Susan Bednar Long is an interior designer residing between Connecticut and Texas. Trained at a design firm in Los Angeles, she later moved to New York City where she cut her teeth designing retail stores for Ralph Lauren.

In Litchfield County it truly does take a village…and in each village there are organizations that do a wonderful job helping people and animals in our community.

This year, the holidays will twinkle even brighter and bolder thanks to the design partnership between Sister Parish Design and Mayflower Inn & Spa, Auberge Resorts Collection.

Rolf Anderson used to worry that people would tire of hearing “Sleigh Ride” because it’s played so often this time of year. But he doesn’t worry anymore. The 1940s melody—composed by his late father, Woodbury’s Leroy Anderson—remains among the world’s most popular Christmas songs.

Folklorist Derek Piotr, based in Litchfield County, is making it his life’s work to collect and preserve old-style folk songs and traditional music, not just those focused on the holidays but all types from around the globe.

Imagine receiving a horse for Christmas. For young horse riders it’s the gift of a lifetime, and for Catherine Ruh, it’s a special highlight of her holiday season.

For its 27th year, the Woman’s Club of Woodbury hosts their annual Holiday House Tour.

Charlie and Kevin Dumais are the Litchfield-based founders of Dumais Made and Dumais Interior Design. For their 2023 limited edition holiday collection, Dumais Made introduced pottery inspired by their trip to Puglia.

Celebrate the Holidays at one of these fun events happening in Litchfield County.

The 42nd annual Bethlehem Christmas Town Festival is set for Dec. 1 from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., and Dec. 2 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., starting with a tree lighting on the village green.

Thomas Adkins of Southbury, among the finest landscape artists in the Northeast and one of Mullen’s stars, is represented by a wall of paintings that refreshes every time pieces sell, which is often.

At its new location, the award-winning Byrde + the b and BYRDEMAN, a luxury salon and barbershop, has doubled in square footage, “creating a revitalized space that has returned us back to our roots,” states founder and co-owner Scott Bond.