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Discoveries, favourite pieces and stories, personally chosen by Corinna Gronau

Corinna Gronau among bags, stationery and accessories by TRIXI GRONAU

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CHRISTMAS EDIT 2026

Tree decorations, wrapping and small pleasures for the loveliest weeks of the year.

Mouth-blown Christmas ornament in the shape of a lemon

CHRISTMAS AT
TRIXI GRONAU

Mouth-blown baubles, embossed paper and gifts you won’t find everywhere.

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Red Porsche as a glass Christmas tree ornament

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

Baubles, ornaments and small things for the table

Golden padded envelope used as gift wrapping

MAGICAL CHRISTMAS WRAPPING

When the wrapping is already part of the gift

Purple stag head as a mouth-blown ornament on the Christmas tree

FOR HIM

Knives, writing instruments and accessories

ST NICHOLAS

Small gifts for the sixth of December

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CORINNA’S CURRENT EDIT

Four pieces I keep reaching for right now. Some are new discoveries; others have been favourites for years.

CUTE STUFF · CASHMERE

The Jungle scarf

I love the mix of green, lilac and natural tones, and the way you can simply throw it on.

Two Tenderflame table lamps with a real flame outdoors

TENDERFLAME · LIGHT

Lilly 10

I love the light of a real flame. And this one works just as beautifully indoors as out.

EKATERINI · JEWELLERY

OCEANIA

This colourway exists nowhere else. I chose the colours and the stones myself, which is exactly why this ring is one of my own favourites.

DOUBLEICE · EYEWEAR

Flow reading glasses in pink

I like glasses that do more than their job. Flow is bold and modern, and that is exactly why I keep wearing it.

Baier embossing press working on red leather in the TRIXI GRONAU workshop

MADE IN OUR OWN WORKSHOP

We emboss, print and bind in our Hamburg workshop

Cards, notebooks and photo albums are made in our Hamburg workshop. We choose the paper, embossing and binding ourselves, right down to your initials.

Some materials come with a story of their own. One of my Persian lamb coats became THEA – a one-of-a-kind notebook given a new life.

Craftsmanship · Hamburg · Personalisation · Bookbinding

See the workshop → Visit the printing studio → Design it yourself →

GIFTING

Gifts for people, moments and occasions that matter.

I have gathered gifts here for all kinds of people and occasions – for women and men, for birthdays and weddings, and for those small, thoughtful things from Hamburg.

Woman wearing a pink cashmere scarf by Cute Stuff

Gifts for Women

Bags, jewellery, scarves and stationery.

Paul Adrian bread knife on a wooden board with slices of bread and salt as a gift idea for men

Gifts for Men

Knives, watches, writing instruments and bracelets – very different ideas for men.

Orange photo album on a light table with a vase and a bowl

Corporate Gifts

For clients and staff, with embossing on request.

For the loveliest occasion The Perfect Wedding

FAVOURITE THEMES

Themes we love all year round

Fountain pen on a blue writing card on a bright desk

HOME OFFICE

Ballpoint pens, fountain pens, notebooks and desk trays.

CASUAL FINE DINING

Trays, glasses, carafes and napkins for a beautifully laid table.

PYTHON LOOK

Real python leather and embossed leather in a snakeskin finish, for bags, cases and accessories.

GLAM LOOK

Clutches, rings and necklaces for the evening.

Reichenbach Medina porcelain in black and white with a graphic dot pattern

BLACK & WHITE

Accessories and pieces for the home in black and white.

Corinna Gronau wearing pink Doubleice glasses

READING GLASSES

Doubleice always sold beautifully in the shop, and I wear them myself – Italian design, unusual colours, and frames your optician can glaze for you.

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WE LOVE STORIES

Places and people I know personally

The full stories are on my blog. Here are just the beginnings.

The illuminated Eiffel Tower at night above the Seine, seen from the water

Paris

Until the Eiffel Tower sparkles

Paris and I go back more than forty years, and these days I am there roughly every three months. Even so, an evening aboard Ducasse sur Seine is something you have to do once. An electric boat, glass on every side, gliding down the river almost without a sound. You cast off in daylight and come back in the dark. On our summer crossing the Patrouille de France swept overhead in blue, white and red. That is not something you can book.

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Hamburg

Two lobster tails before New Year’s Eve

Before we began spending New Year’s Eve in Paris, Hummer Pedersen was part of how our year ended. We always bought two lobster tails there, carried them home and cooked them ourselves. I still think of it whenever I hear the name. On my last visit Hamburg was at 29 degrees; I had just come from Frischeparadies and really only wanted something to eat.

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Corinna Gronau in front of the country inn Zum Wildwechsel in Kaaks

Kaaks in Schleswig-Holstein

How a cigar break led to a country inn

I have known Frank Brüdigam for over thirty years; we met in the early nineties at the Saseler Weinstube. In 2016 a neighbour stopped him at his front door and asked whether he fancied taking on an old country inn in Kaaks. Today there are antlers above the balcony, orange leather armchairs around a glass table inside, and on the wall it says: Work Hard And Be Nice To People.

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DER SONNTAGSBRIEF

Sunday morning, every four weeks

I write every issue myself. Next time: Frank Brüdigam’s country inn in Kaaks, new cashmere scarves from Cute Stuff, and an autumn evening on my terrace with furs and Tenderflame.

NEXT ISSUE · SUNDAY, 13 SEPTEMBER 2026

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ALL WE LOVE THEMES

Everything we love, all in one place

Above is my current selection. Here you will find every WE LOVE theme, grouped by occasion and subject. Mother’s Day, Easter and Christmas remain visible all year because many people start looking well in advance.

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