A dense bouquet of red poinsettias, white chrysanthemum-like flowers and small pink blossoms fills an ornate antique brass urn, mixed with sprigs of pine, holly berries and rose hips. It sits slightly left of center on a rustic wooden tabletop, with a small matching goblet and scattered pinecones at its base.

Soft, warm light from the upper left falls gently across the blooms, and the hazy, muted tones deepen into umber shadow around the arrangement. Loose, confident brushwork gives moderate impasto to the petals and metal, with thinner glazed strokes in the background, for a moody, nostalgic and quietly festive Christmas still life.