Easy Ways to Add Holiday Spirit to Your Home & a Giveaway
I hate to rush the season, but all the stores seem to have exploded with Christmas decorations. Even my friends are pulling out their trees! Whether you started decorating on November 1st or wait until Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to start thinking of how you’ll decorate your home, and this list of Christmas decor is sure to add holiday spirit to your home.
Keep reading all the way to the end to see a list of products that I recommend having on hand and a giveaway to help make gift-giving easier!
Easy Ways to Add Holiday Spirit to Your Home
Santa Mugs, Set of 4
I love adding hints of nostalgia to my home, and this set of vintage-inspired Santas is so adorable! Imagine cuddling up under a cozy blanket and enjoying your morning cup of coffee or tea in one of these beside your twinkling Christmas lights. These are so cheery and jolly :).
Joy Pillow
Pillows are an inexpensive way to add holiday cheer around your home. This beautiful Joy pillow can be used indoors or out, making it perfect for your front porch swing or even on your bed or couch!
Battery Powered Window Candles, Set of 6
I am hooked on the ease of battery candles. Candles in the windows add such a cozy look to your home during the holiday season. This battery-powered pack of 6 is available in gold or silver. The remote makes turning them on and off so easy!
Snowflake Pillow Covers, Set of 2
Add some Christmas spirit to your couch or bed with these beautiful pillow covers. They are available in blue, red, grey, and white to match any decor.
Merry Christmas Sign
Little wooden signs like this add charm and personality to a space! I think this one would look great on a mantel, bathroom counter, or desk.
Light Up Christmas Trees
Add a touch of glam to your holiday decor with this three-piece light-up Christmas tree set that is beautiful during the day and even more stunningly lit at night. They are battery-powered, and their built-in timer is genius.
Merry & Bright Doormat
Welcome your guests to your home with this festive Merry & Bright Doormat. It comes in three different for any front door.
Pom-Pom Buffalo Check Throw Pillow Covers, Set of 2
I love the adorable touch the pompoms add to these classic buffalo plaid pillow covers! There’s just something about the holidays and buffalo plaid. They would look great paired with the snowflake pillows above. They also are available in non-Christmas colors like yellow, gray, teal, and black.
Mail Box Swag
Make sure the outside of your home is decorated as well with this beautiful pre-lit mailbox swag. It’s constructed of real-feel branch tips and runs on a timer, so you aren’t running outside to turn it on and off. Honestly, timers are everything to me, not because I’m lazy but because they make things effortless.
Poinsettia Holly Leaf Table Runner
This festive poinsettia table runner will add a beautiful touch to your Christmas dining table display, and it’s a great buy at under $9! Mine seems to get cranberry sauce spilled on it yearly so I’m always needing a new one.
Printed Fabric Tablecloth for Christmas
Effortlessly dress up your festive dinner table with this tablecloth. Your grandchildren will love Santa and the reindeer making an appearance in your decor! Christmas is going to be so fun with my grandson this year. I dread the year he no longer believes in Santa.
6.5 Ft. Pre-Lit Artificial Full Christmas Tree
If you are in need of a new Christmas tree, this is a great one! Featuring hundreds of individually crafted branch tips to create full-bodied branches, this tree is designed to look and feel lifelike. This tree features pre-attached, hinged branches that drop down for a simple set-up and fold back in for quick and convenient storage. We finally bought an artificial tree last year and LOVE that they are no needles to vacuum up from the rug.
Plus, here are a few extra things that are great to have on hand during the holiday season:
Wrap Buddies Tabletop Gift Wrapping Tool
Save time and frustration with your gift-wrapping endeavors by using Wrap Buddies. It’s a pair of handy wrapping paper table clamps with a tape dispenser to keep all your supplies within reach and give you the extra hand you need!
Hallmark Reversible Wrapping Paper, 3 Rolls, 120 sq. ft. Total
I love using double-sided wrapping paper. The 6 prints in this pack of reversible holiday wrapping paper coordinate perfectly to make wrapping presents quick and easy.
18 Pack Christmas Premium Holiday Gift Bags
There’s nothing worse than running into the store on your way to a holiday gathering to grab a gift bag. Having gift bags on hand makes the holiday season so much easier!
Merry Christmas Tag Stickers
Make your wrapping process easy by having your gift tags ready! This pack of 200 classic Christmas stickers coordinates beautifully with the bags and wrapping paper above. I think the little reindeer touch is so cute!
Looking for gift ideas?
Check out my gift guide series here. Be sure to check out the Holiday Gift Guide – Teen Boys and Young Men, Useful Gift Ideas for Your Senior Loved Ones, and Holiday Gift List- Grandchildren Gifts from Amazon.
Giveaway
To help make your gift-giving a little easier this year, I’ve decided to give a $50 Nordstrom gift card to one reader every week in a random drawing until Christmas. Simply be sure you are subscribed and tell me how you will spend it. I will announce the winners each Sunday in the newsletter that only goes out to subscribers.
Have you started to think about decorating for Christmas yet this year?
Thanks for reading, and be sure to wear what makes you feel confident.
How lovely of you to offer give-aways! It’s funny how different we are about putting out holiday decorations! In the tiny town where I live now, people decorate right after Thanksgiving whereas in my former Boston suburb, we were purchasing trees just before Christmas — and leaving them up forever LOL. I read using fabrics for gift wrapping is in this year, and since it’s sustainable and doesn’t contribute to inflation, I’m looking forward to seeing what I can come up with. I also forage outside for table decorations and use (admittedly purchased) plants for decoration. My Xmas cactus are beginning to bloom NOW – election cactus, I guess.
I love Nordstrom. Their return policy is convenient and easy!
Love your posts.
Love a giveaway; thanks for doing this for your readers. I would buy a cozy sweater or a new fragrance–something just for me! I have started my holiday shopping and your ideas are just what I needed to move me to continue. But I don’t like to decorate for Christmas until after Thanksgiving.
I would love the Nordstrom gift card as there are so many choices for the people on my gift list.
Thanks so much for your fashion tips and sources. You seem to have endless energy. In my mind’s eye, I see an eyeshadow palate of neutral blush shades at Nordstrom’s that I would love to try….
A Nordstrom gift card would be a special treat for my sister!!
Thanks for doing a giveaway, Jennifer! Not sure at this moment how I would spend the card, but the possibilities are endless at Nordstrom’s. Seeing all the Christmas decor is getting me anxious for decorating but I will wait till after Thanksgiving to decorate. Since we are hosting 16 people for Thanksgiving, I will keep Fall decor up till after Thanksgiving. Then when my husband and I recover from the big dinner we’ll work on Christmas! HaHa.
I would buy something for my daughter who just had a baby
If I would win the gift card I have absolutely no idea what I would purchase. Lol, but I would certainly enjoy it!
Thank you for the Nordstrom giveaway! I would spend it on a gift for my fashionable daughter.
I would buy something beautiful for my beautiful sister who has been there for me through all the hard times and good times! I have low vision so Nordstrom is my go-to for online shopping since I am unable to drive to the store.
Nordstrom, How I miss you! One of my first loves. Unfortunately, I no longer live near one of your fab stores. When I visit my daughter in San Diego I always schedule a Nordie Day.
I have not started decorating but…..I am thinking about it.
My dearest friend escaped to Mexico for several months so I bought some cute red Christmas napkins & pine scent hand cream for her to slip into her suitcase.
I would buy a fun gift for my daughter from Nordstrom or….a treat bling for me to sparkle at Christmas.
Love your posts.
Shoes shoes shoes!! Love Nordstrom they have my hard to find size 5.5!
I am a recent subscriber to your post and I love it! You post things from all my favorite stores. Nordstrom is my favorite place to shop for shoes. Ours has the best selection of shoes and it is a tradition every Christmas season to check out the shoes there so I will have to say I would spend it on SHOES!
I am trying to freshen my style by following your blog and taking your suggestions. A Nordstrom card would help me do that. I see a lot of your items come from there, and I love visiting their stores whenever I am in the Seattle area.
I love Nordstrom’s! They have a great selection of shoes in extended sizes.
Thank you for the nice giveaway! I like Nordstroms a lot and wish there was one closer to me. I would put it towards some new jeans.
Hi Jennifer! Thank you for all of the holiday ideas. I would use the Nordstrom gift card on a gift for my daughter. She always puts herself last in her growing family.
I would use the gift card to purchase something special for my husband along with a new set of luggage for an upcoming spring vacation.
I would use the gift card to try to update my look a bit. Your photos and suggestions give this old stick-in-the-mud fresh ideas. Thank you for that.