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Today’s Project
On the sixth day of our 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway, my true love gave to me…the Peppermint Throw and Pillow from Red Heart!
Level: Experienced
GAUGE: 1 small motif = 3½” (9 cm); 1 large motif = 7¾” (19.5 cm). CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
Finished Size: Throw measures 47” wide x 55” long (119.5 x 139.5 cm). Pillow measures 16” (40.5 cm) diameter.
Materials: RED HEART® Soft®: 10 balls 4600 White A and 6 balls 9925 Really Red B
Susan Bates®Crochet Hook: 5.5mm [US I-9]
beg dc2tog = (Ch 2, dc) in next stitch.
dc2tog = [Yarn over, insert hook in next stitch, yarn over and pull up loop, yarn over, draw through 2 loops] 2 times, yarn over, draw through all 3 loops on hook.
Interlocking crochet = Work the current round in front of the previous round but not into its stitches. Insert the hook through the chain space of the previous round and into the indicated stitch or chain space of same color round as your current yarn. As you work the new stitch, bring it forward through the chain space of the previous round. For example, in Round 3 (worked with A), insert the hook in the next chain space of Round 2 and, pulling the stitch forward, work in the indicated stitch of Round 1 (worked with A). Do not work over or into the stitches of Round 2.
Notes:
- Throw motifs and pillow are made withinterlocking crochet technique in joined rounds with right side facing at all times.
- Last loop of each round is dropped afterround is joined; next color is returned to thehook and worked in front of previous round. Colors are alternated as this sequence is repeated. Be sure to bring working yarn and loop of color not in use to front of piece when instructed. Do not cut yarn until instructed.
- A stitches are only worked in A stitches of odd-numbered rounds and B stitches are only worked in B stitches of even-numbered rounds.
- You may find it helpful to enlarge the dropped loop or place it on a locking stitch marker so it doesn’t unravel as you work the next round.
- Pillow is made in one piece with first side worked in increasing interlocked rounds and second side worked in decreasing interlocked rounds. Pillow form is inserted before last rounds are worked.
THROW
Large Motif (make 42: 10 with Edging #1,10 with Edging #2, 9 with Edging #3, 9 with Edging #4, 2 with Edging #5, 2 with Edging #6)
WithA, ch 4; join with slip st in first ch to forma ring.
Round 1 (right side): Ch 4 (counts as dc, ch1), dc in ring, [ch 1, dc in ring] 6 times, ch 1; join with slip st in 3rd ch of beginning ch—8 dc and 8 ch-1 spaces worked with A. At the end of each round, drop and enlarge the loop on the hook so that it doesn’t unravel as you work the next round. If desired, place loop on a stitch marker.
Round 2: With B, working in front of Round 1, join B with slip st in beginning ring between the beginning ch and first dc of Round 1, ch 4 (counts as dc, ch 1), dc in ring between next 2 dc, [ch 1, dc in ring between next 2 dc] 6 times, ch 1, bring A loop and working yarn to the front of piece; working behind the A loop and working yarn, join with slip st in 3rd ch of beginning ch—8 dc and 8 ch-1 spaces worked with B.
Notes for Rounds 3–10: Begin interlocking technique. Current round is always worked in front of previous round but not into its stitches. A stitches are only worked in A stitches of odd-numbered rounds and B stitches are only worked in B stitches of even-numbered rounds.
Round 3: Place A loop back on hook, slip st in first ch-1 space, ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), dc in same space, bring B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch2, 2 dc in next ch-1 space] 7 times, ch 2; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—16 dc and 8 ch-2 spaces with A.
Round 4: PlaceBloop back on hook, slip st in first ch-1 space, ch 3, dc in same space, [ch2, 2 dc in next ch-1 space, ch 2] 7 times, ch 2, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—16 dc and 8 ch-2 spaces with B.
Round 5: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, 2 dc in next ch-2 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 3, skip next dc, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 space] 7 times, ch 3; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—24 dc and 8 ch-3 spaces with A.
Round 6: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, 2 dc in next ch-2 space, [ch 3, skip next dc, dc in next dc, 2 dcin next ch-2 space] 7 times, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—24 dc and 8 ch-3 spaces with B.
Round 7: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next dc, 2 dcin next ch-3 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 4, skip next dc, dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-3 space] 7 times, ch 4; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—32 dc and 8 ch-4 spaces with A.
Round 8: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next ch-3 space, [skip next dc, dc in next2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-3 space, ch 4] 7 times,ch 4, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—32 dc and 8 ch-4 spaces withB.
Round 9: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-4 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 5, skip next dc, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-4 space] 7 times, ch 5; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—40 dc and 8 ch-5spaces with A.
Round 10: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 2dc, 2 dc in next ch-4 space, [ch 5, skip next dc, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-4 space] 7 times, ch 5, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—40 dc and 8 ch-5 spaces with B. Fasten off B.
Edging
Notes for Large Motif: Edgings #1–#6 All edging stitches are worked in A stitches of Round 9. As instructed, work in front of or behind, but not into, B stitches of previous round. After completion, label each motif with its edging number for easier identification when assembling throw.
Edging #1: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next dc, (dc, ch 3, dc) in next dc (corner made), dc in next dc, dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 4 dc in same ch-5 space, [working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 2 dc, (dc, ch 3, dc) in next dc (corner made), dc in next dc, dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 4 dc in same ch-5 space] 7 times; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—80 dc and 8 corners. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Edging #2: Place A loop back on hook, working in front of B sts, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, working behind B sts, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-5 space (corner made), [working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, working behind B sts, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-5 space (corner made)] 7 times; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—80 dc and 8 corners. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Edging #3: Place A loop back on hook, working in front of B sts, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, 2 dc in next dc, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next dc (corner made), dc in next dc, dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 4 dc in same ch-5 space, [working in front of Bsts, skip next dc, dc in next 2 dc, (dc, ch 3, dc) in next dc (corner made), dc in next dc, dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 4 dc in same ch-5 space] 4 times, working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 2 dc, (dc, ch 2,dc) in next dc (corner made), dc in next dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 6 dc in same ch-5 space, [working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 6 dc in same ch-5 space] 2 times; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—88 dc and 6 corners. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Edging #4: Place A loop back on hook, working in front of B sts, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, (4 dc, ch2, 3 dc) in same ch-5 space (corner made), [working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, working behind B sts, (3 dc, ch3, 3 dc) in next ch-5 space (corner made)] 4times, working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, working behind B sts, (3 dc,ch 2, 4 dc) in next ch-5 space (corner made), [working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 6 dc in same ch-5 space] 2 times; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—88 dc and 6 corners. Fasten off, leaving along tail for sewing.
Edging #5: Place A loop back on hook, working in front of B sts, skip first dc, slip stin next dc, ch 3, 2 dc in next dc, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next dc (corner made), dc in next dc, dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 4 dc in next ch-5 space, [working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 2 dc, (dc, ch 3, dc) in next dc (corner made), dc in next dc, dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 4 dc in same ch-5space] 2 times, working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 2 dc, (dc, ch 2, dc) in next dc (corner made), dc in next dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 6 dc in same ch-5 space, [working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 6 dc in same ch-5 space] 4 times; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—92 dc and 4 corners. Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Edging #6: Place A loop back on hook, working in front of B sts, skip first dc, slip stin next dc, ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, (4 dc, ch2, 3 dc) in same ch-5 space (corner made), [working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, working behind B sts, (3 dc, ch3, 3 dc) in next ch-5 space (corner made)] 2 times, working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, working behind B sts, (3 dc,ch 2, 4 dc) in next ch-5 space (corner made), [working in front of B sts, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space, working behind B sts, 6 dc in same ch-5 space] 4 times; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—92 dc and 4 corners. Fasten off, leaving along tail for sewing.
Small Motif
(Make 30) With A, ch 4; join with slip st in first ch to form a ring.
Rounds 1–2: Work same as Rounds 1–2 of large motif—8 dc and 8 ch-1 spaces. Fasten off B.
Round 3: Place A loop back on hook, slip st in first ch-1 space, ch 3 (counts as first dc here and throughout), dc in same space, [ch 2, 2 dc in next ch-1 space] 7 times, ch 2; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—16 dc and 8 ch-2 spaces.
Round 4: Ch 3, dc in same st as join, *ch 3,2 dc in next dc (corner made), 2 hdc in next ch-2 space, sc in next 2 dc, 2 hdc in next ch-2 space, 2 dc in next dc, repeat from * 3 times, ch 3, 2 dc in next dc (corner made), 2 hdc in next ch-2 space, sc in next 2 dc, 2 hdc in last ch-2 space; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—40 sts and 4 corners.
Assembly
With right sides facing, arrange large motifs as shown in assembly diagram. Using photograph as a guide, position rounded edges of motifs with edgings #3–#6 facing outwardly. Place small motifs in spaces between large motifs. Sew all motifs together.
FINISHING
Round 1: With right side facing, join A with slip st in back loop of any dc, working in back loops only, slip st in each dc around; join with slip st in first slip st. Fasten off. Weave in ends.
PILLOW
Rounds1–8: Work same as Rounds 1–8 of large motif—32 dc and 8 ch-4 spaces with B.
Round 9: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-4 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 5, skip next dc, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-4 space] 7 times, ch 5; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—40 dc and 8 ch-5 spaces with A.
Round 10: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next ch-4 space, [ch 5, skip next dc, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-4 space] 7 times, ch 5, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—40 dc and 8 ch-5 spaces with B.
Round 11: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 6, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space] 7 times, ch 6; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—48 dc and 8 ch-6 spaces with A.
Round 12: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space, [ch 6, skip next dc, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next ch-5 space] 7 times, ch 6, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—48 dc and 8 ch-6 spaces with B.
Round 13: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 4 dc, 2 dc in next ch-6 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 7, skip next dc, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next ch-6 space] 7 times, ch 7; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—56 dc and 8 ch-7spaces with A.
Round 14: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 4dc, 2 dc in next ch-6 space, [ch 7, skip next dc, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next ch-6 space] 7 times, ch 7, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—56 dc and 8 ch-7 spaces with B.
Round 15: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next ch-7 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 8, skip next dc, dc in next 6 dc, 2 dc in next ch-7space] 7 times, ch 8; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—64 dc and 8 ch-8 spaces with A.
Round 16: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next ch-7 space, [ch 8, skip next dc, dc in next 6 dc, 2 dc in next ch-7 space] 7 times, ch 8, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—64 dc and 8 ch-8 spaces with B.
Round 17: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 6 dc, 2 dc in next ch-8 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 9,skip next dc, dc in next 7 dc, 2 dc in next ch-8space] 7 times, ch 9; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—72 dc and 8 ch-9 spaces with A.
Round 18: Place B loop back on hook, skipfirst dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 6dc, 2 dc in next ch-8 space, [ch 9, skip nextdc, dc in next 7 dc, 2 dc in next ch-8 space] 7 times, ch 9, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—72 dc and 8 ch-9 spaces with B.
Round 19: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 7 dc,2 dc in next ch-9 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 10, skip next dc, dc in next 8 dc, 2 dc in next ch-9 space] 7 times, ch 10; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—80 dc and 8 ch-10 spaces with A.
Round 20: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 7 dc, 2 dc in next ch-9 space, [ch 10, skip nex tdc, dc in next 8 dc, 2 dc in next ch-9 space] 7 times, ch 10, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—80 dc and 8 ch-10 spaces with B.
Round 21: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 8 dc, 2 dc in next ch-10 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch11, skip next dc, dc in next 9 dc, 2 dc in next ch-10 space] 7 times, ch 11; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—88 dc and 8 ch-11 spaces with A.
Round 22: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 8dc, 2 dc in next ch-10 space, [ch 11, skip next dc, dc in next 9 dc, 2 dc in next ch-10 space] 7 times, ch 11, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—88 dc and 8 ch-11 spaces with B.
Round 23: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 9 dc, 2 dc in next ch-11 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch12, skip next dc, dc in next 10 dc, 2 dc in next ch-11 space] 7 times, ch 12; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—96 dc and 8 ch-12 spaces with A.
Round 24: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, ch 3, dc in next 9 dc, 2 dc in next ch-11 space, [ch 12, skip next dc, dc in next 10 dc, 2 dc in next ch-11 space] 7 times, ch 12, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—96 dc and 8 ch-12 spaces with B.
Round 25: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 9 dc, dc in next ch-12 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 11, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 9 dc, dc in next ch-12 space] 7 times, ch 11; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—88 dcand 8 ch-11 spaces with A.
Round 26: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 9 dc, dc in next ch-12 space, [ch 11, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 9 dc, dc in next ch-12 space] 7 times, ch 11, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—88 dc and 8 ch-11 spaces with B.
Round 27: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 8 dc, dc in next ch-11 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 10, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next8 dc, dc in next ch-11 space] 7 times, ch 10; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—80 dc and 8 ch-10 spaces with A.
Round 28: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 8 dc, dc in next ch-11 space, [ch 10, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 8 dc, dc in next ch-11 space] 7 times, ch 10, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—80 dc and8 ch-10 spaces with B.
Round 29: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 7 dc, dc in next ch-10 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 9, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 7 dc, dc in next ch-10 space] 7 times, ch 9; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—72 dc and 8 ch-9 spaces with A.
Round 30: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 7 dc, dc in next ch-10 space, [ch 9, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 7 dc, dc in next ch-10 space] 7 times, ch 9, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—72 dc and 8 ch-9 spaces with B.
Round 31: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 6 dc, dc in next ch-9 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 8, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 6 dc, dc in next ch-9 space] 7 times, ch 8; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—64 dc and 8 ch-8 spaces with A.
Round 32: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc innext 6 dc, dc in next ch-9 space, [ch 8, skipnext dc, dc2tog, dc in next 6 dc, dc in nextch-9 space] 7 times, ch 8, bring droppedAloop and working yarn to front of piece; joinwith slip st in top of beginning ch—64 dc and8 ch-8 spaces with B.
Round 33: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 5 dc, dc in next ch-8 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 7, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 5dc, dc in next ch-8 space] 7 times, ch 7; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—56 dc and8 ch-7 spaces with A.
Round 34: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 5 dc, dc in next ch-8 space, [ch 7, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 5 dc, dc in next ch-8 space] 7 times, ch 7, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—56 dc and 8 ch-7 spaces with B.
Round 35: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 4 dc, dc in next ch-7 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 6, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 4dc, dc in next ch-7 space] 7 times, ch 6; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—48 dc and 8 ch-6 spaces with A.
Round 36: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 4 dc, dc in next ch-7 space, [ch 6, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 4 dc, dc in next ch-7 space] 7 times, ch 6, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—48 dc and 8 ch-6 spaces with B.
Round 37: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 3 dc, dc in next ch-6 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 5, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 3dc, dc in next ch-6 space] 7 times, ch 5; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—40 dc and 8 ch-5 spaces with A.
Round 38: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 3 dc, dc in next ch-6 space, [ch 5, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 3 dc, dc in next ch-6 space] 7 time, ch 5, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—40 dc and 8ch-5 spaces with B.
Round 39: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 2 dc, dc in next ch-5 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 4, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 2dc, dc in next ch-5 space] 7 times, ch 4; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—32 dc and 8 ch-4 spaces with A.
Round 40: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next 2 dc, dc in next ch-5 space, [ch 4, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next 2 dc, dc in next ch-5 space] 7 times, ch 4, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—32 dc and 8 ch-4 spaces with B. Insert pillow form inside pillow and work remaining rounds to encase the pillow form.
Round 41: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-4 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch3, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-4 space] 7 times, ch 3; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—24 dc and 8 ch-3 spaces with A.
Round 42: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-4 space, [ch 3, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next dc, dc in next ch-4 space] 7 times, ch 3, bring dropped A loop andworking yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—24 dc and 8 ch-3 spaces with B. Round 43: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next ch-3 space, bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch 2, skip next dc, dc2tog, dc in next ch-3 space] 7 times, ch2; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—16 dc and 8 ch-2 spaces with A.
Round 44: PlaceBloop back on hook, skipfirst dc, slip st in next dc, beg dc2tog, dc in next ch-3 space, [ch 2, skip next dc, dc2tog,dc in next ch-3 space] 7 times, ch 2, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to fron tof piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—16 dc and 8 ch-2 spaces with B.
Round 45: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, (ch 2, dc) in nex tch-2 space (beg dc2tog made), bring dropped B loop and working yarn to front of piece, [ch1, skip next dc, dc2tog working first “leg” in next dc and 2nd “leg” in next ch-2 space] 7 times, ch 1; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—8 dc and 8 ch-1 spaces with A.
Round 46: Place B loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next dc, (ch 2, dc) in next ch-2 space (beg dc2tog made), [ch 1, skip next dc, dc2tog working first “leg” in next dc and 2nd “leg” in next ch-2 space] 7 times,ch 1, bring dropped A loop and working yarn to front of piece; join with slip st in top of beginning ch—8 dc and 8 ch-1 spaces. Fasten off B, leaving a long tail for sewing. Round 47: Place A loop back on hook, skip first dc, slip st in next ch-1 space, ch 3, bring B yarn tail to front of piece, [skip next dc, dc in next ch-1 space] 7 times; join with slip stin top of beginning ch. Fasten off A, leaving along tail for sewing—8 dc.
FINISHING
Weave A tail through each A dc on Round 47, pull tightly to close. Do not weave in end. Thread B tail on yarn needle. [Insert needle from front to back through center hole then from back to front through top of next B dc on Round 46 (straight st made)] 16 times—16 straight sts (in 8 pairs) with B. Pull A tail again to tighten, if needed. Weave in ends.
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I have lots of lights and ornaments on my tree.
my husband and I put lights on the outside of the house. we also put table top trees up d/t my cats will knock down a big tree. we also put lights up at the window too. we have all kinds of snowmen and etc around the house. It is such a fun time with family coming home.
I decorate for Christmas with a tree.
I cover everything with LED lights, as well as garland. I love lots of lights, and sparkly stuff. 😀
We decorate the house with crafts from the family. Home made horse wreaths, crocheted ornaments and garland, the kids made sock snowmen and snowflakes. We keep adding to the decorations as our crafts grow through the month. =)
We love to go all out! 2-3 decorated trees, wreaths, holiday collectibles, and garland everywhere!
We decorate a little inside & a little outside. I have downsized to a small tree this year & it was not easy finding a nice small tree.
Made two of the peppermint afghan and pilllow last year. Have an idea for doing a basketweave pattern in red and white. Would love to win the yarn to make this. Thanks
for the opportunity. Merry Christmas.
With a lot of angels and white light outside, my tree full of angel ornaments inside. Some of the ornaments have ‘become’ angels, with my help: Eeyore and Betty Boop, for instance.
I decorate with lights, a tree, and crafty ornaments
We decorate a tree in the living room
This year, I thought it was appropriate to give peace a chance. I’ve decorated with peace signs in the yard and house, blue and white.
I usually wait until after 12/13 to put the tree up (my son’s birthday). This year, we will hang stockings from the mantle, have a train around the base of the tree, and decorate the porch.
Lights outside,bear tree from top to bottom and all around
Every year I try to do something different with something that I have made myself. This year I have had to ‘rent a room’ in a lady’s home as I am out of work this Christmas. So this year I helped decorate her house on the outside with beautiful lights and fun snowmen. And I have made a Mermaid Blanket out of Red Heart Yarn, along with some really cute dishcloths too. And I now attemptying to make a hat that looks like a football with Red Heart Yarn that I bought along with the pattern from Mary Maxim… Wish me luck… I hope it turns out OK. Merry Christmas every one!
I would usually put bright banners up all over the house and make it seem festive.:)
We are keeping it simple this year just the two of us now. Nativity set on the fireplace. I would love to make the peppermint throw to have for next year. Thanks for the chance to win.
I don’t really decorate my home, but I think the home cooking smell makes everything look festive.
We usually go all out, but this year will have to cut back due to new kitten (who loves to climb). Hopefully next year she will calm down a little.
Both beautiful and delicious! What a great project.
Umm… let’s see bright festive lights, and banners that say the holiday name. 🙂 Good luck to all other contestants!!
I decorate with a little table top tree and some lights outside and a wreath on my door. I also change my tablecloth to a Christmas one with matching placemats.
I dont think i will decorate my house this year. But maybe i will, not sure, but if I do its going to be awesome. Mostly because decorating takes alot of time. Will see though.
Decorating in our home is simple. A tree with ornaments made by either our children when they were little (now all adults) or our 24 grandchildren. A homemade wreath on both front and side doors. Lights along the eves and windows.
Most of our decorations are handmade from my 3 children’s school art ornaments to the crocheted angel on top of our tree made by my grandmother. The other decorations come from family members that have passed away.
I have a very small black fake tree with silver snowflakes, silver icicles, and skulls (I have my gothic stuff out all year) 🙂 I do not like real trees because I don’t like to find the needles come summer time and it always happens 🙂 Sense it is just my husband, daughter and I we don’t do a whole lot anymore. Thank you for the contest ! Good luck to everyone, and Happy Holidays !!!
That throw is so pretty.
We’ve recently moved to a new house and there are no outside outlets so we don’t put lights out and there is no space to have a tree indoors so we just put a wreath at the door.
This year my children and I went to the Dollar Tree and picked out several garlands, tinsel, ornaments, and candy. We then twisted them up and hung them around door frames, cupboards, and windows.
I decorate with crafts that I have made – for example, ornament wreaths and Christmas tree ornaments. I also add more color with lights to brighten our season. Happy holidays!
Real tree in the living room, decorated with “heirloom” ornaments–things the kids made years ago, treasures collected over the years, even a few my parents picked up on their honeymoon in December 1950! A few little touches here and there throughout the house, all familiar things that get displayed year after year. I have a tiny ornament I put on the kitchen windowsill that looks like “Downton Abbey”‘s Mrs. Patmore–she’s carrying a huge platter with a beautiful turkey. And she’s smiling.
I decorate by putting up an artificial large and small tree which have an assortment of ornaments, garland and lights. I also put up a wreath and a light up Santa.
I love making people, along with myself, feel welcome and comfortable. I like to use warm golden candlelight, and cardinals (the nesting aspect), greenery, poinsettias, and personalized items to decorate!:)
Can’t really afford to do a lot of (lighting) decorations. I do a few outside & have a 3′ fiber optic inside. Do try to make new decorations with recycled items each yr. This yr. a pallet tree for outside (lighted). Happiness is just a state of mind. I try to enjoy all parts of the season (lights, music, Christmas shows, holiday food & decorations).
red/white/green plaids and sticks….lots of sticks tied together, made into God’s eye ornaments and trimmed with gold and cinnamon laying around for the fragrance. I’m a very rustic person and like the rustic look especially at Christmas time
I decorate with lights,memories. With the love of Christ
Lots of handicrafts and tchotckes…Everything has to be cat-safe, so no tree! one of my kitties has pica, so she’ll try to EAT it!
We deck the halls with boughs of holly! =)
I put my Christmas tree next to the window facing the street and decorated it with multi-color lights, silver garlands and ornaments.
I don’t decorate for the holidays anymore. My two mischievous dogs would tear up anything I put out. But I do love the sights of Christmas in stores, enjoy the smells of peppermint and love drinking eggnog.
My decorating has been pretty slim in recent years. Tree, a nativity, and a wreath on the door. Since I taught myself how to crochet this year though I plan on having all kinds of Christmas goodies made to decorate with by next Christmas.
handcrafts and snowmen, lighted tree
We put up a tree and we decorate with lights and garland.
I decorate with a coca cola Christmas tree.
I have a small house, so we decorate a small tree with hand made ornaments.
I have 3 small fake trees I decorate. Each with a different theme. Huge front window gets lights and a wreath I made. May look tacky to others, but I like it.
With all the artwork my kids bring home from school!
For the holidays, I decorate with handmade items that we have cherished for many seasons. Each year we add a few new ones.
We decorate with glittery ornaments, lights, garlands, tomato cage trees and snowmen, ribbons and bows. We add in the angels and candles to help everything glow. Each year, we add a few more decorations and ornaments.
We do not celebrate the holidays but I love to cover surfaces with warmth. And to carry on a tradition where my Grammie made us new scarfs, mittens and bed slippers each year. The mittens mybae fingerless these days our can have the top slip off and I may make a hat instead of slippers but I know everyone will be warm.
I put up a tree and lots of lights around the house.
We put up decorations – I like the Christmas tree decorating the most.
Most of our decoration are handmade by myself and my two daughters. Each has a story behind it and it makes it fun when we get them out and say “Remember when….”
We decorate with ornaments, wreaths and other decor we have knitted or crocheted over the years. Lights and evergreen branches highlight the decorations and brighten up and add fragrance throughout the house!
We decorate with lots of decorations, both homemade and store bought. Many of our decorations represent significant events in our lives or memorable moments. Each year we relive those moments as we decorate indoors and out.
small tree and outdoor lights.
No special decorations just winter theme through out!!
I decorate my front porch with a tree, Christmas pillows, presents under the tree and garland and lights on the rails. Inside I have a tree, a huge selection of Santas & snowmen and use fresh greenery, pine cones, holly berries and candles everywhere.
Thanks for a great giveaway.
The Christmas tree surrounded by gifts
I rarely decorate any more. When I had a family, I decorated every room, with each one having a theme. My favorite thing to do was to put candy canes on the tree and allow children who visited to pick one.
I put up lots of lights indoors, and lots of sparkly figurines shaped like deer
This year just decorating a tree for Christmas.
We try to keep it simple – a few strings of lights at ground level (no kadders required) and our tree and some figurines set around the house
I decorate my house for Christmas with the help of my husband and our two children. My husband puts the tree together, I fluff the branches, and then our children decorate the tree. This year our children also made a paper snowflake garland to hang across the mantel of our fireplace. This year is the first year that we have had a proper tree skirt because I crocheted one. I am in the process of crocheting all four of us Christmas stockings from Red Heart that will also hang from the fireplace.
I just put up a tree kids make decorations most of the time. Cats like to take them off the tree lol.
Christmas village , nativity scene, grandkids help decorate our tree, singing dancing santa, and lots and lots of cookies and holiday treats (made with the helping hands of my grandchildren. we even put jingle bells on our yellow lab named Bela !
Lots of handmade decorations!
We put are tree up and I crochet a tree skirt for the tree this year. We set up our nativity scene on top of our entertainment center with pine garland wrapped in red lights. The tree has white lights. Outside my hubby has around the window. The front porch has pine garland and red bows with white lights. He has candy canes outlining the driveway that are lite up red and red bows really pretty.
We decorate with a small tree and decorations on the inside inside and lights on the outside.
Decorate with a Christmas Tree and lots of lights!
I love to decorate my tree with Victorian ornaments. The lights are accented with small candle lights placed throughout the tree. I love the color pink with lots of handmade ornaments; many made with natural colored lace with pink accents. Each ornament is cherished making Christmas a magical time of the year. The tree is placed in front of my bay window and can be seen by passers-by. The living room itself is decorated as Victorian so they play nicely off of each other. The house is one hundred and thirty two years old and built during the time of the Victorian style homes.
I love to decorate my dining room table and the tree!
My family is usally very busy but we all pitch in to decorate for christmas. We use an green artificial tree the same one we use every year. We use store bought and hand made decorations and ornaments. the had made decorations are usually made by me but my sisters make some too we create little banners and a cloth for our tree to stand in. All my christmas preasent to them are hand made. Our tree is decorated with multi colored musical lights. Plastic orbs in many colors paper crafts and string like conffeti there are candy canes hanging from the branches which we eat one a day till christmas. I usally sit underneath the christmas tree and just listen to the singing lights i find that the best part of christmas.
just a tree and few little knick knacks around it
I have had 4 requests this week for this very afghan. We decorate for Chridtmas with ornaments given or made by our family members here and out of state. Our grandchildren always put up the ornaments they made or were given for their first Christmas and my grown daughters still hang the colored melted plastic party cups with ribbons in them that they made in nursery school. Outside , I have a 50 year old life size Winnie the Pooh in a santa suit that I was given as a child, who lights up at night and is sorely in need of a paint job..
We have our family tradion of putting up our large Christmas tree in the living room. It is decorated primarily with red, white and gold decorations. We also have angels, Halmark ornaments and West Highland White Terrier ornaments. The rest of the house has wreaths that were either botten or made by family members. We have lots of candles, smaller trees, wall hangings (mostly latch hook rugs) and Christmas stockings. Our table is decorated with a Christmas table cloth and a beautiful floral and candle arrangement. I have been working on a crochet table cloth, when I am not working on other projects. We do not have any Christmas afghans, at this time. Outside are lighted figures (that we change periodically) to complete our homey display.
This would make a beautiful afghan for next years Christmas
Tree with lights and ornaments (shatterproof ornaments, the cat loves to play with them) wreath on the door, Nutcracker standing guard beside the tree, winter village set up on a side table, other little knick knacks spread out around the house.
With a tree and lights
I like to put up lots of decorations from the tree to outdoor lighting.
I have a tree in my living room and just a little bit of light outside. It gets too expensive with the electric bill. Our most treasured decoration is our manger
I do everything blue and nutcrackers. I love the cool look of blue decorations.
I decorate for Hannukah with an antique menorah, a wall quilt made from blue and gold fabrics, and hand-painted dreidels.
My favourite Christmas decoration is my ceramic tree that lights up inside and make the coloured bulbs sparkle.
I decorate with lights, candles and snowman.
I decorate by putting up all kinds of festive things around the house along with a christmas tree =)
A huge tree and lots of lights inside and outside !
I love nutcrackers. I have a whole bunch I set out like people with Christmas villages. I also had my husband make me a wooden tree. Love it so much.
I make all kinds of Christmas gifts every year and look forward to finding new patterns to make for my children and grandchildren.
I love to decorate with penguins, candy ornaments and a nativity scene. Of course having a little girl there is a lot of homemade ornaments and decorations all around the house.
I love sparkling lights, green. s and reds, Santas, Nutcrackers, candles, candles and more candles. I decorate with all mentioned, plus we love to have a garland run the length of our family room decorated with lights, ribbons and glass ornaments. I have 42 years of homemade ornaments on my tree.
I decorate a tree and have various holiday knick-knacks around the house.
I like to decorate with as much of my homemade things as I can.
We have a tree with lots of light and indoor decorations around the house
We decorate by putting colored lights all around the living room. Put up a 4 to 7 foot tree with all the multi colored lights and Christmas balls, beads, and etc. My daughter has collected Christmas bears from 1980 until the present and she puts them all around the living room either hanging from the walls, on the bookcases or anywhere else she can find.
We get a new ornament every year. We put up a live tree, dressed with all the years, lights around the mantel and a welcome swag on the door.
First the Nativity scene and then the Christmas tree,decorated with handmade decorations and Pewter Christmas themed ornaments.
I have our tree that we decorate and then we have all of our Christmas animated toys that we put around the house and I have the Santa and Mrs. Claus ceramic figures that I place. Outside we have our inflatable snow globe and Santa Homer.
Always with a nicely decorated tree, lights in the windows and a Christmas village.
Put out my collection of Santas and decorate the tree with ornaments the kids and I have made throughout the years.
I love the Christmas Season. Putting lights on the tree, decorating the house, and baking with the little ones. Every year we drive around looking at the houses that are lite up & driving to see Christmas in the park. I would love to win this beautiful throw to add to my seasonal decor. It is absolutely stunning. Thank you for the pattern if I do not win. I just started crocheting but I will add to do as I increase my skills. Thank you for this opertunity.
We usually go all out with Christmas decorations: A huge Nativity Scene under the Christmas tree, Stockings hung on the fireplace mantle, our collection of Nutcrackers adorn every room, and Santas galore. Lights and garland and candles add to the festive glow of the Season.
We put nutcrackers everywhere. I love this blanket and pillow!
My tree has lots of lights on it and my grandchildren put the ornaments on the tree. I pretty much decorate the whole house.
We like to decorate with A LOT of lights. If you turn off our indoor lights you can still see perfectly fine with the red, white, and green lights strung all over the house. It’s beautiful!
We decorate with large figures for a manger scene in our living room. On windows we hang ornaments and crocheted stars or snowflakes. Plus wreaths on our front and back doors!
I want to make this one!! I wish I win!!
I decorate with snowmen,santa’s, pine cones,lights,tinsel,lights and most IMPORTANT
THE NAVITY SCENE,as JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THIS HOLIDAY SEASON…
MERRY CHRISTMAS. ☃☃☃
awesome giveaway. love the peppermint candy afghan! we decorate a little inside and a little outside. a tree, some wreaths, reindeers, lights, and of course presents!!
We put up a tree with lots of white lights and colorful glass ornaments. Stockings are hung on the fireplace mantle and the dining table is festive with candles and evergreens. Multi-color lights are strung outside around the roof line of the house. Simple but holiday cheerful!
We give only hand made Christmas gifts to each other. We have had this tradition since my girls were very small. Every year they learn a new craft or perfect an existing one. I have presents that they have cross stitched, knitted, crocheted, sewn, felted. One year they made home made soaps and took twigs and made soap dishes as well. I love that every year they get excited about crafting and reading blogs about craft ideas, and make lists of things they want to make, instead of things they want to buy. This year they have gathered pine cones and made fire starters for the fireplace. They are planning to crochet an afghan for me and this one would be perfect!
I love to put battery candles in the windows to light the house and the way home!
I decorate the inside of our home with a Snowman Christmas tree with lots of Clear lights in one room and in another room a green tree with lots of colored lights and ornaments and we display lots of Christmas decor and pillows thru the house and we decorate the outside with colored lights and three blow ups…..grand babies love it!
We go all out and decorate everything. Well, not really. I came from a small family that has just gotten smaller through out the years. My decorating is minimal, but I’ve always loved this throw. I have plenty of time on my hands during the winter months. Please… pick me.
I make the fire place festive. This is the biggest thing,
Tree or trees, this year just one, outside lights and wreaths changing of decor around the entry, piano and end tables.
Yep I get into the season!
We have two houses we decorate with computer control panels that make the lights blink to music on a radio station. So people can ride by and watch our lights blink to the music playing on the radio station in their car. Its alot of work so we don’t do alot of decorating inside. Love crocheting scarves, hats, boot cuffs, and afghans to give and sell during this time of year.
I put up a christmas tree, lots of christmas decor around the house and my son decorates the outdoors with lights and blow up figures.
We decorate our house with lots of homemade wreaths, Christmas villages, and lights everywhere.
I use lots of lights.
Tree and cards
I have a Christmas quilt, and a real tree. Very simple.
Hanging handmade decorations on the door
I like to decorate with a combination of modern and traditional items. Outside I have a decorated tree with mini bird houses and lights. Mechanincal reindeer and white snow flake lights on posts.Inside we decorate with christmas orniments made by myself or others that I have collected over 40 years.
we put up a tree, a wreath decorated with pinecones that we picked up in Mississippi, and hang stockings.
I decorate with angels, trees and snowmen
With a small tree with lights and pretty Christmas balls. Garland on the door.
We definitely deck the halls. If I had my way — the decor would be year round.
We usually have at least 2 trees inside and one outside along with lights on the outside of the house. We put up a village, stockings and a wreath on the front door. Merry Christmas
We put up a tree that we decorate with many handmade and vintage ornaments we’ve made and collected over the years. My mom puts up a Grinch village on her hutch. We trim the doorways with sparkly tinsel trimming.My mom also puts out her big Father Christmas dolls around the house as well.
My grandchildren decorate our tree with ornaments that we have had since their dad was a child. We hang stockings for every member of our immediate family. the dinner table is set with Christmas dishes and through out the house are smaller trees that we decorate. a hand made deco mesh wreath hangs on the door.
We go all out. Multiple trees, lights, garlands, + decorations!
I Love Sparkle & Lights & Smells of baked goodies
I put several wreaths and lights on the outside of house. Inside I decorate with the Christmas tree and some gingerbread man garland that I hang across the doorways. We also have various holiday ornaments to put throughout the house, such as a Christmas Story lamp, Christmas candles, and candy dishes.
My family and I always turn on Christmas carols ànd decorate our tree a few weeks before Christmas. Then we hop in the car and go get hot chocolate to drink while drive around to look at the neighbourhood Christmas lights
I decorate with a fresh tree, lots of lights and home made cinnamon ornaments as garland.
Merry Christmas
A 4′ tree and lots of twinkly lights inside and outside.
Lots of ornaments, many of them gifts collected over many years, lots of hand made items, my snowman quilt and crocheted Father Christmas, a couple of quilted runners, one with snowmen, another with gingerbread people, a quilted tree skirt under the tree, crocheted stockings.
I always decorated everything, but this year I have a new cat, so the only thing I will do is put wreaths on the doors where Freddy can’t reach them!
we put up the tree with lots of handmade and store bought ornaments and this year we bought the noma bubble lights to add to the other lights and stockings for all hung on the mantle
Christmas tree!
My family and I have a little tabletop tree and then we decorate the house too,it is really nice, and we have family or friends come over too.
My son and I have been making paper crafts this season.
The most important piece of my holiday décor is a Christmas ornament with the University of Kentucky logo on it. Just think, I could wrap myself in a peppermint blankie and watch the games.
I get out all my kids elementary school Christmas projects and put some in each room
I have went all M & Ms Lights, decorations, Christmas Train and houses and stores, It is all M&Ms. I got quite obsessed. You’d be surprised at all you can find. Would love any crochet patterns for Christmas M&Ms.
Decorating my home for the holidays includes putting up a Christmas tree and stockings for my 6 family members and 3 dogs, and hanging lights. Crochet decoration is something I am new to and hope to put into practice in the near future.
When I was 9, my sister died of cancer right before her 2nd birthday, which was Dec. 11th. So, after that tragedy, my family never really decorated for the Holidays. So I made a promise to myself that when I had my own home, I would make December more special, and not just celebrate the Holidays, but also my sister’s life. I start decorating the day after Thanksgiving. I made a special stocking for my sister and it hangs on the fireplace alongside all the kids’ stockings. The kids pick out holiday music to play while we decorate the tree and the whole house. The kids wrap some of our larger pictures that hang on the walls with paper and ribbons so they look like presents. Each of the kids have their own little tree they decorate for their room, and one for my little sister that they put on the front porch. After we finish decorating the house, we always have to make a batch of sugar cookies. (My personal favorite part of the day) The past couple of years now, my son has started to wrap some of the doors in the house and put big bows on them. Every room in the house is so festive. Such great memories are made every year. December is now my most favorite time of the year.
I’m a Santa nut. A lot of my decorations are Santa related. I also have two Christmas trees.
We decorate with a white Christmas tree and a nativity
Christmas is my favorite holiday. Basically if it doesn’t move for 5 minutes it gets decorated. We put up lights everywhere, decorations in every window, And this year I have a huge porch to decorate. So we are putting up garlands with lights and bows and candy cane striping the columns. I’m so excited, this will be our first Christmas in our new place.
With a Christmas tree with a train running around it, and advent wreath, the nativity scene, and small decorations like santa’s workshop
CHRISTMAS IS NOT THE WAY IT USE TO BE,KIDS ALL GROWN,LIVING IN DIFFERENT STATES,AND CITIES,SO I HAVE CHRISTMAS BY MY SELF,VISIT MY SISTERS HOUSE AND BUYING GIFT CARDS FOR THE KIDS. WE USUALLY TRY TO SIT DOWN FOR A MEAL,IF NOT I GO TO LUBY’S AND BUY A DINNER FOR MYSELF.
My family likes to decorate inside and out but nothing too flashy. We love to craft and I am going to start a test run of this tonight I love this pattern! My grandma used to have pillows like this 🙂 and you for sharing this.
I love to go around the town and look at the Different Christmas Decorations on Peoples Houses .
This year I have blinking lights out on my patio rail, a “Merry Christmas” blackboard banner on my door, a pink lighted Tinsel Pig on the floor by my sliding glass door and a 3″ ceramic pine tree on the stand under my TV.
we decorate the tree and put up lights around the windows , hang stockings and various other decorations around the house
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AT RED HEART…..
I LOVE TO MAKE AFGHANS. I DON’T OWN ONE AS I GIVE THEM ALL AWAY. IT GIVES ME A GOOD FEELING TO DO THAT,
I decorate with throws, wall hangings, and baked goods. Lovely tutorials thank you for the giveaway.
We decorate very simply. My husband likes the lights and I like the rest of it. We have a small house, and it’s old which means there are limited outlets to be able to do a lot of lights. This year we have a small tree with one string of large lights and some of our more meaningful ornaments. We also hung some multi-colored icicle lights in the front windows.
We always decorate by putting up a big tree and all the ornaments that have accumulated throughout the years. This year I am going to add ornaments that I will crochet. I am thinking of little Christmas wreaths, stars and snowflakes.
Being a great-grandmother, I no longer decorate, as I am taken to my adult children’s homes for the Holidays. They are the ones who go all out, and even out of bounds with their decorating for each of the Holidays. It’s Christmas at my youngest daughter’s home, Thanksgiving at my oldest daughter’s home, and Easter at my son’s home. He also host the other holidays. So I’m free !!!
I decorate with lots of lights and things either my kids or i have made m like knit ornaments and quilted Christmas decorations
I love holiday throws and put them on couches, chairs, ottomans and the beds. They are very cozy.
On Black Friday we put up our Christmas tree. We never choose a theme, instead every year we buy a couple of ornaments to add to our collection. Each one has a special story or meaning behind it. Our tree is a big hodge podge of randomness, but it’s the story of us.
I love Christmas – in addition to all the traditional decorations – tree, lights, candles, etc. – I even replace the pictures on the wall with needlepoint, crewel, floss embroidery, candlewick and counted cross stitch Christmas pictures that my mother and I have made over the years.
This is my first Christmas with my fiance’, so we are making new traditions, and decorating together. I love that he enjoys decorating for Christmas as much as I do! We put up his “honeycomb” lights around the windows and on the greenery in front of the TV. My daughter has a collection of snow globes we put out each year. There are many decorations I have made from the jewel tone tree skirt to ornaments and stockings!
we have a lot of figurines and village things, plus blue lights we like to hang all over the place.. in addition to the tree, of course.
It’s been different over the years. This year it’s pretty minimalist. I have a small tree sitting on a table with a handful of decorative items, then I’ve hung up a couple of Christmas stockings.
I have a special needs 48 year old brother who just realized what Santa is all about eight years ago. We go all out – tree, musical lit decorations all over the house, garlands, lights, all Christmas plates and paper goods, and his favorite – chasing lights on the house, icicles, 4 blow-ups, and mini-lights on all the bushes. This year we added a sparkling star atop the garage, and laser red and green pinpoint light covering the front of the house. My brother loves it!
I usually put up a tree with pretty ornaments.
I decorate with lights, tree and lots of santa clauses.
I go all out I decorate in and out side I do Christmas trees ,lights ,stuff animals,Christmas throws, pillows ,bedings I do Christmas in every room so so pretty.
We have a nativity scene, a tree filled with homemade ornaments from over the years, an elf on the shelf, an ugly Christmas sweater for our dog, a wreath on our front door, pine like garland wrapped around our porch, a gingerbread house, advent calendars, an advent wreath, and lots and lots of lights and candles everywhere! I just love Christmas!!!
I love to decorate my house with icicle lights, unusual Santa’s and snowmen. Snowflakes and ornaments hanging from the ceiling. Twinkling lights on the tree.
We have an 8 ft tree that i decorate in a kids motif–toy cars, Sesame Street, Disney characters, Frosty, rudolph, We decorate the front door with a wreath over giftwrapped door. the fireplace gets a lit garland , tinsel, Nutcrackers, snowmen, winter village. The dinning room table has a red and gold tablecloth and placemats, and a winter village in the middle, i place snowmen by the entry way. Lastly I string lights in an X shape from one corner of the living room to the other and around the sides of the walls.
Lots and lots of lights. A big tree with a lot of ornaments.
In our house we just have a small 4ft prelit table top tree that I add extra lights to,we also hang stockings.
My grandchildren helped me decorate the tree. I also love snowmen and angels so I have them up in different places in our home. We have a wreath on the outside of the door and a snowman on the inside. I have also crocheted snowflakes and stars for the tree.
Most of my Christmas decorations are homemade or gifts from family. I just have a wide variety that don’t necessarily match, but I love them.
We mix ornaments and decorations that have been in our family for 75 years along side our more recent decorations. The children love hearing stories and memories connected with the older decor.
The younger children make a few handmade ornaments each year to add to the collection. They are amazed at how they have changed when they look at their previous photo ornaments.
I have a huge tree in the living room with an angel on top, unless my boys get their topper on first, which is Batman! We have lots of toy ornaments. I also have a few nativities displayed so we remember the true meaning of Christmas. I have homemade decorations and a dancing Santa too.
We have thousands of lights outside and then inside I do the primitive style I love the look of the homemade decorations, last year my favorite decoration that I made was a wreath made of different size yarn balls, made with the red heart Christmas red and green with sparkle yarn and a burlap bow also I have a few things hand down to me that belonged to my grandmas that I cherish! I love Christmas!
We have a tiny plastic tree that we put up, it’s not very pretty but all that we have with a few ornaments and lights hung on it. My son likes it at least. I make a few paper decorations for our windows and to hang from the ceiling but we can’t really afford much else. I would love to win these prizes because they would really help with bringing more of a Christmas feel to our home.
With plenty of gold, green, red, lights, trees, and homemade ornaments.
I like to decorate with crocheted items made by me. Not only beautiful, but harder for kids and pets to destroy!
Since it’s just my brother and myself, we don’t decorate much. We have a small tree in the window and a couple of “shelfies”.
I love to crochet! This would be awesome to win and work on and what a Christmas present to whoever wins.
I like simple these days! I make a wreath every year and pick a color scheme. 2 or 3 colors. And just get everything matchy! This year is red and silver!
I know double comments don’t count but just realized I forgot to say how I decorated. We have our beautiful tree up and lights on the porch. And we always hang garland in the doorways. And our Peanuts nativity scene is proudly displayed.
We put a tree up with lights and handmade ornaments. We also have some wreaths that we put up that we make.The pillow and throw will make a nice addition to our Christmas décor
I love Christmas decorations anything that has to do with Christmas is open house when it comes to decoration. This Beautiful! Peppermint Throw will not only bring an additional joy to the lucky winner but it look’s like it will most definitely keep company and everyone gonna want their own. That’s a fantastic beautiful breath taking creation. I’ve never won anything but after receiving your free gift “this beautiful Peppermint Throw PATTERN” I feel like a winner. Would be super great to win the Red Heart Giveaway so I can save some money and have all the Yarns at one time is always smart too. I’m feel this PATTERN, its attachments are unlimited when it comes to colors. Wow can’t wait til you pick the winner. Thanks for sharing your Red Heart Peppermint Throw and Pillow Pattern and triple thanks for contest and giveaways. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and thanks in advance for all you do to bring new patterns to all your subscribers especially ME!!!
I decorate with old and new decorations I’ve collected for over thirty years. My most treasured are an ornament the was my Mom’s before she married my Fad and a thin plastic reindeer that was my Dad’s as a child.
That is a very pretty spread. and i will be saving the pattern so that i might make it one of these days. but i think there will be alot of time to put into this beautyfull spread.
I turn up the Christmas music and dance around with my kids as we decorate. We love lights so our living room is decked out with a twinkling tree and lights trimming the border around the room. Every window has Christmas balls or lights. It’s our favourite time to decorate 🙂
We don’t celebrate christmas, but I would still love to win the beautiful yarn and stuff. thanks for the opportunity.
I am a beginner “hooker” and would love to have the goodies!!
I always put up a tree and stockings! I’ll start doing some more decorations as my boys get older.
We put up our Christmas tree with its lights and ornaments, and have a wreath on the front door.
A small Christmas tree next to TV
We decorate with homemade decorations with a few store bought things. Thanks for the great giveaway.
This is just our second Christmas together, and our first with everything out of storage. We will have a tree and a few other things in the living room. Next year, though, we’re putting up lights outside.
I live in a small apartment with my husband. We put a table top tree. Hang memory ornaments and hang a kitty cat package door ornament on the door. Merry Christmas to all.
I am a Red Hat Society Queen Mother and decorate my tree with symbolic red hat ornaments. Merry Christmas to all the talented crochet ‘hookers’.
We put garland around the rooms and have lots of candles and figurines around the house.
I have a Santa collection and I have those guys all over the house – even in the bathroom. You just can’t get away from his watchful eyes at our house during the holidays!
We make crafts to hang up
I live in a very tiny apartment with a cat, so I decorate a tiny purple tree and put it atop my tallest bookcase, so Shadow won’t bother it. A few ornaments hang from my torchiere lamp. A tiny ceramic tree cheers me on my nightstand. A plastic canvas banner hangs on my front wall. Not a lot, but enough for me.
We have coloured flashing lights strung all over the balcony. The tree has many coloured lights as well as decorations. The nativity set is on a table and a Merry Christmas plaque on the door.
I put up a tree with lights and new ornaments as well as old ones from my childhood. I put up a Nativity set have scented candles burning.
When our children were younger, we tried to do some aspect of decorating on each weekend of Advent: putting up the manger scene one weekend, baking cookies another, and so on. As we often had live, balled-in-burlap trees that we planted later, we never brought them in until Christmas Eve, so that was tree-decorating night. All our ornaments were unbreakable and made by family members, whether sewn felt, plastic canvas, or beaded, so they all had their own stories. Now that the children are grown, we do less, but we still put up a tree (artificial) on Christmas Eve with those wonderful home-made ornaments.
We usually only decorate inside the house. We put a tree and various other decorations around the house.
i decorate with christmas card i have received
I usually decorate my classroom better than my home! But my tree Is the centerpiece of my Christmas decorating with a very eclectic assortment of ornaments that I have collected (stars in particular), been given, or my children made—both my own kids and my first grade students. At school I do a lot around the gingerbread theme—so this candy peppermint throw really caught my eye!
I decorate everything, I put a tree up, and hang stockings, lights and garland around the house, the cat has a stocking too
Every year the kids and I choose new ornaments to make each week. This year we are also making new stockings for each of us. We put up the tree with all the ornaments we have made though out the years. We hang garland and lights on the tree and around the doorways. Our decorations have grown enormously!
At Christmas time we decorate our real tree as a family, we all gather round and daddy puts on the lights,mummy does the tinsel and then the 3 kiddies and us adults all do the balls, the special ornaments that the kids hand make and they each get a new ornament each year and then we all sit back and watch as mummy(me) puts the star on the top and daddy turns on the lights – and then the magic of Christmas has arrived
This year all my grand kids will be out of town and so we spend most of our efforts decorating outside so that many people can enjoy it. We always put up a lifesize nativity that my husband made from wood. It is lit up and looks really nice. We also decorate with house and tree lights and hang stars and balls from the trees. I love to come home after dark and see the beauty of the lights.
depends on how I feel–if I feel decorative, a tree goes up. I live alone and go to my parents’ for the holidays, and I don’t usually have company, so my house doesn’t get much decorating
I hand crochet my ornaments & my gifts I give to others. Merry Christmas
I usually do a snowflake theme. We love to decorate our windows so the neighbors can see..so we hang lots of our snowflakes in them. Other than that, we try to just incorporate something fun and different every year. This year my oldest son wanted the Christmas tree upside down, so…upside down it hangs! Merry Christmas to all!
We used to go all-out, but as the kids got older (and we had more of them), we started cutting back on the decorations – now, just the tree, lights outside, the stockings… Maybe – one day, when we have time again – we’ll decorate each room, but it’s more important to spend time with our kids than to decorate for just a two/three week time period.
I PUT OUT ALL 45 OF MY NATIVITY SCENES AND THIS YEAR MY HUSBAND MADE ME A WOODED CHRISTMAS TREE WHICH IS 5 SHELVES ON TOP OF EACH OTHER IN THE SHAPE OF A TREE AND MY NATIVITY SCENES ARE SETTING ON THEM,
I put up tinsel and stockings, ornaments and lights. Everything but the tree. I have a cat, so we decorate the house, just no tree. Presents go around the fireplace.
we have a double tree with an arch that connects them that we put up in front of the door wall. It’s really unique, I decorate with many of our cherished ornaments. Our dining room and the stair way are decorated too with a wreath, santa. The mantle has our stockings and more garland
Outdoors we have a lighted Santa with lighted gift boxes with a draped, lighted garland below his feet. Santa always makes his Christmas delivery at our little condo!
I put up a Christmas tree, and the granddaughters get to put lots of lights and decorations on it…I also have villages we put out around the house. We also put lights up outside, along with animated reindeer, an angel moving her candle back and forth, and a small tree on the patio out front.
We decorate our tree using ornaments collected from family over the last 33 years. We’ve used the same star & tinsel on our tree for 33years! Since we live in sunny Florida, we decided last year to put up 3 lighted snowmen in our front garden..just as a reminder of snowy central New York.
I have a wonderful family to decorate the home we live in. My husband and I live in the arctic, far away from our biological families, which is hard at Christmas. We run a wilderness resort lodge, and have around 15 volunteers from all over the world come to assist us with our work. We all grow close and the best part of Christmas is decorating our lodge house with different hand made decorations and ornaments from around the world, and cutting a 5 meter Christmas tree. The best part of all, making our own family, to love, celebrate and share together when you are all away from your home families.
decorate? I clean the house!!!
Lights, trees ,snowmen and penguins! We have lots of fun decorating for the holidays 🙂
Love this time of year with lots of lights …. a tree with blue lights and purple decorations … homemade cookies and baked goods … doing good things for other people, big or small doesn’t matter as long as it makes them smile
I would love to win this i love red heart yarn
We have a few decorations scattered around the house, but most are in our living room – where the Christmas tree and Advent tree are located
I have many ornaments I’ve collected through out the years. But my most treasured are those my children( now grown) made for me as they grew up. As I decorate our tree each year I take a walk down memory lane!!
I have my little Charlie Brown Christmas tree with the Linus blanket wrapped around the base because it reminds me of watching the Peanuts Christmas special with my parents when I was a little girl.
When the kids were at home we would go all out decorating for Christmas but now they have the own homes and I can’t do it all by myself anymore so a tree and a few other family decorations is it. I love to crochet and still make lots of Christmas stuff and give it away.
I put balls on my trees on the porch, hang my Buckeye Wreath, Put up a silver tree in the house to honor my country with red white and blue. I honor my God by a statue of Santa kneeling at baby Jesus’s manger .
We love to decorate the house with homage crochet ornaments and lots of sparkly garlands. We really love our nativity set and crochet tree skirt.
This is gorgeous!! While I don’t know how to crochet. I would love to attempt using a knitting loom.
I do all the usual things, tree, lights, but I do one little thing that people always comment on, I put a Christmas Santa hat on anything with a head, it’s cute and it adds a bit of Christmas everywhere. It’s really cute on my Henry the Butler wine bottle holder.
Lights, lights, and more lights!
Cypress is very plentiful here in Louisiana, so this year I am having lots of it inside to make for a cozy Christmas.
A fresh cut tree with lots of lights, ornaments and garlands plus, my collection of bells and candles. Also lots of lights on the outside. We love to drive around and look at all of the holiday displays.
When our boys were young, we decorated inside and out, every room and space. We even used glass wax to paint our windows and decorated artificial trees to put outside. Now my husband has to do it and his decorating is rather boring (or plain). the two things he makes sure are done is putting up the tree inside and putting up the life sized nativity outside. Anything else the grandchildren do.
One year when my kids were little we had a very unique Christmas tree. (One of the best Christmas ‘ we’ve had). For the star my daughter put her transformer figurine on the top to represent the star. They gathered all their small stuffed animals and teddy bears and that’s what they used to decorate the tree. They were so proud of that tree. Every year it changes..this year sock monkeys
I decorate with only handmade items, like crocheted throws, pillows, ornaments, and especially the kitchen dishclothes, hot pads or trivets, table runners, napkins, costers for drinks — since the kitchen is the gathering point in every event.
We have a small space, so I put up a small tree on a table. I string two strings of lights and put up some of my favorite ornaments out. My most favorite ornaments , of course are my hand knitted balls and trees.
Our decorations feature ornaments from three generations, including origins pre WWII glass bead garland and plastic globes from Panama during the war as part of over 1,000 ornaments on our artificial tree that requires three days to decorate. We fill the house with candles in the window, garlands in the dining room break front and living room mantle, a Portuguese Nativity, as well as moose, bear, reindeer, and snowmen and, of course, poinsettias. Outdoors we light the bushes and roof, hang large globes and glass icicles in the trees, and place bells where hanging baskets surround the porch in summer. Four soldiers guard our front door and gingerbread men line the walkway. Fond memories are shared as we lovingly place each ornament and sleigh bell in place while baking 18 variety of cookies, two cakes, and two breads with carols playing in the background
I make handcrafted ornaments, some felt, some crochet and decorate my little tree. I send snowflake to friends and family.
I have a small tree that I decorate with all handmade ornaments. Each year I like to make at least 1 new one each year. Handmade gifts and decorations for the house are te highlight of the year.
I have at least 3 Christmas trees in my home each year. I collect Santa Claus ornaments and this covers my first tree. Second tree is more formal an last but not least in our rec room is a tree decorated with things my three children made when they were young, this tree gets the most attention each year as the memories come flooding back with each ornament.
I like to decorate by putting up my tree with homemade ornaments, stockings on the mantle, and wreath on the door!!
I’m not super into holiday decorating anymore, but we do still put up a Christmas tree and stockings. That’s about it though.
The peppermint throw would be an excellent addition to my holiday decorating!!!!!
a wreath , a tree, a few lights, mostly we decorate with our family…spend time with , eat , bake and be merry !
I decorate with lots of multi colored lights, christmas tree with a lot of decorations mix of a little of everything. it reminds me of a country type christmas. I love to look at the lights., I hang a wreath on the door and other docorations for door too. I love to let the kids help and see their faces. I have 4 little grandsons and a 8 yr old and they are my true joy in life. my cup runnith over this time of year especially
We decorate with the usual tree, lights, wreath. Nothing special.
We have the typical Christmas tree, but we also have a “holiday skeleton” that we dress up to go with each holiday, so for Christmas we put a Santa hat, mitts & boots & have our skeleton hold either a wreath, a sack of toys or a present.
We always put our tree up the day after Thanksgiving. We decorate it with lights and garland, and all the ornaments we’ve bought for each other over the years. It’s a very sentimental tree. Then we decorate the whole house with garland and lights and window decals and talking santa figures and non-talking figures. There’s a wreath on the front door as well as the side door and we put up lights on the porch as well. When it’s lit up at night it’s beautiful.
Got the decorations set up…..I crocheted 3 miniature snowpeople with scarves and toques…..made some knitted holly wreaths….have a miniature top hat on the tree and another one on the little table that everything is set up on….I added 3 miniature quilted tree skirts……and have a 5 inch xmas tree in the center of the table that lights up……..every year I’ve been adding to the table and my husband loves it….to him it’s his very own winter miniature land……in the process of making a xmas light garland to go around the table…found some mini lights at the dollar store that fit in well with all the miniatures….and it all looks really little and really pretty at night with the lights off……I think i’ll try and add a mini santa sleigh for next year…..found a crochet one on all free crochet that might just work…….Have an awesome Christmas ….!!…
We decorate inside and outside with lights, lots and lots of crochet christmas decorations. We put up and decorate a very big tree with lights, garlands, both gifted and handmade ornaments and lots and lots of tinsel.
We decorate with a Christmas tree full of lights and ornaments. We also have decorations outside.
Our tree is full of memories. Things my kids made as they were growing up, crafts I’ve made, ornaments my grandfather made and my very favorite is pictures of my kids each year as they grew.
In a typical year, the family decorates the tree with ornaments we’ve collected since the kids were born, hang icicle lights around the outside of the house, and frame the Windows in lights. However this year, we’re in an RV so we hung blue icicle lights across the front of the awning, red strung lights up the awning brackets to the side of the rv, hung some around the Windows, and put up window clings. Contemplating a small tree on the kitchen counter.
After all, Christmas is all about the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ. People have lost the true meaning these days. So sad! Anyway at our house we have a simple nativity. Looks wonderful.
My family decorates a tree with an assortment of store bought and home made ornaments. My husband and I set up the tree and give our kids the ornaments to place wherever they want. Each year it’s different and the kids (all 5) have fun.
My step-daughter loves princesses, so we have a small pink Disney Princess tree that we put up for her. 🙂
I decorate with lots of Christmas lights on the tree and in the windows, and of course I unleash my snowman obsession throughout my entire home.
We decorate with a tree, village and nativity scene, evergreens, stockings. Outside we have lights and wreath. We love Christmas and enjoy the lights of the tree as we sit back and enjoy soft Christmas tunes and count our many blessings.
Due to age, I went small this year. A small tabletop tree and the 25 year old angel from the top of my big tree. She is almost as big as the table top tree, But after 25 years, her wings still move back and forth.
I also have lights on my porch railing. I belong to a prayer shawl ministry at my church and if I win the yarn will go to making prayer shawls. Merry Christmas everyone!
A Christmas tree, stockings, little singing and dancing figures that play music, tinsel on the stair rail, advent calendar, gingerbread house, you name it–I love Christmas!
My family and I like to decorate the xmas tree with years of Personalised ornaments made for each member of our ever increasing family soon to increase with my second grandchild. For whom I would love to make the throw for the new babies nursery our house is always full of love and it is shown through the form from the decorations hand made from the youngest to the eldest member so much love history and charm a very welcoming atmosphere there’s nothing more warming than to have your family members helping with all of the decorating for special occasions . Thank you for this opportunity of the giveaway
Kids are grown, and living far away, both of us drive truck, so house not done up, but do string a few lights in truck,
I don’t decorate. I take my special needs son out on a city lights tour in different neighborhoods. He has PTSD and in the darkness he has episodes because the decorations turn into monsters. So we get friends and family together every year and they allow him to put 1 ornament on their tree. It has expanded now and everyone in the group does it. A lot of fun!
We have an artificial tree which the kids help decorate with a mix of homemade and boughten ornaments which we’ve used for years. My daughter helps me wrap a tinsel garland around the bannister of the main staircase (right behind the tree), and we place “dancing hamster” figures on the stair posts at the turns in the staircase. Finally, we hang a wreath on the front door (also artificial). We used to set up a Nativity scene at the base of the tree, but no longer — our new dog ate Baby Jesus after we got home from Black Friday shopping!
We hang up the christmas lights, put up a lit reef, go pick out a tall big beautiful busy tree and decorate the tree. Then I also put up some mistletoe!
We do both inside and outside. My husband and/or kids always do the outside with lots of multi-colored lights along the house, fence, windows, etc. I do the inside with a very eclectic combination of things that we have collected or made over the years. The tree is always done with multi-colored lights and all types of ornaments, both store bough and hand made. I have an old ceramic tree and a wreath that have lights in them, that were my Moms, that I always put out. There’s old toys, rustic wooden trucks carrying xmas trees and presents, candles, tins, figurines and all sorts of things. I even striing a few lights up inside the house because just gives you that warm and fuzzy feeling when all the lights are off at night.
I always put up my miniature village first as it takes me the longest. Enjoy crocheting ornaments for the trees, cross stitching pictures and decorating the fireplace mantel.
Our family decorates a tree together. We make an effort to have everyone over to decorate and have a Taco supper in the end. It is great fun! especially now that we have grandchildren to help us out.
I don’t decorate a lot, I spend more time making handmade gifts for friends and family
We put up a tree with ornaments we’ve gathered through the years including a new ‘family’ one each year. We also have a cute little manger.
I have a tree with ornaments that are hand painted by myself and friends .
I use Silver and Gold on my tree and on my mantle I have Gold deer with huge candles and Silver garlard across it. We set up a manager scene in my dinning room to celebrate what Christmas is all about and tell the Christmas story of how Jesus was born to die for our sins. This would be an awesome prize for my granddaughter she loves to do crochet.
Toyland theme with a LOT OF ELVES!
I love blue and white snowmen! I decorate with these. Love plenty of lights all over the house. I use old fashioned Christmas ornaments. I have a few from when I was a small child that my Mom passed down to me. I love putting these out. Lots of lights and lots of snowmen!
I decorate by putting out all of the German Black Forest wooden candle holders, and cuttings of holly from the woods nearby.
JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!!!!!!
This is a lovely gift, I would give it to my daughter or niece. I do not crochet.
A real tree is a must in our home, our mantel decorated with lit garland and beautiful burlap bows and trinkets through out! Merry Christmas to all!
With a toddler in the house this year, I decorate in the “unbreakable” and “out of reach” styles. Pretty, but somewhat minimalist to avoid stress.
We love Christmas in our house. The tree goes up first. Fluffing the tree and putting on the lights are my favourite parts. Then comes all the garland and various ornaments. Once the tree is done, the rest of the house can be finished. Lights in the windows, Christmas cling scenes, nativity scene all set up. Merry Christmas everyone. 🙂
I realized this year that I only had decorations for our tree and living room area. I had nothing for any other rooms in the house. So I decided to pick up a few inexpensive things (like dollar store treasures) and hit Pinterest for inspiration. It’s looking good so far.
I decorate for Christmas with many handmade Christmas gifts from years past, made lovingly by my children throughout the years and more recently by my grandchildren. My daughter-in-law is very creative and has added some beautiful things to my “display”. These home made gifts mean more to me than the most expensive “store bought” gifts!
I decorate a Christmas tree, lights, stockings and other Xmas decorations around the house.
I live alone now so I have to keep it simple. I do still put up a tree but ain’t got one of those pencil trees – it’s easier for me to handle by myself. I put lights in the Windows and a lighted wreath on the door. I then decorate my tv stand with trees and reindeer.
I hate auto correct!!! I don’t use the word ain’t!!! It should just read I got one of those pencil trees!!!! Grrr…. LOL…
We use what Mother Nature gave us.We aren’t as fortunate as some,but what little we have,we are happy with…so we go outside into the woods behind our home and gather pine boughs,berries,vines and pine cones… We use these to decorate our home,inside and out and accent them with tiny rice lights… The children think it’s the most beautiful thing they have ever seen!! Thank you for the contest,Good Luck to all and Merry Christmas !!!!
I don’t follow any particular theme. I love candles in my windows, a big wreath on the front door. I hang suet balls on the trees out front to attract all kinds of birds. There’s a large artificial tree in the living room with decorations my kids made growing up. I love looking at them because of all the great memories they remind me of. I put a small nativity on my porch to remind people who come to the front door what this holiday is all about – Christmas!
We decorate with a little tree since we don’t have much space… I crocheted stars and more and put those on it
I decorate my tree with ornaments I have collected each year since I was a child.
We have our tree up and decorated with a variety of shine, and hand made items including snow flakes. The entry has a village with lights and the porch has lights and blankets to sit and enjoy the evening. I try to make the house a warm and welcome spot to calm everyone who stops by.
We usually decorate with ornaments and a small tree (between the animals and little one’s learning to crawl tree’s are not safe in the house). My youngest granddaughter’s (5 month’s) eye’s keep lighting up when she see’s this though so it look’s like it will be adding to the festivities next year for her.
Beautiful & bright project to crochet. I decorate our tree with nature. This year my grandson & I gathered pine cones. We painted the tips in bright colors & added clear glitter spray. We also collected acorns, drilled holes through them & made garland. We made bows and added them, also.
Most of my decorations are related to snowmen and Santa Claus, with a nativity set, of course. Lately, it has been geared towards homemade decorations from my grandchildren and projects from my daughter’s childhood that I’ve kept. It’s fun to see their faces light up when their handiwork is on display.
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I celebrate Chanukah, so it’s all about blue and silver, for me
Lots of homemade decorations
I like to bring in fresh greens throughout the house to make it smell wonderful,
We put up and decorate a tree, and I collect Santa’s so there are A LOT of them!!
We put up the tree and decorations then add the ornaments which are mostly homemade.
Everything has to be homemade! Every year the decorations reflect new skills learned, new expressions of the best season of the year! What can express the warmest, kindest, best time better than gifts and decorations that come fromt the heart and hands of those we love and want to express our love FOR?
I put up a tree and decorate it with all the ornaments I’ve collected over the years and with lots of lights. I have a poinsettia grouping and lots of seasonal kickbacks and a manager display. I also put out all my Snowbabies!
I love to decorate for Christmas. I decorate with my children. We put on Christmas music and take the decorations out of the attic. Most of the decorations bring back many happy memories.
We like to decorate everywhere in the house possible. Our grandchildren love to go around the house and see all the decorations. I love to see the look on their faces when they notice something new that we have put out.
We decorate with the traditional Christmas decorations.
We decorate our house with homemade wreaths, lots of special family decorations, and a Christmas village with lots of buildings and accessories we have painted.
I just put up a tree.
I have always decorated with ornaments that my children have made since PK and have always included the ones that we would go out and search for that had a special meaning such as when they first played t-ball and football, Among other things like now my first grandchild!
I have a manzanita branch on my porch that I hang lights and other Christmas decorations upon. I also add one special thing each year. This year I added two. I stuffed Rudolph for my sofa and a figurine of Santa getting a ticket from policeman for my patio table. I love Christmas.
Christmas is my time. I have at least 10 large bins of Christmas stuff. I put up the tree and decorate it with lots of lights, little decorations, butterflies, bows and, of course, homemade memories and special ornaments made by my children from their school days. We rent an apartment so I can’t put out lights but I do put lighted Christmas forms in the windows (tree, star, candy cane etc.) I fill every nook and cranny with something special. I recently received my Mom’s Christmas stuff which is filled with lots of memories. I love lighting the tree and night and just staring at it in awe. Christmas is Me!!!! Thanks Johanne
we put our tree up
We celebrate with a tree, lots of lights, and homemade ornaments whenever possible;)
Lots and lots of Santas!
We just moved, so it’s a whole new process to us again. Last year and this we put a wreath on the door, hung garland around the kitchen and living room cubbies and just put christmas, or fairy as we call them, lights everywhere! It looks magical! Oh, and our little tree gets to come out and have the cat bat at it while we set it up on the corner table! 🙂
I love to decorate with natural greens and pinecones, possibly including some interesting lichen and moss covered sticks in my wreath or swag. I add ornaments and lights galore, and love the shiny twinkle of crystal and glass ornaments.
I decorate my living room, dining room, kitchen , and family room with all kinds of decorations. I regular christmas trees, ceramic, wire, plastic lite christmas trees of all sizes throughout the house. Made some crocheted ornaments for my granddaughter to take on and off the tree.
Last year I started making crochet ornaments for the kids. Hoping to do that again this year. Maybe snowflakes this year.
We decorate with lights inside and out. We also have outdoor stand-up cut-outs of Santa and other Christmas scenes that my father, a retired art teacher, painted. Inside is the tree with the village and train set underneath. The manger is on the mantle with the stockings hung by the fireplace (now a wood burning stove). Thank you for the great giveaway. Happy holidays!
We decorated the inside of our home with wooden and crocheted Christmas ornaments hanging all over and the tree has lights and the same type of ornaments with a crocheted angel on top. Outside we have light up nut crackers and lights..
We have a decorated tree in our living room and hang individually-named crocheted, knitted or sewn stockings on windows and furniture throughout the room.
I have as many homemade items around my house as possible for the holidays.
I enjoy helping my Mom decorate her home for the Holidays. She has her favorite tree, favorite lights, and favorite special ornaments we display each year. She loves for our family and friends to enjoy the decorations with her.
We put up lights on the house, a lighted tree in our yard, and lighted reindeer next to the tree. Inside we a Nativity that is up to honor our Savior.
I really love knitting so any chance to get more yarn is great.
I make my kids & grandkids new ornaments every year.All the ornaments they have made go on the tree every year.I still hang the stocking my parents got me when I was small.
I put out lots of snowman decorations and lights. We put up our christmas tree as a family and decorate it with with family ornaments that are picked out every year starting since the kids were babies.
I decorate my parents house for them. Tree, various little trinkets around the house, etc. without going all-out like we did when I was younger. I don’t want them thinking someone threw up Christmas all over their house. They always love it when I decorate for them–and they get to enjoy it all the way through the New Year festivities.
This is my first Christmas with my new boyfriend at his house. We are decorating the mantel with quilted stockings and putting up the Christmas tree in front of the picture window. I think I’ll also wrap garland around the banister going up the stairs.
We decorate with lots of lights both inside and out. A very small tree since my husband and I are retired and our great grandchildren are very small. Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. But the best decorations are the lights which show in our grandchildren’s eyes along with there big smiles. Christmas is for children.
I decorate with simple and elegant decorations. I do the tree with some classic looking ornaments, some white lights, a silver tinsel string, and an angel on top. The rest of the apt., I have a small collection of Christmas bears, a little bit of garland here and there, and that’s about it. But this year, I’ve started crocheting some decorations. I’ve made the Red Heart Holly Table Runner, I’ve done some Votive & tealight candle holders for the wickless, battery operated candles, and am looking for more projects for decorating. If I win this, then it gives me a chance to work on another decoration… a nice throw for the couch! 🙂 I wish you all good luck!
One of our favorite things to do is to get all the girls in the family together and make ornaments.
I keep it simple, some lights, a holiday wreath and a few throw pillows and we’re done.
I decorate with candles and a small amount of ornaments on a tray.
Every year we get something new to add. First the front yard then the house handmade ornaments wreaths candles in the windows the whole nine yards.
Just a tree with decorations and lights. Maybe a wreath.
tree decorated with lights and ornaments made by my kiddos when they were little and also by my beloved Gma Eva who just past away this Oct…some handmade purchased at craft shows though out the years
alas, boyfriend is Jewish so decorations don’t happen — I’m fortunate if I can manage an Advent wreath and candles! and some poinsettias around…
Every year, as a tradition, I decorate my home for Christmas with my family. The tree holds hand made school ornaments from my childhood up to today’s crafts created with my granddaughter. My tree isn’t the average tree, my granddaughter loves the color pink. I came across a pre-lit black tree last year and we dress it up with pink, silver, and white decorations. The door wreath I made myself and crafted it to match our Christmas colors. Yesterday, we finished painting snowflakes in matching colors and hung them in the front window along with our window candles. Every year my family gathers at my home on Christmas morning for coffee and cinnamon rolls, to watch “The Christmas Story” and to find wonderful hand made gifts beautifully wrapped, from crocheted blankets and slippers to simple heart felt letters to one another. My granddaughter, being the only child–awaiting her baby brothers arrival very close to Christmas day, always runs to the tree excited to see what new surprises she has from all of us and to find the big gift from Santa which is the last to be opened.
There is nothing more heart warming than a hand made, crafted, holiday surrounded by family and loved ones.
Since My kids took over the hosting Christmas I have scaled down. I like using Christmas colors in pillows, afghans, etc., a small 4 ft tree – decorated, and homemade items around. Home crafted beats commercial. Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to all.
C-9 Lights all around the outside of the house with red and white miniature lights all over the bushes and trees in the front of the house.
Inside the house I have 4 miniature trees and decorations all over. Poinsettia lights on the mantle with Peace and Noel decorations. a 14 foot noble fir Christmas tree with over 1000 lights and lots of decorations accumulated over the years. Four little Nativity scenes with one large homemade embroidered one in a stable made by my husband. Poinsettia print homemade curtains in the kitchen with Christmas hand towels. I love Christmas!
I celebrate Hanukkah so I don’t really decorate other than light the menorah.
I put up a Christmas tree with lots of lights and decorations, and a home made nativity scene which goes under the tree. I also have lights on the outside, and 2 lighted reindeers on the lawn.
I like to put up lots of Harry potter decorations.
We use old fashioned decorations, handed down from generations before us, mixed with some newer modern ones. The kids do most of the decorating and I take lots of pictures. It’s a heart-happy, family Christmas.
My decorating is pretty low key. A tree and a few lighted wreaths in the front window.
I usually put up 2 trees lights covering gazeebo candy canes as well outside, how ever due to illness I’m putting up 1 tree and no outdoorsy decorating, maybe a wreath, I love your yarn, I was just contemplating on making my Grandson an afghan with the Buffalo Bills logo for his birthday in March. If I win he and Lindsey may get this afghan and pillow next Christmas, I make most of my Christmas Gifts and so far they have been appreciated. I also knit as well as the crotchet sewing and plastic canvas. Every one have a safe and Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year..
I decorate my home on the outside by hanging wreaths on the windows and doors, putting lights and bows around the fence on my front porch. I also hang large balls and bells from the ceiling of the front porch. i also place a bow on my mailbox and large balls from my shepherd hooks. I have 2 lighted Christmas trees and a snowman in front of double garage. I have a wooden Santa on the table by my backdoor and a snowman doormat at the backdoor.
Now for the inside, I have a Christmas tree in the living room with lights and decorations. I have lighted candles in every window around the house. I have a Santa night light and Christmas towels in my kitchen. i have a Santa and Snowman quilt on my bed. In the den I have a nativity scene and angles on the bar between the den and kitchen. On the double mantles I have a ceremac Christmas with Santa figurines and nutcrackers. I also hang my counted cross stitch Victorian Christmas stocking with a mother and little girl cooking. My mother collected Santa Clauses and nutcrackers. I have Santa Clauses on shelves around my kitchen that are left out all year. I also have a 5 shelve lighted curio cabinet with Christmas villages and Christmas figurines that stays out all year. I have Christmas at house every day of the year.
Lots of lights and figurines
We always have a real Christmas tree that my grandkids decorate with our collection of Disney Ornaments. Sometimes the tree is not big enough for all the ornaments we have. Once completed, I try to always take a picture of the tree with the grandkids standing on either side.
Mine looks like Disneyland! I have Mickey Mouse all over the place. Thank you for the chance.
We put up a small Christmas tree inside and a lighted twig tree outside.
I don’t usually decorate
Homemade as much as possible…from ornaments to gifts!!
For the holidays, I usually have decorations in every room in the house. Yes, including the bathroom in which I place Christmas towels and removable stickers on the window & mirror. There is hardly a place that you look that you don’t see something pertaining to Christmas. We have a 7′ tree decorated with ornaments we have been given or collected over the years which have special meaning to us. We enjoy reminiscing while we decorate it. There is no way to list all that we do. Would love to win this prize package!! Good luck everyone and may you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 🙂
I decorate…. by leaving my tree up year round!
I have limited room in my house so I have a couple of light up ceramic Christmas trees and a small table top tree that I put on my Tv cabinet.
We have a small table top christmas tree that I made several years ago. As well we put a few ornaments around.
With love.
Yes, just each other. Until we purchase our first home it’ll be just that simple, yet it’s the most beautiful 🙂 There’s no better way to decorate our home than with family!
Simple, Christmas tree, trinkets, ribbons, with indoor and out-door lights. Decorations from various towns through out the states, along with the one’s from friends!
We decorate a tree and set up a Christmas village.
We decorate the living room with a tree and decorations, the stairs and outside.
We used to go all out with lights and garland all over the outside and tons of bling and decorations outside. Over the years, we’ve toned it down, simple wreaths & bells or plaques on the doors, a few lights. Inside, a small tree, a nativity and some assorted decorations that we put out every year & occasionally add a few. Pillows int he living room, decorative towels in the kitchen & guest bath finish off my holiday sprucing.
I love reminiscing over our vintage ornaments as we take them out of the boxes and hang them up everywhere around the house and at work, and we get big smiles on our faces as we come across the fun ornaments and stockings. One of our stockings is pink with a beautiful embroidered flamingo on it. The flying Holstein cow is always fun. I also love decorating with my ornaments at the elementary school where I work–the kids love it especially my multi tiered red cardinal bird house.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of you.
Elf on a shelf!
I like to make the house festive with Christmas lights, wreath, nativity scene, winter scene (our little lighted church and some of the houses have been around since I was a little girl), lights and greenery on the fireplace mantle, our Scottie Stocking hung on the fireplace, the tiny little tree (that used to be set up in kids’ rooms, so they could see Christmas lights before they went to sleep), basket of pine cones mixed with Christmas balls and greenery. .
I made a new crocodile stitch tree for us this year! We are just my husband and myself, and three kitties, so we keep the decorations simple and to a minimum.
I use to but alot of christmasdecor bnut now that I learned how to crochet,I make a lot of my Christmas decor and my family loves it!
We use some lights outside on the deck. We have a lighted deer to put in the front yard. Inside we use Christmas cards and knit and crocheted items.
I go a little crazy decorating for Christmas, but it’s always color-coordinated. Every room in my house gets something…including the bathrooms, hallways, and foyer. With trees (assorted sizes), greenery, wreaths, candles, a manger scene, poinsettias, scented pine cones and potpourri, etc. there’s never any doubt about it being Christmas when you enter my front door. And speaking of the front door, I’m much more subtle about decorating the outside. Just the porch and door get a little bling…I save “spectacular” for private viewing.
Since we have two young sons that are 8 and 9 we still go all out with lights, a tree, stockings, and garland everywhere. Plus, we listen to Christmas music everyday while our family is all home together. I want our sons to know that Christmas is more important than store bought gifts and that is why they only receive 1 actual toy, a pair of shoes, and books with the rest of their presents being hand made items like socks, slippers, hats, mittens, and stuffed animals.
A tree decorated very simply with favorite ornaments.
Can’t have a real tree anymore, but got a new small artificial one this year. But my favorite decorating happened last weekend when my 6- and 10-year old grandkids were here. There;s things on the tree and table that they made. And on the floor: Boxes, glitter, glitter glue, glitter paint, yarn, rhinestones,, pasta pieces And I couldn’t be happier.
I decorate for Christmas with blues and silver. I love glitter and sparkles which means a lot of homemade bows in glitter ribbon! I also have a village set up on my coffee table that gets bigger every year… I use fabric and Halloween spider Web to make the “snow” for the village…This is our first year in our new home so it will be the first time we have been able to decorate on the outside which we plan to do in LSU colors (purple and yellow).. I’ve always planned to make the peppermint throw but haven’t had the time…I hope to be able to do it this year for next Christmas!
tree decorated with lights and ornaments
My husband and I don’t decorate. Our grandchildren come over and decorate for us. They even come back to take things down! We are blessed with such a loving and caring family!
I put a ceramic Xmas tree my Mother made on a table with a light bulb inside & that is all I put up for the holidays.
just perfect for the Christmas Season
I wait til my children and grandchildren come home to do the decorating. Letting the little ones to pick out what to put on the tree and around the house, and also what activities, like looking at the town’s Christmas lights, playing in the snow (if there is any), cooking, baking, playing games. It gives them something to remember about Grandma and Grandpa’s house at Christmas.
We decorate the Christmas tree, hand garland around the mantle and hang a wreath. We set out Nutcrackers and a Nativity. We decorate outside with lights and poinsettias.
Lately we have just been doing small items around the house. Thank you
I decorate with lots of poinsettias, and 2-3 trees filled with home-made ornaments.
I like decorating my windows with windows stain glass that I have crafted
Because I want all to remember why we celebrate Christmas, the first thing up is the manger scene. Always decorate with a real pine tree, mostly with red bows and white lights. Wishing everyone the true joy of the Christmas season.
We decorate with a little tree my husbands mom gave us and a few ornaments we have. It is a liitle white tree so it looks like it has snow on it. This year I’m crocheting some ornaments to put on it. It just a simple tree but it always reminds us of her if we can’t go see her for Christmas.
Wev usually have only a tree and a wreath on the door
I decorate a real tree with some of the ornaments being handmade from when my children were young. and store bought ornaments. I also hang stockings and garland with lights on the mantel of the fireplace, Lots of candles with a christmas theme. I have a latch hook santa my mother made for me that I hang on the wall next to my christmas card holder.
lots of homemade ornaments and decorations
We don’t decorate,but do make cookies and fruitcake.
This blanket is on my to-do list! I go pretty simple with decorations, just a couple strings of lights out around the front porch. I’ve been wanting to make a book tree, but haven’t had a chance to get around to it with all the last minute gifts I’m making.
I put up a Christmas tree, window clings, garland, lights, candy canes (plastic) and hang my Christmas cards on the wall.
my youngest loves Christmas we decorate the whole house inside and out this yea we are doing more homemade ornaments and a second tree all in purple to represent lupus a disease i battle
Most of my decorating is ornaments that the children made when they were young, along with things I’ve made with my grand daughter. No tree any more, but lots of flower arrangements that I make, candles and lights, crochets doilies, knit placements and table runners. Thank you!
Lynn
We may not do much decorating this year, due to our 2 new rescue cats. We’ll probably hang the stockings over the fireplace. If we do a tree, it will be a tabletop size.
My daughter and I set up the tree and take the time to decorate it just how we want it. I usually always do a garland swag in a doorway and of course line the windows with lights.
We always have lights outside and a tree inside.
i put a tree up
I decorate with a tree and ornaments that I crochet myself
with lots of handmaid decotations and lights lights lights
I decorate with trees, lights, and decorations that have been passed down by my mom
We decorate with lights on the outside of our house and a freshly cut tree inside decorated with lights and ornaments that have been in our family for many years.
We like to decorate with lots of lights and ornaments.
I love putting up Christmas decorations and my Christmas village!
I refuse to decorate at all until I get a pink Christmas tree!! Then, I can go ALL out on pink & yellow decorations with Silver Balls on the tree.
My favorite decorations are homemade decorations from All of our passed Christmas holidays. There area few added decorations that the grand kids ask us to add.these give the holidays added future decorations.
My decorations consist of tree, garland, window clings, and lots of figurines sitting arouind on the
table tops as well as a center piece on the dining room table.
Have a tree in each room and plenty lights and manger scence
We decorate with a tree and ornaments that I crochet myself and lots of lights
With just the 2 of us, I just do some “magical” baking and we watch Christmas movies
We decorate our house with lots of indoor lights a mini tree we decorate with our 7 yr old son we have my son’s past Christmas art work stuffed Santa’s! Reindeer, singing mice and snowmen, tinsel can die canes and very many different size, color and Patterns of Christmas stocking and some cross stitch Christmas decorations and this year crocheted doilies and a tablerunner.
I bring out my collection of Snowmen, put up my tree with tons of lights and sometimes I decorate my front porch too.
This blanket is beautiful! I haven’t crochet for YEARS, but I may just have to break out the yarn for this one!
We decorate our house with lights and wreaths in every window. We frame the doorways with greens and poinsettias and white lights. I think it is simple yet tasteful.
We put up lights on the outside. And a nice xmas tree with lots of deco in the living room
My family decorates not only our home but our dog rescue as well. We all love Christmas and love the bright reds, greens and blue colors! We put a tree up with lots of lights and ornaments that have been handed down through the years. We put lights outside in front and lights leading the the rescue. We have garlands of red gold and silver strung about as well as huge glittery gold bows. Also have a collection of Santas that comes out every year! Love Christmas!
I cut out a lot of paper snowflakes and trees for our sliding glass doors and windows, they’re really fancy no ornate. Also put our Christmas tree up with Christmassy bird cages hanging around it from the ceiling.
This is a beautiful pattern and I’m looking toward to trying it.
I actually do not decorate. I work retail which can actually lead to Christmas decoration overload : )
I decorate with all the handmade ornaments my family has made over the years.
I try m best to change the colours of my ornaments evey year if we have the extra cash or I lol try different ideas, simply love Christmas and all the decorations.
We decorate our tree and that is about all.
I do not usually decorate, no one really comes over & I get to admire others decorations when I go out.
We usually put a large lighted Manger in the picture window and a few things around the house but this year we haven’t really done anything because my dad is fighting for his life in the hospital so the family doesn’t have the spirit of Christmas yet.
We decorate the outside of the house with white icicle lights. We decorate our Christmas Tree with the ornaments we’ve collected over many years, including the ornaments the children made in elementary school. We also decorate the interior of our home with several poinsettias.
Anymore, it is a wreath on the door and a beautiful tall tree with led lights in the sunroom.
We have tree with homemade ornaments and I have a table with a nativity scene on it and have light on porch
I love to add wreaths and garland throughout the house. I also light nightly pine candles to give the scent of crisp pine.
We live in a tiny apartment with 2 very curious cats! We have a little tree that we put up on a TV tray near the window and then all the presents go under that (until little claws start to unwrap them!)! We are just starting our lives together, so have very few decorations, but I love our little tree 🙂
I decorate with my cats in minds. I am always looking for new ways to do so.
We usually put up lights and a mini tree with some ornaments and a wreath outside!
I love to decorate with garlands, cute shaped decorative light strands and warm cozy throws scattered around the house.
With purchased and hand made holiday themed items. I crochet and knit, so there is a variety.
I’ve collected Christmas ornaments and table toppers since I was 16. Starting with ones my Grandmother was getting rid of/replacing. I’ve purchased an ornament for my son each year and now grand children. As well as ones from each state we’ve visited, and ones given by friends and family. Sadly we’ve had to downsize so the many trees have become only one. But it allows us to have new themes every year. Although my husbands giant DIY card always makes it to the front lawn!
I love this afghan and want to make it.
I set out our 5 nativity scenes
Lots of green and red! The sweet smell of pine and cinnamon all through the house
Nice and bright colors to make everyone smile.
We put out all kinds of lights and decorations inside and out. We also have a white Christmas tree up with country style decorations on it.
We put lights all over the trees and on the eaves of the house. Our tree is decorated with old ornaments from my childhood.
We decorate our home with homemade Christmas villages, wreaths, and lots of candles.
I decorate my tree. If it’s already up I add at least one new ornament. I put up our stocking and put out a bunch of red and gold decor items in the living room.
We decorate our home for the holidays with a large Christmas village made up of buildings and accessories we painted, lots of wreaths all over the house that I have made, tree decorations that we have made as a family over the years, family heirlooms for the tree and around the house, and lots of lights all over the house.
Lots of brightly colored Christmas trees of all shapes and sizes scattered throughout the house.
I mostly decorate with homemade items that my kids and I make.
We decorate our home with lots of homemade things – buildings for our Christmas village, wreaths we have made, and ornaments we have painted. Also we use lots of lights all over the house.
We decorate for the holidays by putting up garland and lights on the outside of the house and putting up a tree and decorating for fireplace mantel on the inside.
We decorate with lots of things from our childhood.