When we were little, my sister and I were excited beyond words to see our mom decorate the house for Christmas, for that woman knew how to have a blast Christmas decorating. Entering the house in December felt like a wonderland back then.
She still does that but on a much smaller scale these days. I am glad she hasn't lost her Christmas spirit.
I continued that tradition and I try to make decorating the house for Christmas an exciting experience. Now that the kids are grown up (Eva's nearly 19 and Jacob's 14) I let them decide (read I let Eva decide) about the what and the how. For example, last year she wanted a pastel Christmas, the other before she wanted everything in red and gold only (and we have like a ton of colorful ornaments!). It's creating wonderful memories for them what really counts, and I want that to last a bit longer.
We still haven't decorated yet - but it will be this week, so we have a couple of days to decide on the theme for this year.
I turned to pinterest for some interesting ideas and maybe some DIYs I can pull off myself. You can find the relevant credits for the images in this post on my Christmas board.
How about you? Do you theme decorate for your Christmas?
7 comments:
Even though I prefer our house to be pretty colourful (aka no traditional red-golden decorations) I have to admit I'd jump right into that last picture with the tartan plaids!
I would love to do a color theme and update a lot of the decorations. I am a traditional girl and still do my mantel with a candy land theme and my Christmas tree has a yo yo garland that I made about 20 years ago that still goes on the tree and memory ornaments. I have given a lot of the decorations to good will. I just finished decorating yesterday.
I hope you have a fun time this week decorating your house for Christmas.
Over the last couple of years I have decorated in pastels and silver for Christmas, and though I acquire a few more decorations each year, my festive decorating is always similar. I adore revisiting all my beautiful decorations each year and playing with these pretties. For years everything festive in my humble abode was traditional; red, green, white and gold but I love my new aesthetics. I look forward to seeing the beautiful theme your daughter imagines, Maya.
Tartan is very popular in Christmas decoration thi year, at least that's what internet shows.
Thank you Julie! I am sure we will. I have already bought some new decorations and was een mote excited than the kids :)
I can only imagine your house decorated for Christmas Kim; with your special touch I am sure it is a unique sight!
So festive and pretty.
Amalia
xo
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