Joanna Gaines is taking a “stripped down” approach to Christmas with her family this year.
Ahead of the premiere of Fixer Upper: Colorado Mountain House, the interior designer has decided to switch up her holiday season plans. “It isn’t always so easy in a season that can pull us in lots of directions,” Joanna wrote for Magnolia Journal on November 11. “Where the peace we long for, the time back we’ve earned, is constantly at war with expectations of more: more doing, more buying, more magic, more everything.”