JONATHAN ADLER: A Merry Chrismukkah

A household name for his Mod decorative ceramics and textiles, Jonathan Adler becomes a minimalist this time each year. "I had a pretty classic Jewish upbringing: Go to the movies and have Chinese food on Christmas Day, while Hanukkah was an eight-day extravaganza where we were so fixated on the gifts that decorating didn't matter," he says.

December 1, 2005