Can beauty save the world? Consider Fifi O’Neill’s heart. It has been opening to the needs of animals for many years now. In a season of life this stylist, author and editor might retire from missions of mercy, she remains energized to advocate. She does this with a whole heart and help from romantic French country style!
Visions of Christmas: Fifi O’Neill
Fifi’s latest book VISIONS OF CHRISTMAS (2025) unites pages of holiday magic with country home styling. But its mission is clear and singular: with beauty, save as many lives of animals as possible.
I hope you’ll order a copy since all the proceeds will travel to animal rescue.
There’s a world of enchanting holiday magic within VISIONS OF CHRISTMAS celebrating whimsy, nature, furry angels, and the most wonderful time of the year.
Beyond stunning photography from Mark Lohman of Amy Stegeman’s glorious interiors, there are Christmas trees, vintage ornaments, unique collections and actionable ideas to inspire your own festive schemes and color stories.
For holiday decorating enthusiasts as well as those who honor animal welfare, the book is a beacon of hope for shelters and animal rescue organizations who receive 100% of the proceeds from sales.
Your own vision of Christmas miracles and mercy matters.
That vision can creatively bloom into much needed financial support and help for animals longing to reach their forever homes.
Where examples of greed and corruption appear everywhere, here is a pocket of hope.
Here is a chance to give and receive the miracle.
Fifi was kind enough to share last year’s visions of holiday styling around her own southern cottage!
Who is Fifi O’Neill?
I have been sharing her work with you for well over a decade. O’Neill grew up in Paris then settled in Canada where she fell in love with the region’s vast and beautiful prairies.
She arrived in the United States in the 1980s on a creative journey as an editor, writer and photo stylist.
Fifi O’Neill is the founder and editor in chief for Romantic Country and produced numerous features on home decorating, food, and gardening.
Her work appears in American and European magazines such as Coastal Living, Country Living (USA), Casa Romantica and Casa Antichi (Italy).
What Sets Her Nostalgic Sanctuary Garden Apart?
It’s not just the romance and styling.
This home and garden hold Fifi’s treasures. The ashes of Big Louie, Little Minouche and Miss Sophie now rest in peace under angel trumpet trees.
In her own words: “They passed away shortly after I moved here in 2021.
I know their little souls make these fairytale trees bloom continuously and profusely.
Every morning, I visit my little friends and thank them.”
From Vision to Action
There is so much passion, labor, mindfulness, and grace between the seed of an idea and its ultimate fruit.
We need the visionary more than ever!
We need the poet and the artist’s keen eye.
But we also need the eye of the lover. The eyes of the engineer and the nurse. We need a revolution of seeing. All good spiritual work aims to expand us in this way. If beauty can save the world, perhaps we must all first decide to refine our vision.
From Action to Beauty
We start by gazing into the mirror. Am I seeing clearly? What can I learn from God’s heavenly pets under my care? Could I seek more grace to see as the divine sees?
Where is my confirmation bias? My complexity bias? (Our brains tend to prefer a simple falsehood to a complex truth.) As we seek more clarity, even the story of Christmas (with its enduring themes of new hope and light) freshly emerges.
Wishing each of you uncommon vision to see with eyes of mercy. I wish you discernment to act with strength and courage in every season. If such vision or discernment are in short supply, remember we can seek the grace to receive these blessings. Oh, may the beholding and blessings bring forth beauty! xox
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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