Christmas is Coming
Yep, there is is, Christmas! It’s come all too quickly this year, it feels like it was only a few months ago that I packed away the Christmas decorations.Below are what I consider the minimum Christmas decorations and preparations. Firstly, you’ll need a nice pack of Christmas cards to send out (start now and make someone’s day when they receive their first card) next a wreath for the door. This one is made from book pages (great recycling) and gives a natural look if your not into too much colour. Match it with a driftwood table top Christmas tree and one of this year’s most popular decorating item, a banner over the mantel.
But for me there’s not such thing as a minimalist Christmas.
I usually put the Christmas tree up just after the Christmas Pageant which was Saturday (I swear it was later in the month last year). We have a little slew of birthdays in November and I just have to wait this year before I start the decorating. But that’s OK because I have a chance to add to the already large pile of decorations. In our house the Christmas tree goes up first and the season cheer seems to slip out from the tree, as the decorations spread all around the house.
A Christmas village by the front door, some wall hangings over the more messy furniture (well used and overflowing bookcases) and my growing collection of snowmen, just to start with. I usually replace the various family photos with their seasonal equivalents and hang at lease two advent calendars (the second one is for visitors and their kids). Then it’s time to tackle the dining room and bedrooms. The only rooms that escape the Christmas decorating binge in the laundry and bathroom.
This year’s decorating projects are the bathroom and the pot-belly. I’m sure I can turn the pot-belly into a Santa, it’s not called a pot-belly for nothing!
Thanks for Reading,
Karen - Over the Moon
