Ideas for hiding the not-so-estethic Christmas tree stand
Hiding tree stand
Archives
White Christmas
Snowhite Christmas – in the interior
Winter decoration
Winter decoration ideas for the after-Christmas period
Pinecones
Christmas decoration ideas made of simple pinecones
Candy cane
Candy cane is one of the most popular chocolate-free festive sweets. Its history goes back to 1670. The choirmaster of Cologne Cathedral bent sugar sticks into the shape of canes to represent a shepherd’s staff. These were given out to children during the nativity scene. The cane was then all-white.
Handing out candy canes during Christmas soon spread throughout Europe. It reached America in 1847, when a German immigrant decorated his Christmas tree with candy canes. Striped candy cane appeared only at the turn of the century with red-white stripes. Around that time, it was flavored by peppermint, which finally became the traditional flavoring.
Candy canes were made by hand, a machine had been developed only in 1950 which could bend the sticks, with this providing the mass production and selling them worldwide.
Nowadays candy canes are produced in almost every color. However, the red-white version is still the most popular during Christmas preparations. Green-white and red-green-white stripes are also available.
This traditional striping is applied by the producers on many other Christmas products and decorations, since there is a high demand because of its popularity. Only some examples to mention: Christmas tree ornament in various shapes, wrapping papers, sweets with different shapes, lighting decorations. The candy cane is also used as Christmas tree ornament and decoration element instead of eating it.
Ask for help of an interior designer for stylish Christmas decorations.
Postcard decor
Let’s use our favourite Christmas cards as decorations
Christmas pickle
According to the tradition in the USA, an ornamental pickle is placed on the Christmas tree as one of the Christmas decorations. On Christmas morning, the first child to find the pickle on the tree would receive an extra present from Santa Claus or would be said to have a year of good fortune.
Citrus Christmas
Fresh citrus Christmas decoration ideas
Inspiration 9.
Get inspired by winter tit-bits
From Christmas to winter decoration
Christmas decoration goes back to the boxes after the holidays. The „emptiness” can be odd in the first few days because our home was resplendent in colors and lights for a month. However, the Christmas decoration can be transformed to a winter decoration with some clever tricks, this way the mood can stay until spring.
Firstly, take the red color out of the palette, because this reminds us to the feasts mostly. Let’s work with neutral colors. Plain evergreens should be placed in the vases instead of holy berry and other berry-branches. Cotton sprigs or just bare branches can be added to them.
Potted mini thujas/pines sprayed with faux-snow look good instead of Christmas table centerpieces. Color bubble ornaments in a bowl should be changed to whitened pine cones, for example. Fairy lights, Christmas ornaments and bows should be taken away from pine garlands. Let’s change the door wreath to a more neutral and simpler one. This can be made of pine cones, ivy, pine-branches etc.
Blankets and cushions made of checked flannel or knitted material have a winter atmosphere also instead of seasonal pieces. The red color can be kept in this case if it fits for the mood of our home.
We don’t have to get rid of fairy lights also. They are nice mood lightings, for example in a big glass vase, in a bowl with full of apples, in the fireplace (during out of order) or fixed to the curtain rod, in these early darkening days. The same is true in the case of candles and tea lights.
The red poinsettia should be replaced with a white one. Any kind of faux-snowed decoration can stay if it is divested from its Christmas features, namely less glittering and colorful accessories are given to it.
Ask for help of an interior designer for decorating your home also.
