Decorations for Christmas

Decorating the house for Christmas

The countdown in anticipation of the arrival of Christmas started. This year again the time has come to begin to get organized to accommodate friends and family at home for a long day full of good food, company and festive spirit.

The atmosphere of Christmas is important and the house needs to be equipped to have all the trappings that make it even more beautiful and welcoming.

Some people are ready to rummage through the attic to look for the historical kit consisting of themed decorations, but some, maybe just settled into a new home and eager for novelty, wants to do the pre-Christmas shopping for home to enter into the atmosphere of the party.

Shopping malls, stores and websites have started the bombing and we, as children in Toyland, would like to buy everything. Here is a selection of theme proposals, between tradition and innovation.

New Christmas Trees

Let's start from tree around which will be the party.

In addition to the usual decision-making (real tree or fake?), there is a range of alternatives and design.

In the spirit of Scandinavian style and sustainability tree sold by One Two Tree.

The tree consists of 26 branches that rotate on a trunk.

This base is very simple and minimalist, made in pine plywood that grown in the region Yarraman in Queensland, Australia, is to have fun using your imagination to decorate it.

Along with the structure you can purchase separately the DIY decoration kit.

Each kit comes with everything you need to create decorations, pyramid-shaped, in four different colors.

Each pyramid is made of recycled paper.

The kit also includes what it takes to hang the very personal decorations to the tree.

An interesting outdoor solution combines the shape of the Christmas tree to light.

Lightree, created by Loetizia Censi for Slide Srl, is a floor lamp that reflects, in a stylized and almost childish way, the classic mountain pine which here becomes special because it lights up and emits a light of atmosphere, colorful and festive.


Lightree is available in different sizes, from 45 to 200 cm in height.

In addition to the classic green color, which is inspired by the colors of nature, versions are available in red or white Christmas snow.

Christmas in the kitchen and on the table

To get into the Christmas mood is no shortage of proposals related to the world of cooking.

There are many accessories for the production of food, a lot of the molds shapes that recall Christmas as stars, trees, etc ...

Very good, even as a gift, the kit pastry signed Maisons Du Monde.

Inside a red dots cardboard suitcase, there is an apron and a chef's hat for baby, rolling pin and wooden spoon and three cutters to make cookies.

Refined and comfortable, especially for the effect it creates, the orange peeler by Alessi, gadgets that will help those who care for the presentation of the table and will pay homage to the guests with oranges decorated with special effects.

With this tool it will be possible to use oranges as a decorative element, given the precision of the cuts that you can practice on the skins.

Apostrophe, this is his name, was designed by Gabriele Chiave doesn not reveal at the first glance its function.


Another object innovative and fun to have on the table, is the basket by Seletti available in different versions: in the shape of a whale, rabbit, penguin, pig or chicken.

It can be used as a table centerpiece, as it contains bread or as a decorative element.

The new lights

To set the mood, you know, are the lights. The new generation of lights to put on the tree has nothing to do with those of the past.

Casa proposes christmas balls with an internal LED lights that turn on and off through a convenient ultra-slim mini remote control.

Very elegant and impressive also festoon lights contained into small white houses and perforated, creating a beautiful effect when placed on the tree as decoration or in front of the fireplace.

Small touches for a special Christmas

And finally some minor actions, to be done at the last minute, to really make Christmas a special day.

Let's start with colored chair covers depicting reindeer and Santa Claus, on sale from Jysk, then move on to give a Christmas look even to the guests, thanks to the ironic ties by Tiger ready to be sported at lunch.

To make it even more welcoming then the sofa to accommodate the family after the feasts, here is a series of Christmas-themed pillows with colorful writing and good-luck symbols of Christmas.

The pillowcases are sold in pairs or three of a kind and are available in many versions on different sites as Lightnthebox.com or Aliexpress.com.

With these subtleties, your home will become a perfect setting for Christmas Day, but also for all the evenings with friends that are taking place throughout the festive period.