We're counting down to Christmas by sharing the festive favourites of our very stylish friends. First up, stylist & author Sibella Court of The Society Inc. Leave a comment for your chance to win a copy of her new book Gypsy.

My Christmas style is pretty relaxed, it's my favourite time of year. It has everything: holidays, summer, beach, great produce, beautiful weather, friends, family, time off…

This year I'll be buying beach throws woven in Morocco, you cannot have too many and I plan on spending a lot of time on the coast because terry toweling is so last year.

My failsafe Christmas styling tip is lots of loose flowers, share plates, bunting/tassels, lots of presents - everything festive.

On Christmas day I keep my sanity by enjoying the chaos of it all and making sure everyone has a job; there's nothing like everyone feeling part of the festivities.



All I want for Christmas is I should say health, sunny days & good friends but really I would love a year of tennis lessons, an old convertible Porsche - cream with tan interior & those beautiful luggage racks on the back with leather straps, a Cartier panther ring (oh so subtle), a beach house - the kind of one that the front yard extends on to the beach, oh and of course a copy of my new book Gypsy and anything from our Mexicana Christmas goodies at The Society Inc…

This Christmas I'll be serving lemon delicious pudding & pavlova- yum yum yum, anything with passionfruit, maybe lots of tubs of Messina gelato.

My biggest Christmas faux pas was when I re-gifted to the person that gifted to me – whoops!

To win a copy of Gypsy by Sibella Court, leave a comment here on the blog telling us about your biggest Christmas faux pas before before 5pm (AEDT) on Friday 18 October 2013. You must be a member of Temple & Webster to enter (join here), and you may only enter once. We will choose our  favourite comment, and will notify the winner via their Facebook page or at the email address attached to their Temple & Webster account (if we are able to ascertain it) by Tuesday 22 October 2013. If we are unable to make contact with the winner via either of those methods within 30 days, we'll choose a replacement winner. Good luck! 
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