Holiday Decorations
The holidays are a great excuse to dress up your house, if even for a short while. No other event throughout the year calls for such fun in staging decorations. For me, fairy lights are the best part! I look for any excuse to put them up. Growing up the Christmas decorations always came out on November 2nd so I got a little overwhelmed with Santas. Now, I like to decorate in a bit more laid-back and less obviously Christmasy way. However, that won’t stop me from adding a little bit of sparkle!
Mercury glass and pine boughs are a festive way to decorate for a decidedly secular holiday season. And you can keep them up for a while after your holiday celebrations have ceased. I like the little bit of shine without being too over the top. It’s like a winter wonderland, only indoors!
My mom does one decoration that she’s really known for (in addition to all the rest of her wonderful holiday decorations) and that is her Christmas trunk.
It’s a beautiful old steamer trunk that she fills with baubles and lights. For me, the holiday season could be wrapped up in this little package. I could imagine just living in this glass house covered with sparkles and dainty little lights. You’d step outside your door into a forest of pine branches. Oh, what a life!
What do you usually do for holiday decorations?
