Veronica & Veronica
Holiday AMA
You asked, we answered. The Veronicas hosted a recent AMA ("Ask Me Anything") on Instagram and answered your burning questions on all things holiday, from their favorite festive cocktails to ugly sweaters, yay or nay. Have another Q for the duo? Hit us up @veronicabeard and step inside their world (and party wardrobes!) with Wardrobe Icons here.
What do you give your neighbor, with impeccable taste, who invites you over?
Veronica Swanson Beard: A bottle of tequila with a vintage shot glass
Veronica Miele Beard: Coravin wine opener
Veronica Swanson Beard: A bottle of tequila with a vintage shot glass
Veronica Miele Beard: Coravin wine opener
Favorite song for the holidays?
VMB: Josh Groban's "O Holy Night"
VSB: The entire A Very Special Christmas album and "The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole
VMB: Josh Groban's "O Holy Night"
VSB: The entire A Very Special Christmas album and "The Christmas Song" by Nat King Cole
What's on your Christmas list?
VSB: Ski suit from Perfect Moment
VMB: The iPhone 11
VSB: Ski suit from Perfect Moment
VMB: The iPhone 11
Color-coordinated Christmas lights or anything goes?
VMB: Some kind of theme…
VSB: OMG—colored lights, crazy ornaments, tinsel, flock… More is more!
VMB: Some kind of theme…
VSB: OMG—colored lights, crazy ornaments, tinsel, flock… More is more!
Heading to New York for the holidays… Which three key pieces should I pack?
VSB: Dickey jacket, turtleneck, jeans
VMB: Sequin dress, dickey jacket and jeans
VSB: Dickey jacket, turtleneck, jeans
VMB: Sequin dress, dickey jacket and jeans
What is your favorite hostess gift to give?
VMB: Wine—Opus One
VSB: Vintage cocktail napkins
VMB: Wine—Opus One
VSB: Vintage cocktail napkins
Are ugly sweaters fashionable?
VSB: Love them—I buy them for guys for Christmas.
VMB: No.
VSB: Love them—I buy them for guys for Christmas.
VMB: No.
What's your favorite Christmas tradition?
VSB: Making the kids wait to go downstairs on Christmas morning.
VMB: Baking stollen with my kids—we make a healthy version with orange juice and natural zest.
VSB: Making the kids wait to go downstairs on Christmas morning.
VMB: Baking stollen with my kids—we make a healthy version with orange juice and natural zest.
Favorite holiday movie?
VMB: Home Alone
VSB: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Home Alone
VMB: Home Alone
VSB: National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation and Home Alone
Best outfit for a 5 PM office party (no changing outfit)?
VSB: Jeans, black top, sparkly earrings and sandals
VMB: Our Cadence dress
VSB: Jeans, black top, sparkly earrings and sandals
VMB: Our Cadence dress
Favorite holiday candle?
VMB: Smells like the tree
VSB: Thymes Frasier Fir candle
VMB: Smells like the tree
VSB: Thymes Frasier Fir candle
Best gift to give someone who has everything?
VSB: A photo in a frame or a letter on stationery.
VMB: Homemade stollen, a German Christmas bread with dried fruit, marzipan and powdered sugar on top.
VSB: A photo in a frame or a letter on stationery.
VMB: Homemade stollen, a German Christmas bread with dried fruit, marzipan and powdered sugar on top.
What's your favorite holiday piece from the collection?
VMB: The Lilia turtleneck for a little sparkle!
VSB: The Lala dress—perfect!
VMB: The Lilia turtleneck for a little sparkle!
VSB: The Lala dress—perfect!
Do you cook and what are your favorite holiday foods?
VSB: Beef tenderloin, corn soufflé, cream spinach and sweet potato with marshmallows.
VMB: Pickled watermelon rind and pineapple cheese casserole!
VSB: Beef tenderloin, corn soufflé, cream spinach and sweet potato with marshmallows.
VMB: Pickled watermelon rind and pineapple cheese casserole!
What will y'all be wearing on Christmas and New Year's Eve?
VMB: Something sparkly with a gorg barrette or headband.
VSB: Something sparkly.
VMB: Something sparkly with a gorg barrette or headband.
VSB: Something sparkly.
Egg nog—yay or nay?
VMB: Yes, must!
VSB: Yay, yay, yay!
VMB: Yes, must!
VSB: Yay, yay, yay!
Clutch this: Veronica Swanson Beard, left, and Veronica Miele Beard, photographed by Eva K Salvi/Wardrobe Icons
