![Flower_WarePorter_01RBrighter Sumptuous green living room in the New Orleans home of Ware Porter. Features: roaring fire, octagonal mirror above mantel, a tone-one-tone striped champagne-colored velvet sofa, large botanical-print armchair, decorated Christmas tree, mantel swags, wreath on mirror, and large arrangement of greenery and berries on the mantel](https://flowermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Flower_WarePorter_01RBrighter.jpg)
Ware commissioned floral artist Kim Starr Wise to dress the living room mantel in traditional greens, including a hand-tied garland made of cypress and rosehips, a wreath of evergreens and pine cones, and a towering arrangement of rosehips and bay leaves.
- “The Christmas Song” — Artist: Nat King Cole
- “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” — Artist: Perry Como & The Fontane Sisters
- “This Christmas” — Artist: Donny Hathaway
- “Santa Baby” — Artist: Eartha Kitt
- “A Holly Jolly Christmas” — Artist: Burl Ives
- “White Christmas” — Artist: Bing Crosby
- “Sleigh Ride” — Artist:  Johnny Mathis
- “Snow” — Artist: Rosemary Clooney
- “I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm” — Artist: Dean Martin
- “We Three Kings” — Artist: Ramsey Lewis
- “Sleigh Ride” — Artist: Carpenters
- “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” — Artist: The Andrews Sisters & Bing Crosby
- “Winter Wonderland” — Artist: Andy Williams
- “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” — Artist: Brenda Lee
- “White Christmas” — Artist: The Drifters
- “Someday at Christmas” — Artist: Stevie Wonder
- “Silver Bells” — Artist: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
- “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of Year” — Artist: Harry Connick, Jr.
- “Snowfall” — Artist: Tony Bennett
- “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” — Artist: Frank Sinatra
- “Christmas Time Is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas” — Artist: Vince Gauraldi Trio
- “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve” — Artist: Ella Fitzgerald