NATURAL CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS

THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW ME KNOW THAT I AM NOT A GREAT FAN OF CHRISTMAS...BAH HUMBUG AND ALL THAT.
ITS NOT THAT I DON'T GIVE GIFTS
ITS NOT THAT I DON'T ENTERTAIN AND SOCIALISE
MONEY IS OFTEN SPENT ON GIFTS THAT PEOPLE DONT WANT

ITS THAT I DON'T LIKE THE PRESSURE PEOPLE ARE PUT UNDER BY COMMERCIALISM TO CONFORM TO A CERTAIN IMAGE OF "CHRISTMAS CHEER"

FAMILIES END UP IN DEBT. CHILDREN ARE OVERLOADED WITH PRESENTS THAT THEY WILL LARGELY IGNORE AFTER A DAY.
ALL THE WRAPPING PAPER AND CARDS THAT FILL THE BINS IN THE WEEK FOLLOWING CHRISTMAS.

MOST OF ALL I DETEST UNNATURAL PLASTIC CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS!!!

CHRISTMAS WAS ORIGINALLY  A PAGAN FESTIVAL..IN FACT THE DATE OF DECEMBER 25TH WAS CHOSEN A FEW HUNDRED YEARS AGO TO BE "CHRISTMAS DAY" ONLY BECAUSE IT ALREADY WAS A POPULAR PAGAN HOLIDAY.
NOW THEN...BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW THAT...AND THERE WAS YOU THINKING IT WAS THE DATE CHRIST WAS BORN!!

CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ARE EASILY MADE WITH NATURAL THINGS THAT CAN BE FOUND ON A NICE COUNTRY WALK AND NATURAL PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED AFTERWARDS.

I ALWAYS MAKE A CENTRE PIECE FOR THE DINING TABLE

A DISH WITH A CANDLE IN THE CENTRE SURROUNDED BY PINE BRANCHES, PINE CONES HAZELNUTS,WALNUTS, CINNAMON STICKS AND BAKED ORANGE SLICES

 THE SAME THEME IS CARRIED ON WITH THE FIREPLACE IN THE LOUNGE.

WE DON'T OFTEN BUY A TREE BUT WHEN WE DO OUR TREE IS DECORATED WITH TWINK LY LIGHTS...BECAUSE I LOVE TWINKLY LIGHTS...WE ALSO PUT LIGHTS ON THE BUSH OUTSIDE OUR FRONT DOOR BECAUSE OUR NEIGHBOURS LIKE TO SEE THEM. HOWEVER WE DO HAVE SOME WOODEN AND GLASS BAUBLES THAT WE HAVE BOUGHT ON VARIOUS HOLIDAYS TO REMIND US OF PLACES WE HAVE BEEN TO.
I AM PARTICULARLY FOND OF THE 7 GNOMES THAT WE BOUGHT IN NORWAY ON OUR FIRST WEDDING ANNIVERSARY TRIP.
WE NOW HAVE ONLY 3 LEFT.....ITS A STRANGE THING BUT SINCE WE CAME TO FRANCE ..WHEN WE TAKE THEM OUT.... THERE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE ONE THAT HAS ESCAPED!!!!
SO IF YOU SEE ONE ON THE RYANAIR FLIGHT TO OSLO?????????

THERE ARE SO MANY WEBSITES THAT YOU CAN VISIT WITH MANY IDEAS FOR NATURAL DECORATIONS FROM SPRAYING PINE CONES TO MAKING DECORATIONS WITH SALT DOUGH.
IT ALL DEPENDS ON YOUR TASTE...JUST GOOGLE NATURAL CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND YOU WILL FIND SOMETHING TO LIKE.

I LOVE THE SMELL OF THE PINE AND CINNAMON IN THE HOUSE...AND I LOVE ALL THE NATURAL GREENERY INSIDE THE HOUSE....ITS LIKE BRINGING THE OUTDOORS IN.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS DECORATING