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.

Thank you for the great holiday suggestions.
I buy use the Nordstrom gift card to help update my wardrobe. What a special give away.
Ack! Still too early to decorate! But a Nordie gift card would be used for a very tall grandson whose pants all seem to be high-water. Thank you for all your insights and suggestions. Ha – while the grandson has grown UP, this Grandma has shrunk DOWN! Suddenly I have the need to hem all my pants another inch shorter. Mother always said it was GRAVITY!!!
I would buy something nice for my husband!
Hi! Love your blog, and especially your Nordstroms contest. I live in Canada, but one of my daughters lives in Reynoldsburg near Columbus, Ohio. I would like to enter the contest in her name.
I look forward to your blog posts, especially when you reference something on Amazon, although I use amazon.ca (with the unbelievable price increase) I still love the option of buying some of the things you show us.
All the best to you!
Helen
That is very generous of you & Nordstrom. Good luck in deciding on who to pick. Happy Thanksgiving 🍁
How nice of you Jennifer, to offer this great giveaway! I would use the Nordy gift card to get a cozy sweater for my awesome daughter-in-law. 🤗
I rarely comment but I do enjoy your blog very much and appreciate all that you do for us in this community. I don’t know of anyone who enjoys Christmas as much as my granddaughter. I’d love the opportunity to gift her as she does so much for her husband, toddler and newborn with so much love and joy. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and a lovely holiday season.
Happy Holidays! If I won, I would invite my little neighbor girl over to shop online with me to purchase a special outfit for her holidays. Her family is going through a tough time, and I think we would all feel “gifted”.
Many thanks for this generous giveaway! Gosh, I wish I could decide exactly how I’d spend the gift card, but there are so many choices it’s hard to say. In any case it would be very well-received!
i would love a gift card to Nordstrom to use for my best girlfriend who comes to my house every Saturday for breakfast. She would never shop there because of their prices. She is a goodwill shopper, still working at 72, and the most loving person you will ever meet.
Love your blog and I love Nordstrom as they have the best customer service with returns. I rarely buy perfume due to the cost so I’d love to try the Jo Malone you have mentioned.
With my changing (aging) body, I would most certainly use the gift card to visit the lingerie shop at Nordstrom!
Been enjoying your fashion suggestions and gift giving recommendations for a few years now, a Nordstrom gift card would be used towards a piece of girl “hardware”….jewelry🤭. Can’t have enough bling for holiday parties.
Christmas my favorite time of the year. I’m going to start decorating today . It will take a few days as I’ll be doing it on days I’m off work.
I am always looking for the right size crossbody bag – hard to find. I keep looking at Nordstrom.
I decorate for Christmas over Thanksgiving weekend. Looking forward to decorating our new house (our decorations have been packed away for 2 years!) Love the pillow Joy. Going to order that now. Also the Christmas runner. Harder to get in the holiday spirit in North Carolina with the temperature in the 70’s, but we are loving getting outside each day!
Thank you, as always, for your ideas.
Winning the Nordstrom gift certificate would be great. I would probably buy a nice v-neck sweater for myself.
I buy gifts for a charity for low income families in our county. I have a limited budget to buy 6000 gifts. I would use the gift card to stretch my budget just a little bit further. Nordstrom has so many practical things that our clients could use.
Thank you!!
Jennifer, I would love to win! Shoes! My shoe wardrobe is lacking in up-to-date styles.
Love your blog! I would use the gift card to help purchase a new bathrobe. Mine’s looking pretty worn out!
Wonderful Idea! Hopefully this could be used at Nordstrom Rack. I would get some decorative pillows