Christmas Decor

Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, it is officially time to get ready for Christmas! Since this is our first Christmas as husband and wife, as well as the first majorly decorated holiday, we have been having a lot of fun.

Before our wedding and even after, family members decided to downsize their Christmas decorations so we had a pretty good start. Our tree is a hand-me down from my grandparents. It’s a cute pre-lit tree that stands about 3 feet tall. The ornaments we have are either antiques from my grandparents, ones my mom gave from her stash, or gifts we received during the pre-wedding events. We also were given a few Christmas serving dishes, and candle holders.

The rest I went out to purchase. I found our stockings at Hobby Lobby. They are so cute! One is gray and the other red with complimentary wood scenes. When it comes to lighting, I went overboard, partially because I forgot the tree was pre-lit. I bought 8 boxes of 100 mini lights. And of course, you have to have a poinsettia and I found one for super cheap at Wal-Mart.

We decorated yesterday night. Josh put extra lights on the tree, and together we hung tinsel garland and lights around the windows in the family room. On the windows we hung silver snowflake ornaments with fishing line, and the stockings are hung under one of the windows. Our tree is decorated with a mixture of the antique ornaments, gift ornaments, and ones my mom gave us.

And of course, we have winter-scented candles throughout the apartment that give off the most amazing scents! I love our Christmas wonderland. It definitely makes for a memorable first married Christmas.

Now to stay under-budget with gifts for my husband… (Thank God for Cyber Monday!)