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Hilke Mcnally
Hi Kelly
Girl! you have the most awesome taste in home decorating. Thanks for the tree tutorial and sharing your ideas with us. This is beautiful as well as a time saver for me. I plan on silver and chocolate with Tiffany blue color scheme decorations this year. Please keep up the good work! Have a Blessed Thanksgiving.
Kathy
We were each asked to describe our style in 3 words. I would say my style can be described as cozy, country, and cottage. Cozy because my house is small and country cottage because rustic, farmhouse, shabby chic and all of those styles that I love can fall under Country Living style. I wanted my Christmas tree decorations to reflect that.
One big difference to our tree this year, is the addition of pretty little velvet bows. I found this ribbon and bought it in five different colors. I cut the ribbon into 12 inch pieces and tied them in bows. Placing them on the tips of the christmas tree branches completes this simple, eclectic Christmas tree theme.
The White House observance of Christmas before the twentieth century was not an official event. First families decorated the house modestly with greens and privately celebrated the Yuletide with family and friends. The first known White House Christmas tree, decorated with candles, was placed in the Oval Room on the Second Floor, then used as a library and family parlor, in 1889 for President Benjamin Harrison and his family. As Christmas became more widely celebrated across the country, the residents of the White House brought family traditions with them and started new ones. First ladies have primarily overseen the holiday decorations throughout the house, as well as the trimming of the official Christmas tree on the State Floor.
I love the idea of leaving my tree up for a while without decorations. It is nice to have something so green in my house during January. I normally just take off my decorations slowly during the weeks after Christmas as a way to keep the tree up longer. However, this only works for two, maybe three weeks. Your idea is better.
Like I previously mentioned, the tree is filled with silver mercury glass ornaments. I also have ornaments in different shades of blue (I particularly love the matte blue ones), a few matte white ornaments and some large rattan balls that match the tree basket. I know blue Christmas tree decorations are pretty uncommon, but I think they compliment the greenery often found at Christmas quite well!
For a Christmas tree to look professionally decorated, it needs an element that ties everything together. Dagmar suggests basing your Christmas tree theme on a certain color palette, an ornament collection, or one of your interests. Then, get style inspiration from designer blogs, home décor sites, or Pinterest. Finally, create a mood board to bring your vision to life. This will help you pick out the decorations that you need.
When trimming your tree, start with ornaments in a classic color scheme like silver, gold, white, red, and green. These hues mix and match well with other tree decorations to create a different theme every year.
In the Western Christian tradition, Christmas trees are variously erected on days such as the first day of Advent or even as late as Christmas Eve depending on the country;[10] customs of the same faith hold that it is unlucky to remove Christmas decorations, such as the Christmas tree, before Twelfth Night and, if they are not taken down on that day, it is appropriate to do so on Candlemas, the latter of which ends the Christmas-Epiphany season in some denominations.[10][11][12]
Christmas ornaments are decorations (usually made of glass, metal, wood, or ceramics) that are used to decorate a Christmas tree. The first decorated trees were adorned with apples, white candy canes and pastries in the shapes of stars, hearts and flowers. Glass baubles were first made in Lauscha, Germany, and also garlands of glass beads and tin figures that could be hung on trees. The popularity of these decorations fueled the production of glass figures made by highly skilled artisans with clay molds.
Tinsel and several types of garland or ribbon are commonly used as Christmas tree decorations. Silvered saran-based tinsel was introduced later. Delicate mold-blown and painted colored glass Christmas ornaments were a specialty of the glass factories in the Thuringian Forest, especially in Lauscha in the late 19th century, and have since become a large industry, complete with famous-name designers. Baubles are another common decoration, consisting of small hollow glass or plastic spheres coated with a thin metallic layer to make them reflective, with a further coating of a thin pigmented polymer in order to provide coloration.Lighting with electric lights (Christmas lights or, in the United Kingdom, fairy lights) is commonly done. A tree-topper, sometimes an angel but more frequently a star, completes the decoration.
European tradition prefers the open aspect of naturally grown, unsheared trees, while in North America (outside western areas where trees are often wild-harvested on public lands)[115] there is a preference for close-sheared trees with denser foliage, but less space to hang decorations.
Other trends developed also in the early 2000s. Optical fiber Christmas trees come in two major varieties; one resembles a traditional Christmas tree.[127] One Dallas-based company offers "holographic mylar" trees in many hues.[120] Tree-shaped objects made from such materials as cardboard,[128] glass,[129] ceramic or other materials can be found in use as tabletop decorations. Upside-down artificial Christmas trees became popular for a short time and were originally introduced as a marketing gimmick; they allowed consumers to get closer to ornaments for sale in retail stores and opened up floor space for more products.[130]
Pope John Paul II introduced the Christmas tree custom to the Vatican in 1982. Although at first disapproved of by some as out of place at the centre of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican Christmas Tree has become an integral part of the Vatican Christmas celebrations,[151] and in 2005 Pope Benedict XVI spoke of it as part of the normal Christmas decorations in Catholic homes.[152] In 2004, Pope John Paul called the Christmas tree a symbol of Christ. This very ancient custom, he said, exalts the value of life, as in winter what is evergreen becomes a sign of undying life, and it reminds Christians of the "tree of life",[153] an image of Christ, the supreme gift of God to humanity.[154] In the previous year he said: "Beside the crib, the Christmas tree, with its twinkling lights, reminds us that with the birth of Jesus the tree of life has blossomed anew in the desert of humanity. The crib and the tree: precious symbols, which hand down in time the true meaning of Christmas."[155] The Catholic Church's official Book of Blessings has a service for the blessing of the Christmas tree in a home.[156] The Episcopal Church in The Anglican Family Prayer Book, which has the imprimatur of The Rt. Rev. Catherine S. Roskam of the Anglican Communion, has long had a ritual titled Blessing of a Christmas Tree, as well as Blessing of a Crèche, for use in the church and the home; family services and public liturgies for the blessing of Christmas trees are common in other Christian denominations as well.[157][158]
The official Christmas tree, an 18-foot-tall Fraser Fir from Fleetwood, N.C., stands in the center of the oval Blue Room during a media preview of the 2023 holiday decorations at the White House on Monday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption
Channel old world glamour with a tree dressed in gilded ribbons, jewelled accents, and metallic baubles. Silver and gold Christmas decorations bring instant elegance. Complement them with your heirloom baubles for a true vintage display. Another idea is to mix in deep wine tones for contrast.
The first modern-day Christmas tree reportedly was displayed in a private home in what is now part of France in the 1500s. Trees initially were used as a pagan symbol to celebrate the winter solstice dating back thousands of years. The Romans used fir trees to decorate their temples during the festival of Saturnalia, and Christians came to view the tree as a sign of everlasting life with God, according to the Christmas information website whychristmas?com.
For many people, decorating the tree is the best part of Christmas. We count down to the day the tree goes up and then tackle the delightful process of placing every ornament and string of tinsel. You can decorate your tree with ribbons, light it with electric candles, and coordinate your hanging decorations so your tree looks absolutely perfect to shelter the family's wrapped presents until the big day.
Many people leave their Christmas decorations up until after new years and sometimes into January - but you can start changing it up immediately. If you're ready to dive into year-round festivities, redecorate your tree for your New Year's celebration.
Then bring out all your favorite St Patrick's decorations. Place a pot of gold next to or under your tree with a decorative rainbow of scarves leading to it - and nestle a few chocolate gold coins into the boughs. If you have leprechauns, place them jauntily in the tree for decoration or humor.
Everyone loves an Easter tree. In fact, Easter is the second most popular holiday for Christmas tree style decoration as we celebrate the return of Spring. This time, take your tree into the realms of pastel colors and hidden eggs. Bunny decorations are the height of style and adorability in an Easter tree, while plastic easter eggs filled with treats are the perfect ornaments to hang or nestle in the branches.
May has three amazing holidays to choose from for your tree decorations. If your family celebrates Cinco de Mayo, then deck your tree out in a rainbow of festive colors. Cinco de Mayo features mainly red, blue, and yellow with green as a secondary accent. Perfect for your tree! Top your tree with a large colorful Sombrero or with a festive pinata star. Deck the tree in Cinco de Mayo banner strings or garlands of red, blue, and yellow. Then nestle smaller pinatas, pinwheels, and party favors onto the branches.
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