Friday, November 23, 2007

Christmas Celebration Ideas

The excitement of Christmas is not the only thing that rule household. Along with them, come the expenses and all the extra work that you need to do to make this day special for your family, friends and your guests. Here are some easy-to-do ideas that will help you add the festive touch to your home with minimum efforts and money:
  • Add ribbon bows to your Christmas decorations to give a festive look to your home. They can be added to basket handles, candlesticks, chair backs, doorknobs, garlands, wreaths, tiebacks for your curtains and even railings.
  • Aromatherapy pillar candles around your bathtub and a candle light dinner will not only invite peace and calm into your household this Christmas but also turn your home into charming, inviting and elegant in a jiffy. But you need to be very careful, if you have small children or pets in home.
  • Arrange some beautiful ornaments with pinecones in a shallow basket.
  • Candle arrangements can use evergreen sprigs, pretty ribbon bows and small colorful ornaments.
  • Holiday green sprigs bound together with a bow make beautiful window decorations.
  • Set your table with that expensive precious cutlery that you have locked in your cupboard for so long. You can keep adding to your collection. Silver cutlery sets add up to the royal décor.
  • Use Christmas tree cuttings and other leftover greens to make beautiful arrangements in bowls of all sizes. Use them to emphasize flowers. Beautiful and big flower and green arrangements make excellent table centerpieces while simple arrangements can grace your bookcase, bath sink or windowsills.
  • White, green and red are undoubtedly most notable Christmas colors so add them to your holiday décor as much as you like. Garlands, wreaths and swags on railings, mirror frames, armoires and the mantle also cheer up the look of a room.
  • Wreaths and swags add festive spirit to the entrances and doorways of your home. Artificial wreaths welcome the guests with holiday and jolly spirit and last for years.