Christmas
Decorating Ideas
December
‘Tis
the season for making merry, and creating a festive
holiday environment is a traditional part of
preparing for the annual celebration. Your local
professional florist has lots of great Christmas
decorating ideas, from nostalgic to contemporary, to
help you enhance your surroundings for the holidays.
Of course, we're all familiar with the traditional
Christmas wreath, which can be designed in nearly
any style or color harmony. But if you're bored with
wreaths, and alternative Christmas decorating idea
might be to hang a graceful swag on your front door.
One-half of a standard 9-foot length of artificial
pine garland can be used as the base for such a
swag, with the upper third doubled over to create a
broader top. A colorful ribbon intertwined from top
to bottom sets the mood and theme of the design, and
the addition of pines cones, berries, or permanent
fruits or flowers brings it to life. A fluffy bow at
the top completes the swag. It's a beautiful idea
for a narrow front door (or pair of doors), under a
coach light, between two windows, or indoors on
either side of a fireplace.
The remaining half of the artificial garland can be
decorated to match the swag, and then used in any of
a number of places in the home: across a mantle,
along a stair rail, around a lamp post, festooning a
doorway, or down the center of a long dining table
as a runner. Just for variety, place it in one of
these locations this year, and use it in a another
the next.
Another Christmas decorating idea which is gaining
favor is the "candlescape"; simply an arrangement of
various sizes and shapes of candles, placed into a
low tray or shallow container, and accented with
evergreens, ribbons, small ornaments and the like.
Candlescapes are lovely on a coffee table, credenza,
or dining table, and they add the element of
sparkling light to the holiday environment. Adding
reflective materials to the design helps to enhance
the value of the candlelight.
One way to extend the use of your permanent holiday
decorations is to ask your florist to create a
"winter" design for you rather than a Christmas
arrangement. Such a design may be more subtle in its
composition rather than bold and colorful, making
use of branches, pods, foliages, empty bird nests,
and other natural elements which are harmonious with
the season. A winter wreath will be appropriate on
your front door for several weeks past the time when
the Christmas decorations have been taken down. It
may even be "jazzed up" for Christmas with the
temporary addition of a luxurious velvet bow or a
translucent fabric ribbon woven with metallic
threads.
Consult you local professional florist for more
Christmas decorating ideas, and have a happy and
peaceful, not to mention well-decorated, holiday
season!
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