. No taking bets on who melts down first this year, no allowing an imperfect dish to steal the show. Make your own soundtrack to the season with love and laughter and stories of holidays past, let the chores become traditions, the errands become adventures, and nothing shall be more important than the people who grace our lives. So it is declared, and so it shall be: Magical missions come first, obligations and clean kitchens are at the end of the list, after enchanted evenings, charming guests, making memories, and the music in our hearts. Raise a sparkling glass to you and yours and this endless season. Another year is right around the corner.
Cover Art: Ali Douglass
“Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” Roald Dahl
E~CHSSK_151200 DEC ISSUE 11.17.indd 1
11/17/15 2:04:52 PM