How do you make your home more Christmassy for Christmas?

2020 has been an eventful year if nothing else. A year most of us want to put behind and move on to happier and simpler times. Christmas is special and celebrated with joy every year. Every year we come to gather with family and friends to spread the Christmas cheer and spend quality time with the people we love.

Whether you are traditionally a Christmas enthusiast or not, does not matter this year. No matter how you have celebrated the festive season in the past, this year we know you will be much more interested in Christmas festivities.

And if you are going to celebrate lavishly, it has to start with a Christmassy Home that is ready for the holiday season.

Why should you make your home extra CHRISTMASSY?

Many would ask what the point of decorating the house for Christmas is?  Christmas, can be celebrated without having a tree or lighting up your entire home. Yes, it can be. But what is the fun in that?

Studies show that decorating one’s home and making it Christmas ready makes people happier.

In a world full of strife, where most of us are leading stressful lives, many families stop indulging in Christmas decorations once the kids grow up. But age or the number of people in the house should not matter. Whether you are a single person living alone who cannot travel to be with their family, or a family with no small kids, you should celebrate Christmas with aplomb.

Decorating for Christmas is a fun way to go back to those childhood days when life was all about fun. For most people, Christmas decorations open up pathways to blissful childhood memories. They reconnect us to the magical moments spent as children when we still believed Santa was real and waited for a Christmas Miracle to happen.

Don’t shy away from removing those boxes from storage. Your holiday decoration needs to be shown off. And you deserve to be cheerful this festive season.

Now that we have convinced you to decorate your home. Can we not leave you hanging, right?  Let us explore some fun and quirky ways to make your home ready for Santa’s visit.

Make a special tree corner

If it is Christmas, there has to be a tree. The most basic of the requirements for the house to feel Christmassy is to have a lovely tree. This should be the first purchase you should make when you start scouting out for Christmas decorations.

We will leave to your personal preference whether you want a real or artificial tree and how big you want the tree to be.

No matter what you choose, once you bring the tree home, you have to create a special area for it. The tree should occupy a place of pride in your home. The next step would be choosing the decorations for the tree. You can either stick to a color theme and select all decorations according to that or go crazy and buy everything that you like and want to put on the tree. You get an incredible variety of bauble sets in different hues, textures and sizes that are perfect for decorating the tree.

Make sure there is ample space around the tree to place all the gifts. Give special attention to the area where the tree is placed and decorate it to compliment the tree. If the tree is by a window, then we suggest you dress up the window not just from inside but also from outside if possible.

Make it smell nice with scented candles

What better way to spread the spirit of Christmas throughout your home? Cinnamon, pinewood, fresh snow and berries. These are just a few fragrances that can instantly invoke a Christmassy atmosphere in the house.

Put them near the window, place a cluster of candles on the table as a centrepiece, scatter them around the house. They not only fill the home with festive aroma but bring warmth and glow.

Scented Candles looks and smells great. They are a perfect way to kick start your Christmas décor journey, especially if you get the special Christmas themed ones.

Get creative with artificial snow

So, there is snow outside, and you want a little bit of that inside too. Merge the outdoors with the indoors and create a winter land in your home that matches the one outside.

Or you live somewhere that it does not snow and still want to celebrate a white Christmas. Embody the spirit of the festival by sprinkling around white magic that won’t melt.

Whether there is snow outside or not, your house can be snowy. Dust it on the tree, sprinkle on the wreath, spread a little over the banister or near the windows. These are one of the decorations that can be put up as early as you want and can be kept way into the new year to add a dash of merriment to the house.

Light up your home with fairy lights

How can you celebrate Christmas without lights? These twinkling delights create a fairytale-like atmosphere both outside and inside the house.

As for the inside of the house, you can start by lighting up the tree and the corner surrounding it. The window can be dressed up with fairy lights. You can have lights around the banister or leave a few dangling on a picture wall.

You can never go overboard with lights. They don’t just light up the house but also everyone hearts.

Decorate your door with a festive wreath

You can recognize a house that heartily celebrates Christmas when you see a festive wreath on the door. The classic wreath symbolizing the never-ending circle of life is the best décor to put on your door.

Wreaths come in all sizes and are perfect for people living in apartments too. Even if you don’t have the space to put up any other decoration, you can always put a wreath on the door to get into Christmas mood. It is also lovely and welcoming to all who visit you during the holidays.

DIY Christmas cards and decorations

Of course, you can always buy cards from the store. But nothing is as charming as making your own Christmas cards. It will not just touch the hearts of the people that you will send them too but also get you into the holiday mood.

DIY Christmas decorations are a fantastic way for the whole family to bond. There is nothing as exciting as making your decorations and hanging them around the house. DIY decorations can become a fun holiday activity, especially if you have kids.

Another tremendous and effortless way to add some Christmas feel to the house is to display the Christmas cards that you receive. They can be displayed on the fireplace or corner tables or even on dressers in the bedrooms. This will not require any work and look beautiful.

Christmas stockings

The tradition of hanging Christmas stockings is believed to have originated from a tale of Saint Nicholas, where he leaves socks full of gold coins for three poor sisters. Legend or not Christmas stockings are a must if you have young kids in the house. But even if you don’t have young children, it is always fun to hang stockings as a way of decoration. And you can even fill it up with candy and other edible goodies on Christmas eve, so each family member has their stash of holiday confectionaries.

Whether you buy or DIY, put special effort into the stockings as you can reuse them for a few years.

A touch of Tinsel

You can never go wrong with Tinsel. This classic Christmas decoration brings a smile on everyone’s face and immediately spreads the Christmas cheer. Available in a plethora of colors, these shiny strings can add sparkle to any corner of the house. You can wrap it around the tree or the banister. Run it along with the windows and doors or line the walls from ceiling to floor. This is also an excellent option for outside areas like the back yard as it is sturdier than paper decorations.

The beauty of Bow

These are another Christmas classic. You can put red, green, white or any color bows anywhere and everywhere from decorating the gifts to every other available surface. Bows are simple and easy to put up and look fantastic. You can put them on the back of chairs, corners of tables, tie them to door handles, put them on the mirrors, the possibilities are endless.

Festive Décor Additions

If you are in a mood to splurge a bit and excited about changing the look of your house for Christmas, you can buy a few select items which can be stored and used the next year again.

A lovely festive theme tree bottom wrap around the tree is a fantastic way to add a dash of sophisticated Christmassy décor.

Some Christmassy throw pillows instead of your regular ones will brighten up your living room.

Christmas theme table cloth or runners on the dining table is another easy way to have a Christmassy meal with your family and friends.

Christmas theme artwork or picture frames which can go in few empty spaces around the house will add to the holiday vibe of the house.

You can dig into your cabinets for dinnerware and see if you can find something that goes with the holiday theme. Many stores have special festive theme dinnerware available if you want to invest in them.

Not just dinnerware, but you can look into other décor items you have in storage and see which can go with the holiday theme.

Let us make the outdoors as festive as the indoors

If the inside of the house is brimming with Christmas merriment, how can the outside be left out? Decorating the home from outside will make you and everyone else get into a festive zone even before entering the house.

Also, you may have a few space constraints within the house. But in the backyard or front lawn, you will have an open area to let your imagination run wild.

LED string lights

Around the house, around the fence. String it along everywhere. LED lights are the simplest way to decorate the outside of your home, your porch or backyard or your front lawn.

Net lights

Net lights are a quick and lovely way to light up your backyard or front porch. Spread them over bushes or a tree if you have one. Drape them over the porch railing. They cover almost everything in a blanket of light,

Snowflake and star motifs

Snowflakes and star motifs are traditional Christmas symbols and motifs in these shapes are available in various sizes. Easy to stick or hang, these motifs will help you create an illusion of a white Christmas.

Trophy animals

If you have a front lawn, place a few trophy animals around, and you are ready. They are festive, fun to look at and easy to install.

Outdoor Christmas tree

If you have the place, why not have two trees.  You can light it up with string lights and create a nice cozy Christmassy corner in your back yard or the front lawn.

Christmas messages with lights

It will take a little effort but writing or printing out funny or quirky messages on cards and hanging them along with the string lights in the porch is an exciting way to greet your guests.

Christmas light balls

You will need wire, LED lights and wire cutters. But the magical effect that you can create with lit up wire balls of different sizes and colors scattered across the lawn will very much be worth the effort.

Hope we have enticed and inspired you with enough options to make your Christmas indeed a memorable one. The best part about Christmas decoration is that once you start, there is no looking back. So, shake up a little and let your creative juices flow.

There is nothing as satisfying as sitting in a festively decorated home, surrounded by your family and friends, opening presents and spreading joy.

The J. West family wishes you and yours a Merry Christmas. May the spirit of Christmas reign supreme in your life and give you countless moments filled with love and laughter.