With all of the eclectic ideas in Holiday Delights, could there be more Christmas loveliness to spark creativity? Affirmative. The prettiest holiday trees and decor below hold potential. So do silly quotes to pin along with more soulful reflections. Discover more Christmas magic on this board. Psst. Ever add little crowns to your decor?
Christmas Loveliness, Humor Relief, and Hope
Traditional Christmas Trees
If Homegoods shoppers are any indication, certain humans are going all out this year for their tree decorating!
Will your tree have a star on top?
Will it be fresh and alive or is an artificial one part of your traditions?
Since our nest emptied years ago, each holiday season and decor plan seems to vary as opposed to being a continuation of traditions. But our Belgium Fir from Nearly Natural finds a place each year:
Just the easiest tree for me to manage as a pipsqueak relying on grace and a lotta leverage. No fighting with lights since it is pre-lit.
Old Fashioned Christmas Tree Decorating
No matter your decorating style, it seems we can never go wrong with old fashioned, vintage or Old World style at Christmas.
Admire the idea of matching your giftwrap for gifts under the tree with your surrounding furniture and decor colors? A designer trick for sure.
Are there secrets for keeping it old school?
More is certainly more!
Colorful and classic? So charming!
Although a lighter look is tempting too!
Old fashioned tinsel ages the look like nobody’s business.
And who doesn’t light up at the sight of a massively tall specimen decked with lights and ornaments?
Natural Christmas Tree Decorating Schemes
I think this may be my favorite style of Christmas tree decorating.
What can I say? I love natural trees in their natural habitat so much!
Isn’t this straightforward idea charming with baby’s breath, hydrangea and clip-on candle lights?
Naturally, a natural tree can make all the difference. It need not even be an evergreen!
And it need not be in the living room! I love this idea so much!
Be-ribboned Holiday Decor
What say ye about velvet ribbons adorning the tree?
Because I think this is blue ribbon time myself! Wait. Did someone say blue ribbon?
White Lights, Colorful Lights or No Lights?
Old fashioned can mean going completely unplugged:
Or how about old fashioned colorful bulbs and little white lights…all in a charming cart?
So darling! Lots of pink and understated color on this next one yet no less festive!
If you’ll be skipping a tree this holiday season but are considering prettying up the front door…
Quirky Holiday Tweets
Are there days your spirit is telling you to unplug devices and plug into joy, laughter, and the lighter side of life?
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Because most of my days are those days. Life grows imperfect and wobbly with its longings and cares. Evils from a wounded culture of information overload dressed up in what seems harmless may sneak in.
Unplugging provides relief, re-set, and time to listen to the soul, to God.
Everything around us is ever changing. We are meant to be awed. Humility helps. A sense of humor helps.
Holiday Humor & Holiday Gifts to Thrill
Laughter stimulates the motor cortex, the limbic system and the frontal lobe.
Laughter activates and relieves the stress response.
It can also stimulate circulation and relax muscles.
Since laughter increases intake of oxygen, heart and lungs are helped by laughter too.
The Mayo Clinic says “positive thoughts can actually release neuropeptides that help fight stress and potentially more-serious illnesses.” We know this, yet we may at times forget WE CAN FILL OUR BEINGS WITH HOPE AND FAITH WITHOUT ATTACHING TO OUTCOMES. OR MAYBE IT IS ACTUALLY EMPTYING THAT IS CALLED FOR. EMPTYING OUR INTENSE NEED TO BE IN TOTAL CONTROL TO MANAGE WHAT IS NOT OURS TO MANAGE. EMPTYING TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE LIGHTNESS LOOKING FOR A WAY IN.
Ideas for a Festive Holiday & Laughter As Good Medicine
(I shared hope quotes in this.) When we laugh, our bodies produce natural painkillers.
You truly are taking good care of yourself when you choose to laugh because you are fighting more potentially serious illnesses.
And not just for the short term!
Laughter is good medicine for the long haul too.
Humor and laughter help us connect with people. When I texted this to my son who is a trial attorney, it made him lol immediately:
There are too many ways even the most loving, well-meaning people can become divided. In homes, in families, in communities.
We can be more intentional and creative to reconnect and unite as humans.
We certainly don’t have to be comedians or uncommonly clever to allow humor to become a bridge.
Find funny content that speaks your humor love language.
Share what makes you laugh the hardest with your friends and family in person or on the phone.
Feel the warmth that arises from shared laughter with each other. Know that this shared connection is never a small thing.
These bonds create healing and light. We’re healing each other, freeing each other from pain that fractures and binds and invited to enter a conspiracy of love to expand the whole. I strongly believe we are powerful RIGHT WHERE WE ARE. We don’t have to be in elevated positions of power or influence to empower others and become agents of eternity. I’m more scrappy than fancy. Lately I have been connected with neighbors via FB Marketplace as I purge more from our basement. My husband once shared this with me because it hit close to home:
Busted.
Christmas & Crowns
Crowns and Christmas hang together for plenty of folks who celebrate holy days for the birth of a king.
Yet it’s interesting to ponder that when Jesus of Nazareth was born, people were desperate for a great royal king to rise and rule. They had no clue this baby born in a barn had a humble kingdom and lifestyle in mind.
Since crowns were historically associated with nobility and status, artists often depicted religious figures wearing them.
The scriptures are full of references about receiving a crown, especially in relation to longsuffering and battles won.
While we may not think of the Christmas wreath as a crown, it is said to symbolize eternity, infinite love, and in the case of a holly wreath, Christ’s crown of thorns.
Christmas Symbols and Crowns
Perhaps traditional wreaths have endured as a symbol of Christmas because of the paradox.
Instead of a symbol representing wealth (or pain!), a wreath is somehow a reminder that Perfect Love conquered death.
A wreath on a door is a sort of invitation for Jesus to enter or even a welcome to triumphant Christmas spirit beyond the door.
Less Serious Crowns
Crowns have a playful side too. Brits traditionally wear tissue ones at Christmas dinner since they come in those sweet Christmas crackers.
Children around the globe feel special donning crowns as well even before they understand the historical significance or implications.
Sparkly crowns came into my world in a fresh way when my tiara-loving nieces became fixtures in my life. What a fun collection it has been my pleasure to help them build!
Crowns reflect an unending circle of perfect love, hope that death will not get the final word, victorious peace redeeming a weary world, and the human spirit’s nobility.
Psst. I shared a heap of whimsy in THIS.
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Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
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