by Pamela Kay

Created on: November 27, 2008

Decorating your home for the holidays involves more than putting up the tree and stringing some lights. Making every nook and cranny of your home sing Merry Christmas is easy and fun and invites everyone to share in your joy.

Christmas Tree

*Room does not permit for listing all the wonderful ways to decorate a tree. Let it suffice to say; make it big, make it special and make it safe.

*A few ideas are: a flocked tree that looks laden with snow, monochromatic tree such as silver on silver, spray painted tree such as blue or silver, country tree of red and green, ultra modern tree, themed tree such as for the tropics or the 50's and a children's tree hung full of small toys, fairies and sugar plums.

Front Door And Windows

*Make your whole house shout Merry Christmas in a way that can be seen from the street. Use oversize wreaths and bows on your door and at each window. If there's no snow, spray some in the bottom corners of each window.

*Cover your front door with red paper and glue ribbons to look like a tied package. Where the bow should be, hang a wreath with a bow and berries or whatever you choose.

Foyer or Entrance Hall

*Place flowers in a vase and set in the center of several sheets of tissue paper that is spread out flat on a table. Gather the tissue paper around the top of the vase and insert this into a gift bag that comes to the top of the vase. Place on a table or in the floor.

*Instead of hanging one large wreath, hang several in various sizes and decorate each one differently. Use red berries, tinsel, ribbons and bows, holly, pine cones, apples, oranges, candy canes or gingerbread men. Group them on one wall for a stunning display.

*In the corner, stack several over-sized boxes wrapped as gifts or display any collection you may have of Christmas items. This would be the perfect place for a small table with cookies and milk for Santa and a jar of reindeer food.

Stairways

*Drape green garland up the banister of the stairway. Add decorations to fit in with your decor such as stuffed bears and old toys with candy canes or gilded silk poinsettias and shimmering bows or pine cones, berries and clusters of nuts.

*For wide stairways, you can place a few stacked gifts on each one or candles in saucers, greenery in small baskets or a collection of candy jars.

Mantle And Fireplace

*Create a winter wonderland on your mantle with candles and glassware. Turn decorative cut stemware upside down on the mantle and place white candles on the base. Spray magnolia leaves or any

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