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When it comes to making holiday magic, there’s no place like Collingwood. Our stunning Georgian Bay landscape is made for winter entertaining. Whether you’re skiing at Blue Mountain Resort or strolling through the Festive Owls Vendor Market, ours is the perfect Canadian village in which to celebrate the season. This year, we’re looking to elevate the experience by creating a winter wonderland in your very own home.

1. Set The Stage

Winter is beautiful, but cold, and the warmest heart is cooled by icy patios and slushy paths. Ensure your guests’ comfort with heated pergolas, luxury fire pits, and radiant outdoor flooring. The strategic placement of heating elements ensures inclement weather won’t dampen spirits (or shoes!) and allows you to enjoy your outdoor spaces even during the coldest days. Faux fur pillows and throws placed on furniture create a warm, luxurious ambience, ensuring comfort for easily chilled friends, and chandeliers, lanterns, or gentle LED lighting around pillars, eaves, and trees illuminate the party and highlight the natural beauty of your home.

2. Set The Table

Cocktail parties are an entertaining classic for a good reason—they’re fun, easily-adaptable, and elegant. This year, we’re putting our spin on the standby by taking it outside into your outdoor living room and kitchen. Do you have a wood-burning oven? Make pizzas! A grill? Cut up some crusty Italian bread for bruschetta. Better yet—hire a  private chef to set up fondue stations and a bartender to serve seasonally-inspired drinks and mulled wine. Whether you’re going for an intimate catch-up or an opulent soirée, an outdoor party in winter (properly done—see ‘Set The Stage’ above!) is an innovative take on the holiday gathering that breathes new life (and fresh air!) into the season.

3. Set The Tone

Everyone has a great Bluetooth speaker they use, and we all have specially curated holiday playlists we’re looping for holiday goodie-baking. But for festive get-togethers, why not elevate the experience with live music? A stringed quartet under a heated canopy adds visual dimension as well as ambient elegance, and a jazz trio encourages a relaxed atmosphere and convivial mood. If your friends are movie buffs, set up an outdoor cinema with heated seating pods, cashmere throws, and concierge snack service. Maybe you run with an athletic crowd—consider installing a private skating rink or curling lanes to move the blood and have some laughs! No matter what your preference, having one or two conversation starters is a great way for everyone to get into the spirit of the season and make some memories.

It truly is the most wonderful time of the year, and The Landmark Group’s expert team is here to make the wonder last with upgrades and installations that keep the light of the season shining year-round. Whether you’re looking for help installing your holiday lights or moving forward with outdoor improvements, we want to make this season—and the ones to come—more enjoyable than ever before. Call us today and let us know how we can bring the holiday spirit into your home.