I am asking the approximately 7.5 of you who read this blog to answer a question.
I am puzzled , but that's not unusual. I am puzzled by something that's never entered my mind before, and it's all about Christmas decorations.
Blame Pinterest (again) if you want to.
I realize that home decorating styles change ALLTHETIME. What was popular last month is out of style today. It happens with wall colors and window treatments and furniture styles and Heaven help you if you have a piece of furniture from 1998... you better paint it fast to look like it came from Pottery Barn or Anthropologie.
A girl would have to knock off the local bank to keep up with the decorating times.
Is it the same for Christmas decorations? Are we all supposed to toss last year's classic red and green ribbon for this year's hottest blue garland?
I made the mistake of looking at HGTV's website.
They listed 12 different "styles" of Christmas decor. You just thought it was all about the red and green. They also listed White, Snowy White, Warm Green and White, Pink, Simple, Over the Top, and Gold.
And 4 more.
By the way, there wasn't one single giant inflatable yard Frosty on that list.
Nor any homemade angel clothespin ornaments made by a toddler.
So how do you all decorate for Christmas?
Do you stick to a theme? Do you use all the same colors? Do you have any collections? (Is that even ok anymore?)
I want to know if you change your decor with the trends. (I may want to borrow some money from you, too.)
Every year when we haul out the holly, I go through our ornaments and lights and other stuff to see what's broken. I glued the feet back onto 3 Rudolph characters yesterday. The Nutcrackers had a makeshift hospital on my kitchen counter. Poor guys.... moving all the time does not agree with them.
The saddest discovery I made was that our tree angel doesn't work anymore. We were trying to get her to light up when I realized... she is old. OLD. Older than my child. Maybe older than some of you. We bought her one of the first Christmases after we got married. That makes her somewhere between 15 and 18. That is old in tree angel years.
I'm amazed she lasted this long.
I put her in a bag of outgrown clothes I was taking to donate. Poor old girl.
So now I'm on the hunt for a new tree topper. Not because my style changed, but because I had to.
That's what I'm talking about.... Is it just me? Or are all of you hopping onto the latest Christmas trends?
And what do you do with all the stuff that's "out of style" now? Is it going to join my angel?
Help me out here, folks.
Do you have any giant yard inflatables?
What do you do with your children's precious handmade collections?
What is your Christmas decorating philosophy?
I may need to draw on all your knowledge in my quest for a new angel.
PS.... Here's the link for the HGTV article if you're interested:
http://www.bhg.com/christmas/indoor-decorating/christmas-decorating-styles/
PSS... If anyone has a pink tree, I want to see a picture.
4 comments:
To answer your questions....No I don't cotton to the latest fads for Christmas decorations. Yes I do have themes. One tree is dedicated to Snowmen/snow flakes. One tree is dedicated to Christ and One tree is a hodge podge (my favorite). I still use ornies that I made in brownies/Ga's school etc and of course include the ones my own child has made. You are NOT alone. I replace decorations when I NEED too!
This year, our Christmas tree is still full of kids' creations. We have no large inflatables outside, but we do have a decorated front porch. The only part of the house with a "stylish" feel will be the mantle...and still that's not going to be gracing the cover of a magazine any time soon! :)
My philosophy for this year: don't get distracted, make it memorable, don't break the bank.
Ooh, I forgot! I do have a friend w/ the sassy white, pink and aqua tree! It looks amazing in her retro/mod home. Everything in her home was decorated in those colors, so a traditional tree would have just looked weird.
I must admit I almost bought a bright, bright, bright...hurt your eyes...green tree this year. But, it would have been for my classroom:)When we were first married our tree was all blue, white and silver after several years most of the ornaments have gone on to tinsel town. And the tree has become the family tree filled with the ornaments that the kids have made. Of course, now that the girls are older we have a bit of "fashion" mixed in: red glitter twiggie things, gold ribbon draping down the side and a very modern wire star at the top. I am envious of friends that have multiple trees in their homes. How do they have the energy!!!
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