This year, the Moxhams look
forward to once again hosting
family and friends for intimate
suppers in their festive dining
room, and small gatherings
in the courtyard of their 1906
Craftsman-style redwood
bungalow. When the couple
relocated to San Diego in 1981,
they fell in love with their
"treehouse," a hilltop home with
a wraparound deck overlooking
a canyon landscaped with rows
of jade plants and a grove of
towering eucalyptus trees. The
grounds are also home to birds,
owls, and other wildlife.
To get ready for the holidays,
Ellen enlisted the help of a cadre
of talented artistic friends with
whom she has collaborated
on such philanthropic events
as The Charity Ball, which she
co-chaired in 2016 in honor of
fellow Canadians Ernest and
Evelyn Rady, The Wednesday
Club fundraisers, and parties
for the San Diego Yacht Club,
where Jim once served as
commodore. The team had
plenty to work with, drawing
from the Moxhams' extensive
holiday décor, "a blend of
family treasures that have been
gifts, handmade, or purchased
over the past 45 years," says
Ellen, who is a big fan of after-
Christmas sales.
Travis Rogers of Floral Palette
trimmed a pair of "winter
wonderland" Christmas trees
flanking the fireplace with French
blue, silver, and gold ornaments,
gilded birds and owls, netting,
and ribbons in a woodland
theme. Jewelry designer Pamela
Pogue and Ellen's artistic friend
Dionne Carlson created Santa
and reindeer vignettes topping
the antique high boy in the
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Two trees flanking the
fireplace are decorated
in a woodland theme with
ornaments the Moxhams
have collected over 45 years
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