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Holiday Decorations
Everybody looks forward to the holiday season, whether it is Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa, or New Year's Eve. People from all parts of the world like to enjoy such holidays in the midst of their friends and family. Such occasions merit proper celebrations and decorations. Holiday decorations are a part of these activities and they enable the people to bring forth their creative talents.
Holiday decorations in the holiday season add that extra sparkle to the celebrations that are characterized by generosity, warmth, songs and family traditions. Nowadays, there are many options of holiday decorations to choose from. The best greenery for indoor holiday decorations is pines, cedars and firs. However, for outdoor decorations both hemlock and spruces are ideal for exterior wreaths. These could lose their needles in less than a week if they are brought inside a warm building. Decorative greenery can also be produced with boxwood, yews and holly.
Fruits, nuts and berries can be used to decorate these wreaths or swags. Acorns, gourds, rose hips, bittersweet and cones of most evergreens would also serve the purpose. For holiday decorations fresh fruits like small apples, oranges, limes, lemons and kumquats can be used for making "Della Robbia" types of wreaths.
The mistletoe kissing tradition started when Frigga, one of the gods in the Norse myths gave a charm of mistletoe to her son Balder to guard him from the elements. But mistletoe had the power to harm him as it could not grow in water or earth or fire or air. It could only grow on trees and when Balder was struck down by the arrows of some other god, his mother shed tears of white berries and brought back her son’s life and promised that she would kiss anyone resting beneath the plant. This is how the mistletoe kissing tradition started.
You can do holiday decorations of your table with various elements and such a planned design is known as a tablescape. Normally a table is set for a meal but the decoration can be left there for the entire season. The color scheme followed in the house can be used in the table placements such as tablecloth, napkins, centerpieces and the placemats. A cheap and attractive idea for a centerpiece can be the placing of layers of fruits on some greenery taken from your back yard.
You can enhance the impact of your holiday decoration by experimenting with color selection and using your creative talents to come out with new ideas. You can, in the years to come, make different combinations and bring out a new look altogether. A can of spray paint is all that you need to splash around and add some glitter to the decorations. For a cool icy look you can use silver whereas gold will be ideal for a traditional look.
Previously, holiday decoration was interspersed with food such as sugared fruits, candies and cookies which were prepared as soon as the holiday season started off. However, the early décor was not only about food but it was also mixed with straw, pods, foliage and flowers from the woods and fields.
Various innovative ideas can be incorporated in your holiday decoration such as: decorating your front door with gift-wrapping paper by making a giant bow and tying it round the door, decorating the sidewalk with luminaries and playing music as soon as the guests start arriving, tying bows on all items from doorknobs to candlesticks in every room. These bows can be tied with a wire tie so that they can be easily removed for reuse for years to come.
Holiday decoration is all about having fun as holidays are basically meant for enjoying yourself.
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