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    COASTAL wonderland

    Dec 01, 2021 4 minutes
    BY KATIE HENDRICK VINCENT
    PHOTOGRAPHY BY AUDREY SNOW OWEN

    Leslie Gentzle knows the most wonderful time of the year need not be the most ostentatious.

    You’ll never spot an inflatable snowman in the backyard of the interior designer’s Imperial Golf Estates home—nor animatronic reindeer, oversized candy canes or gingerbread men, or light displays synced to the strains of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

    Instead, above her front door, a simple garland welcomes guests. Adorning it: starfish, sea grapes, and two large ribbons made of twine.

    “I do not like cold weather. I do not like red. I do not like green. I do not like fluff,” says Gentzle.

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