The Old Soul Gazette™ | Christmas in July Edition
There is something wonderfully rebellious about welcoming Christmas while the sun is still high and the days are long. Christmas in July gives us permission to pause, imagine, and begin creating the kind of holiday home we want—before the calendar becomes crowded and the season starts moving too quickly.
This year, the celebration begins at the Old Soul Holiday House™ Christmas Market™, a warm and collected destination filled with holiday décor and gifts made for homes with stories to tell.
A Christmas Market Made for Old Souls
The Christmas Market™ is not about decorating every room in exactly the same way. It is about discovering pieces that feel gathered over time: a mug that belongs beside the first pot of morning coffee, a throw that makes movie night feel like an occasion, a keepsake ornament, or a table detail that turns an ordinary dinner into a holiday memory.
Throughout Old Soul Holiday House™, traditional nostalgia meets fresh color, cozy pattern, and a little bit of wonder. Whether your Christmas style is heirloom, coastal, retro, modern, or lodge-inspired, the market is designed to help you build a holiday story that feels personal.
Find Your Holiday House Style
Begin with the collection that feels most like home:
- Hearth & Heritage™ celebrates traditional Christmas warmth, familiar color, and the feeling of treasured decorations returning year after year.
- Tidings by the Sea™ brings an easy coastal spirit to the holidays with relaxed seasonal charm.
- Merry Mod™ turns up the personality with playful retro energy and joyful color.
- Yuletide Wonder™ offers a polished, modern approach to festive decorating and gifting.
- Midnight Plaid™ creates a rich lodge mood with timeless pattern and an elevated winter-night palette.
Start with the Moments You Love Most
If choosing a complete holiday look feels overwhelming, start with one ritual. Dress the guest bath with holiday bath and shower décor. Refresh the bedroom with holiday bedding and cozy layers. Create a welcoming table with pieces from holiday kitchen and entertaining, then add favorite cups from holiday mugs and drinkware.
Small beginnings have a way of becoming traditions. One ornament becomes a yearly collection. One festive mug becomes the cup everyone reaches for. One beautifully wrapped package sets the tone beneath the tree. Explore holiday ornaments and holiday wrapping paper when you are ready to add those finishing touches.
Christmas does not begin with a date. It begins with the first detail that makes home feel magical again.
Why Begin in July?
Beginning now means you can decorate with intention instead of urgency. You can choose a palette, build a room one layer at a time, plan meaningful gifts, and enjoy the anticipation. Christmas in July is less about rushing the season and more about giving creativity room to breathe.
Over the coming days, The Old Soul Gazette™ will open more doors inside the Holiday House, sharing decorating stories, collection spotlights, gift ideas, and ways to make each holiday space feel unmistakably yours.
Enter the Old Soul Holiday House™ Christmas Market™ and begin your holiday story.
Warmly,
Christopher Bickens
Owner & Designer, Old Soul Apparel & Home