Decorating for Christmas

Hi Spritz Your home looks lovely decorated for Christmas. No real greenery in our house I'm afraid but lots of decorations.I'm worse than the kids when it comes to the festive decor, even the fish tank has stars on it this year lol
A very merry Christmas to you and yours xx

hi spritz, yes your house does look lovely, but like maple, we have gone all out with gold decorations angels, stars santas and raindeer etc... got to admit i do love it. i do also love the all green look, being a florist i get plenty of chance to play with holly and ivy berry ect.. but not really practical in the house with the little monster, for obvious reasons. merry christmas everyone!

I used to decorate everywhere with the children when they were little, they loved making paperchains and stars made of straws or cardboard with pasta stuck on and then sprayed with gold. They also 'helped' to decorate the tree, which ended up all colours so you could hardly see a bit of green! I've still got a star my daughter made at Infant School, and she is 38 now! It really isn't the same when you're retired and going away to family for Christmas - but I will always have a tree!

good for you spritz, my mum is the same, she usally gets a dwaf holly tree - you know the varigated type, in a pot and decorates that, it then gets planted in the garden after - she hates the needles everywhere from a christmas tree and done away with her fake tree years ago - when me and my brother grew up. but this year she did invest in a fancy fibre optic tree with the lights already on, so it requires very little messing about with. my mum and dad like to go out for christmas dinner, i gues she has had years of cooking christmas dinner, and prefers to relax instead. but they have the invastion of all of us and all the grankids on boxing day to look forward to lol!

The fire I think must be very christmassy, and I like the idea of the rosemary. Like the lady above I too am a florist, and the simplest greens are often the best and most tasteful, they have so much texture and different shades of greens.

Have a merry christmas
Carolyn

I just told Peter I am going to replace the Rosemary tomorrow with fresh pieces because it has dried out in the log burner heat. I'm also going to have a go at making a wreath for the front door! One of my Holly trees doesn't have prickles so I'll start there. I love the log burner, it is a great comfort in this cold weather - and very Christmassy, especially when I light the candles in the hearth!