Decorating the house at Christmas can be almost exciting as opening our Christmas gifts - it’s a chance to turn the interior and exterior of our home into a big Christmas display filled with twinkling lights, garland and glittery hanging decorations.

Christmas decorations have been around since the 17th century so this is not a new custom, however advance technologies have meant that we can have multicoloured flashing Santa and Rudolph window decorations instead of knitted snowflakes and stars which were around long ago.

There are so many pretty decorations available to buy nowadays, you can even opt for a whole Christmas theme and decorate the house in colours such as red and silver or gold and blue. For some people less is more and they will tastefully decorate their home with as little xmas decorations as possible, however minimalist you may decorate the living room almost every household will have a xmas tree complete with shimmering tinsel, glass baubles, tree lights, possibly fake snow and chocolate decorations for the kids.

Christmas trees can be seen in peoples front windows as early as November although they say it is bad luck to put your tree up two weeks before Christmas day - this is of course hearsay and pure superstition.
You often find the nicest Christmas decorations available to buy from garden centres. They stock a good selection of real and fake Christmas trees as well as the fibre optic ones which don’t need tinsel, baubles or lights you just simply plug in and that’s it done. Along side the selection of Christmas trees are wreaths which people like to put their front door and a wide selection of exterior lights to light up the outside of your home and garage.

Exterior lights are widely becoming popular as you notice more and more houses lit up like the national grid, often it’s a secret competition between neighbours who can plaster the most flashing lights on the outside of their house. You may notice countless climbing Santa’s, sleighs and oversized snowmen bobbing on the rooftops or in the garden, some people also like to decorate a garden tree with a string of Christmas lights.

Less is definitely more when it comes to exterior lights, too many and it could make the outside if your house look tacky and your neighbours might have something to say about the constant flashing lights, also more importantly consider your electric bill.
If you are stuck for ideas on how to decorate your home with Christmas decorations here are a few simple ideas to get you started

  • A large silver candle centre piece and Christmas crackers for the Christmas dinner table.
  • Garland with white chaser lights for the hall stairs and fireplace
  • Window light displays
  • Wreath for the outside front door
  • Lights for the outside of the house and garage
  • A real 6ft Canadian spruce Christmas tree with tinsel, chocolate decorations, lights and multi coloured shiny baubles
  • Advent calendar
  • k Santa stocking to hang off the mantelpiece
  • Angel or large star for the top of the Christmas tree
  • Mini Nativity village for the sideboard
  • Large coloured dishes with sweets
  • Ceiling decorations
  • Christmas Poinsettia Plants dotted around the home

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