Find inspiration for your Christmas Décor
The holidays are quickly approaching, so it’s time to start thinking about how you’ll turn your house into a joyous gathering place for your loved ones. For the majority of us, the holiday season begins far before December 25th in fact it starts as soon as decorations are around the house. So let me help you turn your house into a Winter Wonderland!
First thing first, you need to decide how you are going to decorate. Are you going to choose a Colour scheme or you are going for Theme Christmas decorations? And what is the meaning behind of what you are choosing. Even if you use the same old decorations from previous year it doesn’t have to be repetitive. You’ll need glistening string lights, lush greenery, sparkling ornaments and velvety Christmas ribbons, to mention just a few. We’ve compiled stunning Christmas décor ideas that you can easily replicate at home to inspire creativity.
One of the most prominent Christmas hues is blue. In the medieval era, blue dyes were extremely rare and more expensive than gold, only the affluent and royalty could afford to wear pricey blue clothing. It corresponds to the biblical meaning of the colour blue and is associated with Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, in Catholic Christmas ceremonies. Blue was also frequently linked to ice and cold and often associated with bad things, faux icicles are now a popular ornament.
Nothing is more festive than white Christmas. The colour white is associated with pagans’ winter solstice celebrations, and represented purity and the triumph over the forces of evil that’s symbolic of Christmas festivities. In ancient Egypt and Rome, priests wore white as a symbol of purity and innocence. During winter festivals, priestesses dressed all in white from head to toe to welcome the arrival of spring. In the 18th century, white wafers were used to decorate trees. White is also traditionally considered welcoming and peaceful.
As people spending more and more time at home and enjoy going outside in nature for a break, that also gives the inspiration to bring nature closer to our home by nature inspired holiday décor. Also, green vegetation represented nature’s endurance over the icy winters in paganism. Green also symbolises prosperity, fortune, and health from the Christmas season into the New Year. Since evergreen plants like holly and mistletoe stand in for the life and immortality of Jesus Christ, they have really played a significant role in traditional Christmas celebrations.
The Victorians may not have invented Christmas but surely played a big part in how we celebrate today during the festive season. Before that, Christmas was a privately celebrated religious holiday. People who celebrated would go to church and then gather home with family and friends. Due to the industrial revolution that rapidly brought more imported and local goods to the public. Businesses began to see Christmas as an opportunity to profit from new and mass-produced goods. This commercialisation has led to a rapid reinvention of the holiday. Christmas has become centred around the family, decorating, having a feast and giving gifts, entertainments and parlour games was all essential to the celebration of the festive season shared by the whole family. Christmas trees were decorated with candles, sweets, fruit, small gifts and handmade paper decorations where the focal point.
However you decide to decorate or draw inspiration from, your decorations should bring cosiness and happiness to your house. No matter if you want to go all out or spend as minimum as possible, there are so many ideas to create your dream Christmas décor. And if you feel creative enough, you might even want to try create your own ornaments, wreath, tablescapes.
