Not Decorating For Christmas

Here are some holiday self care tips and why I'm not decorating for Christmas this year Aside from my couple posts about our infertility journey and our story about Josiah's adoption, most of the time I keep things upbeat and lighthearted over here. But today is a little bit different. Have you tried looking at it this way: it was the first year of you owning your own house and you wanted to splurge and treat yourself to a beautifully decorated house for Christmas and all it cost you was $300 -- that's about $10 for each day of Christmas joy.

Does $10 a day sound reasonable to you for daily use of those decorations? A personal blog post about why the author chose not to decorate for Christmas this year due to a busy schedule, a remodel and a humble perspective. She shares some insights and reflections on the meaning of Christmas and the importance of simplifying life.

I'm not lowering my expectations, I'm re-arranging them. Where once it was cooking and decorating, it is now laughter, candlelight, flowers, and family that I long to decorate my Christmas with. I've been avoiding decorating the house for Christmas.

I'm trying to figure out why. I think it's partly stubbornness about it still being. You don't need Rudolph to get you in the Christmas spirit! Rather than throwing together a holiday-themed assault on the senses, focus on decorating with items that bring warmth, sparkle, coziness and connection to your home.

Creating a festive ambiance for your family relies on more than just visuals; it involves all five senses. If we remember that at Christmas, then we can't truly feel alone, and we CAN get excited about decorating for ourselves! Tips for decorating while living alone at Christmas Okay, I actually promised you some tips to make living (and decorating) alone at Christmas better, so here you go: Put up a Christmas tree. And hang your stocking.

Holiday & Seasonal Projects, Holidays Why We're Not Decorating for Christmas This Year Since about a week before Thanksgiving my blog reader has been blowing up with posts on Christmas decor, Christmas crafts, holiday recipes, and more. Do you decorate your home for Christmas? If you have children, it's one of the best memory-makers. My mother was a master decorator.

She had an eye. She could go into the backyard (or more likely, send us teenagers out there) to pick some twigs, branches, leaves, anything, and she'd fashion it into something gorgeous. Today a Facebook friend posted 26 photos of her Christmas decorations, with a post that lamented being so late with her decorating-five days before Christmas.

It was beyond a tree and some lights. Her entire home was Christmased in shades of cream, red, gold and silver. Dazzling garlands and candles on every shelf and mantel.

People who live in magazines apparently don't have kids or kittens. The pressure to decorate a gigantic Christmas tree is just too much for some of us. Forget Rockefeller Center and think small.