For the last five years, my fiance, Melissa, and I have decorated our home together. She and I met at college, where would each put out a small three foot Christmas tree with very small, glass plastic bulbs and a single strand of tinsel.

Each of us spent maybe fifty dollars total and used the same decorations all three years we knew each other.

Once we graduated college and moved in to an apartment together, however, our decorations became more elaborate as our budget (and space) expanded.

We lived near a Hallmark card store, and we began a tradition of picking our a Hallmark ornament together each year, spending $20 – $30 each year. Read More »

For me, decorating for Christmas means spending a lot of time with family. We all get together and spend a night at each house just decorating and getting the holiday feeling in everything.

We always buy a live tree, so we can plant it in the yard after Christmas is over. All of our ornaments and a good amount of our decorations have been passed down from family for generations.

I like the Holiday Stickers that are kind of plastic and are restickable made to be stuck on windows.

And we get Walmart brand lights for the tree and around the house, I like the ones that are just green and red. I’m also a big fan of home-made Christmas decorations. Read More »

We use many Christmas decorations but I will describe our living room Christmas decorations. Our living room is decorated at all times in a Western Theme. We had to have a Western Tree. When we decided to do the Western Tree it was about 4 years ago when we first married.

Western Decorations were not easy to come by. Now days we see them in every store. So we have a Christmas tree that is a regular pine tree. Due to allergies in our home we must use an artificial tree.

We use burlap as the skirt on the bottom. We have many western decorations that we have picked up over the years. Cowboy Santa and Reindeer, cowboy boots and hats, guns, and all sorts. Read More »

When I was a little kid, I asked my mom to buy a cross stitch kit of a Christmas stocking. She told me that if I finish it by Christmas, she’ll pay for it, but otherwise, I will need to pay for it. Well, I finished it and hang it up every year. Read More »

I always keep a box or two of Christmas decorations stored in my apartment. I can count on adding to them every year. Most of what I have kept has been ornaments that have special meaning. I worked for Meyer and Frank, a department store that is now part of Macy’s.

I still have some of the ornaments that I bought there. I usually pick out an ornament or two a Walmart. I choose carefully because not all of the selection appeals to me. I also bought a nutcracker there when they offered international styles. Mine is a Frenchman. Read More »

I love fiber optic Christmas trees! I started out with a 6ft one in the living room. Then I add about 5 sets of lights. I live in the Southwest, so I add 2 sets of chili pepper lights, one red and one green. I found these at KMART.

I also have a set of icicle lights I hang off the bottom of the tree. For closer to the top I have an angel holding small lights in her hands and her dress is lit up by lights as well.
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