Christmas 2024 doesn’t have to be all about stretchy pants and second helpings (though, yes, bring it on!). This year, we're fully embracing ourselves with a bold, “whatever the f*ck we want” attitude we didn’t realise we had in us and the Christmas trends for 2024 are going the exact same way.
We’ve seen it all year in interior design, from the slightly hoard-chic eclectic maximalism trend to the magnificently bold colour-drenching that stole our hearts. We can’t move for the rolls of cottage-style wallpaper and we’re welcoming Gen Z’s ‘I don’t care if it’s resellable, I love it’ approach to home decor. Sadly the fashion houses left us a bit underwhelmed with nothing really standing out for us (the Met gala’s theme ‘Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion’ was certainly fitting) but the music industry provided the ‘f*ck yeh* attitude that we were craving thanks to the femininomenon of Chappell Roan, Sabrina Carpenter and the Charli XCX (and Kamala Harris) Brat Summer. If there’s one thing we’ve learned this year, it’s that there’s no use apologising for your style choices anymore.
This season we’re championing that ‘I don’t care what you think’ attitude in our Christmas trend guide. It isn't really about trends, we’re just giving into our current mood and, with the current political and economical climate, our manifesto is mostly about misbehaving - to challenge the design status quo and get just a little bit naughty. So rather than drawing penis doodles on the toilet block walls (although don’t put it past us), get ready to choose "ooh naughty!" over nice. Choose a cosy date night with Mr Tumnus (Well hello Mr McAvoy), a saucy romp in the Regency period and an all out, tacky and tipsy Office Christmas Party complete with our Town+House Cocktail Decoration Collection.
As Christmas preparations accelerate faster than a wooden sledge down a snowy hillside, the Always Sunday Christmas trends for 2024 are promising an unforgettable festive season.
We bet Mr Tumnus wasn’t sexy in the books but noone can deny that when the movie came out in 2005 with James McAvoy sporting an oversized woolly red scarf, a set of tufted ears, and not much else on his top half, suddenly the flute-toting fawn became an unexpected sex symbol. We’re not sure what C.S Lewis had in mind when he wrote the character but we’re pretty sure it wasn’t that.
Now with a new Narnia TV show on the horizon thanks to Netflix, with director Greta Gerwig at the directorial helm, it’s got us pondering which British hearthrob will be next to take on the role of the (apparently hunky) Mr Tumnus.
While we’re daydreaming about the potential of seeing Jonathon Bailey or Ncuti Gatwa wrapped in the iconic red scarf, we’ve imagined up the Narnia we hope to see in Gerwig’s creation for our Christmas decorating. If you can’t wait for the new rendition either, transform your Christmas dinner table and take your guests through to the land beyond Ward Robe by creating a tabletop woodland for them to explore. Start with a landscape of snow white metallic linens, a horizon of faux Christmas trees and tuck plenty of velvety-soft deer and chunky bristle-tailed squirrel ornaments in between. This year for our Christmas window we’ve even got a scaled down lamppost and we’re making fluffy Wintry clouds to float above!
Looking for a DIY Christmas wreath idea for 2024? Choose our Pinecone Wreaths in either light or dark and weave in our Brass Star and Chunky Wooden Star decorations for a little bit of midnight magic.
And for gifts, we’re filling our stockings with Chunky Knitted Socks and Super Soft Hot Water Bottles that are ideal for tucking up by the fire, light our classic Christmas Market Stroll candle with its cinnamon and clove scent, and stock up on Vintage Bookshelf Games and Embroidery and Craft Kits for when we get snowed in.. alone with Mr Tumnus.. Ah, what a shame!
We’ve all seen the Regencycore trend bloom since Bridgerton slid into our 18th century DM’s in 2020 but this year it’s steaming up like we’ve never seen before. Gone are the days when Bath was just a tourist destination for the dedicated Jane Austen fans, now they come in droves particularly during the Bath Christmas market to walk the cobbled streets and guess at where that carriage scene could have taken place in real life.
We’re all for the demure ruffled-edge linens and heritage silk baubles we’re seeing for Christmas decorating in 2024 but it’s not quite worth writing a love letter about. We want that ‘silk negligee slipping off the shoulder, corset almost unlaced all the way down’ Julia Quinn-penned sex appeal in our Christmas decor. We want that sexy potential of Bridgerton Season Four right now.
To achieve this look, it’s got all the hallmarks of your classic Bridgerton-style Christmas - Antiqued Glass Decorative Stands and Teacup Candle Holders for afternoon tea, Bath blue and champagne coloured baubles, and ornately patterned floral cushions that Lady Bridgerton would swoon over. But we’re more interested in what’s not being said..
Choose those cream cake ornaments that will make you seductively lick your lips (we see you Penelope), perfectly rumpled metallic linen tablecloths as sparkling as the glint in Colin’s eye, seriously strokeable velvet stockings and don’t forget the Aged Green Metal Mistletoe to sneak a kiss while your guardian isn’t looking..
This look is the Brat Summer of Christmas aesthetics - it’s unashamed, unapologetic, pure uncontained Christmas joy. Forget the beautifully curated tablescape and the carefully arranged wreath, the Pinterest-perfect gifts with the expensive velvet ribbon, this festive season we’re holding the torch for the tasteless and the tacky!
You know that deliciously dirty metallic tinsel smell? Well, bottle it and spritz it on us because baby that’s exactly what we’re after. Seriously sparkly and a little bit filthy, like a secret mistletoe kiss with the hot guy from the office, fill your stockings with glitzy lametta and tinsel (the chunkier the better because size really does matter here) and work your way up from there - giant cocktail-inspired decorations, glitzy snowflake-shaped baubles, and a traditional santa ornament or two (ideally one that dances and sings profanities at guests).
For gifts or an office secret santa idea, grab our mildly offensive but absolutely hilarious Sacks of Shit as an alternative to stockings and fill them with disco-inspired stocking fillers like our Hunky Men Drinks Markers and Bottle Openers and a ‘Give us a Snog’ signature candle by Always Sunday.
However you're decorating for Christmas in 2024, don't be shy about it! Browse our entire Christmas collection and choose your aesthetic..
