It's Beginning to Look a Little Like Christmas

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I love decorating our home for the holidays. We typically put our Christmas decorations up the Saturday after Thanksgiving. This year we are hosting the family Thanksgiving dinner and I wanted to put up our Christmas decorations but the kids wouldn’t have it.

No one wanted to break our annual tradition of finding the perfect tree, our annual ornament shopping trip and an afternoon of snacking while listening to Christmas tunes and decorating the Christmas tree. But since we are having friends and family over for Thanksgiving, I still wanted to add a few holiday touches to our home to put our guests in the holiday spirit.

Since putting up the tree was off limits, I decided to decorate a few areas in our home to welcome our guests.

Starting with the front door. I switched out our Fall wreath and hung the Christmas wreath on this glittery gold-colored wreath hanger with the word “Joy”. 

The wreaths were a Flash Find at our local At Home store. They were on sale for $9.99 and there were several designs to choose from. 

I usually make our wreath and occasionally make a few extra to gift and share. Wreaths are so easy to make, you just need a wire wreath frame, some decorative accents and a few feet of garland.

Whether it’s a popcorn garland, a string of beads or the classic pine garland. Garlands are a simple way to make things look Christmas-y.

A fireplace draped with garland has a way of filling a room with the Christmas spirit.

Each year we decorate the fireplace mantel with Christmas cards, ornaments and Christmas stockings hung from a decorative garland. The fireplace is such a focal piece in our living room and so easy to decorate.

 A basket full of complimenting ornaments and a nativity set on an end table complete the décor.

I like to feature home décor and holiday gifts family and friends have given me in my holiday decorations. I love it when people ask where I got a certain piece from and I can tell them it was a gift.

Doesn’t this nativity set my mother in law gave me look beautiful placed beside this box of Christmas ornaments?

A few simple touches to welcome the Christmas spirit and I did it all without breaking our family tradition. 

What are some of your family’s annual holiday traditions? 
Have you started decorating for Christmas yet?