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"  Photo: Courtesy, Getty Images, Paddle8, Chopard The holiday weekend is here and inquiring minds like to know: ELLE.com caught up with nine of our favorite designers on how they&amp;#039;re spending the break and what they&amp;#039;re most hoping to receive. Thakoon  Photo: Courtesy of Thakoon His plans: &amp;quot;This year I&amp;#039;m spending the holidays in Chicago with my brother and mother.&amp;quot; Best holiday memory: &amp;quot;About five years ago when my entire family made it back to Thailand for the holidays. It had been so long since we all were back home. The aunts, uncles, and cousins all made it.&amp;quot; Hopes to receive: &amp;quot;A new piece of art.&amp;quot; Chris Benz  Photo: Jeremiah Wilson His plans: &amp;quot;I always spend Christmas in the city. My parents come in and we have Christmas Eve dinner at the Carlyle Hotel. Mad fancy!&amp;quot; Best holiday memory: &amp;quot;Christmas on Bainbridge Island, where I grew up, was pretty magical.&amp;quot; Hopes to receive: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m really counting on the sugar cookies that the girls at the studio turn out every year. They are really the only thing I care about.&amp;quot; Anndra Neen&amp;#039;s Phoebe and Annette Stephens  Photo: Santiago Ruise\u00F1or Their plans: &amp;quot;We are going to a spa with our family for Christmas and Belize for New Year&amp;#039;s.&amp;quot; Hope to receive: &amp;quot;A year&amp;#039;s supply of Hershey&amp;#039;s Kisses, and real life kisses, too!&amp;quot; Misha Nonoo  Photo: William Geddes Her plans: &amp;quot;This year, my husband Alexander and I are traveling to Cartagena, Colombia with a group of close friends. I am looking forward to exploring the city&amp;#039;s colonial architecture and unwinding by the sea.&amp;quot;  Hopes to receive: &amp;quot;This year I am hoping to receive a particular painting by an artist that I love, Roe Ethridge.&amp;quot; Marissa Webb  Photo: Peter Ash Lee Her plans: &amp;quot;I would love to spend time with my little nieces Willa and Thea. My plans are simple, but I&amp;#039;m truly looking forward to keeping it low-key. It&amp;#039;s been a busy year!&amp;quot; Hopes to receive: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m a much better gift-giver than a receiver. I would be happy to receive hugs and giggles from Willa and Thea. There&amp;#039;s nothing like the joy and laughter of children.&amp;quot; Rebecca Minkoff  Photo: Kelly Stuart Her plans: &amp;quot;This season I&amp;#039;m going to be staying in New York! It&amp;#039;s a staycation that I couldn&amp;#039;t be more thrilled about. I have lots of errands that have been on my &amp;#039;to do&amp;#039; list that I&amp;#039;m going to take care of, along with spending some quality time with [my son] Luca and my husband.&amp;quot; Hopes to receive: &amp;quot;A girl always hopes for jewelry but realistically, I can use an iPad. I hope my husband is reading this.&amp;quot; Milly&amp;#039;s Michelle Smith  Photo: Courtesy of Milly Her plans: &amp;quot;We will spend a traditional family Christmas here in New York with my husband and kids, and then we will all head down to Petit St. Vincent for some island fun through the New Year. I&amp;#039;m a big believer that some sunshine, relaxation, and a rum punch by the beach can cure all winter doldrums.&amp;quot; Best holiday memory: &amp;quot;My husband proposing right before leaving for our Christmas vacation to Anguilla\u2014so romantic!&amp;quot; Hopes to receive: &amp;quot;It is truly a joy to have friends and family together for a festive dinner on Christmas Eve, followed by our tradition of everyone opening just one present before bedtime. The gift I would most like to receive is more quality time with my family.&amp;quot; Fausto Puglisi  Photo: Filippo Fior His plans: &amp;quot;For me, Christmas is all about celebrating with my family. Traditions back in my native city, Messina in Sicily, are sacred: those long and sumptuous meals keep families together, and mine is no exception. For me, holiday season is going back to Sicily, the big Christmas tree in my family house, all lit up and gold, rich cannoli sweets, plump oranges and the Christmas Eve midnight mass.&amp;quot; Hopes to receive: &amp;quot;I would really love a Diamond Tourbillon watch by Chopard!&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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