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When it comes to filling the house with festive cheer, most people add the usual Christmas decorations. You know the kind of things: a Christmas tree, a wreath on the front door, and some pretty lights in the windows. But decorating your home isn’t the only way you can add some festivity to your house or apartment. There are some cute tweaks to the decor you might want to consider as well.

Whether you are sick of the usual Christmas decorations or want to add some extra seasonal touches to your home, here are some great festive decor tips.

Mix Up Your Bookcase

It’s easy to forget about bookcases and ignore them when it comes to adding some seasonal spirit to your home. But these are great areas to jazz up with some pretty decor touches. One really nice idea is to wrap some of your books so that they look like Christmas presents. If you have some ornaments and photo frames on your bookshelves, you might want to swap them for some Christmas prints and trinkets.

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Add Some Festive Fragrances

There are some scents that we instantly associate with the Christmas period. For instance, scents like mulled wine, cinnamon, and fir. Why not add one of these scents to your home? If you click here, you can find out about modern scent machines that release fragrances into your rooms. You can choose the scent that you put into it, so it’s worth getting one that evokes some festive cheer!

Get Some Poinsettias

Flowers are great in the home at any time of the year, but there is one specific type that is closely associated with Christmas, and that is the Poinsettia! Bring in this beautiful flower and it will certainly brighten up your rooms. However, they can be quite difficult to care for, and you might find that yours dies pretty quickly without the right attention. There are plenty of guides that can help you care for your plant, though.

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Ditch The Red And Green

If you want your Christmas-inspired decor to be different from all your friends’ and family’s homes, then it’s a good idea to ditch the reds and greens. Everyone’s decorations will be red and green! Instead, you should use golds and silvers. These may not be traditional Christmas colours, but they can bring some real style and sophistication to your rooms.

Add Glitter To Fruit

The Christmas holidays are the perfect time to get the glitter out! You might notice that lots of wrapping paper and Christmas cards now come covered in glitter. Did you know that you can now get edible glitter? Why not sprinkle this over all the fruit in your fruit bowl? This can help you turn your fruit bowl into a great, decorative focal point. And don’t worry about all that glitter on the fruit – after all, it’s totally safe to eat!

So, why stick with the tree this year when you can use these decor tips to add more festive cheer to your home!

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It’s almost that time again when you have to keep the house clean and tidy, decorate the Christmas tree – unless you’ve been an early bird and have already done it – and constantly bake for the entire duration of the end of year celebrations – yes, that includes New Year’s eve too. For every child, Christmas is the best time of the year. For their parents, it’s debatable. Of course, you can’t stay insensitive to the Christmas spirit, but you’ll surely appreciate it better if you didn’t have to go through the same ritualistic nightmares year after year. You know the kind: Visiting the family, trying to avoid petty comments about some of the family presents, and family pretending to care about that distant relative you see only once a year… without mentioning about the stress of the preparations! In short, the time of love and family reunion can be very unpleasant for a lot of families! So, maybe this year you could take a break from the traditions and enjoy your Christmas with the kids and your partner only.

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Breaking out of the traditional boundaries

Now’s the perfect time to stop wondering about who is going to visit who over Christmas and who is staying over. You can give your family visits a twist this year – and stop worrying about how to survive spending an entire Christmas with your relatives. You don’t have to. You can still plan courtesy visits, but you don’t need to stay if you plan your Christmas road trip around the mandatory family visits. Remember that there are a lot of positive points to visiting your relatives, but more importantly making sure that you incorporate the visiting time in your travel projects means that you can focus on the positive and escape any negative part. Don’t just think car journey, though. You can hire a camping van for the season and spend a week or two touring!

The necessary equipment

You may be wondering what to pack for a road trip through the country. Get the essentials to keep the trip enjoyable, such as a high-quality cooler for your drinks and foods – you can find a handy cooler resource with reviews on here – and the sleeping gear. But it’s also the best time to make new memories with useful gadgets, starting with a waterproof and shockproof digital camera and even a GoPro for scenic shots. Make sure as well that you’ve packed car chargers for your electronics, or, if you fancy something easier, a voltage inverter that allows you to plug standard plugs directly into the vehicle.

Pick amazing destinations at home

The beauty of a road trip is that you can plan stops in areas you want to see. If you’re visiting your family around Chicago, make sure to spend a day in town to enjoy the Christkindlmarkt, the German Christmas market filled with craft toys, German foods, and drinks. With a bit of luck, it might even snow! If you’re family lives down the south-west coast, stop by the Walt Disney World for a very Mickey-esque Christmas parade.

There is no need for the stress over the family visits this Christmas. Instead, you can focus on your direct family by spending the holiday touring through the US and taking a bite of Christmas specialties in each town.

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