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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.

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138 Comments

  1. Joanne W. says:

    What a lovely giveaway! I would spend it on a straight-leg much needed pair of pants. Thank You!

  2. I love Nordstrom’s – I would buy another Barefoot Dreams cardigan since I love my other one so much. I also love your blog.

  3. I would most likely use the Nordstrom gift card as a Christmas gift for my daughter-in-law. Nordstrom is her very favorite store and the brands she loves are there. Thank you for your generosity in having a giveaway. Your blog is so wonderful.

  4. I love Nordstrom. I would buy a Jo Malone candle, a luxury I’ve given others, but never myself.

  5. No Christmas decorating here until after Thanksgiving! I have still my real pumpkin on the front steps, and my faux pumpkins and gourds on the hearth for fall.
    Hard to think about holiday shopping yet, but I appreciate that Nordstrom — (there is no “S” at the end!) — carries shoes in narrow widths — one of the few places I can find them. Do I need more shoes? Probably not, especially since I’m working from home in fuzzy slippers most days!

  6. Love these decorating ideas!!! Gets me ready to start decorating. Love our Nordstrom store here!! I would treat myself to some pretty costume jewelry, they have the best quality costume jewelry there!!!

  7. Jeanne Bayley says:

    Love to shop at Nordstrom!!!

  8. Jeanne Bayley says:

    Nordstrom is my hometown store. Love to shop there.

  9. Jennifer, I love your clothes you model. Thank you for your blog!
    With gift card, I would buy luxurious pjs or nightgown & nice handcream for friend in nursing home.
    Thanks for all the gift ideas!

  10. Please enter me in the gift card drawing. I probably would use it to get a Christmas gift to surprise my husband since he wouldn’t see it on our joint credit cards. 🙂

  11. julia miller says:

    I would buy something totally for myself. I give so much of me to everyone else, this would be something for me!

  12. How would I spend the giveaway?? I might have to splurge on something I wouldn’t normally buy like some new perfume!!
    XOOX
    Jodie

  13. Joy E Johnston says:

    Love your blog and look forward to seeing what you have to say each day! I would use a Nordstrom gift card to buy a gift for my sweet wonderful husband he always makes Christmas special for me even though he wants to be a grinch LOL

  14. Enjoy your posts! I would either use the gift card for something new for me or help with Christmas gift giving! I have only recently discovered Nordstroms.

  15. I would use the gift certificate from Nordstrom to go towards my holiday gifts. We have a holiday grab bag and I will be assigned to buy a special gift for one individual. Some people are very specific on what they want and others let me use my judgment.

  16. I love Nordstrom, but have moved away from the closest stores, so I do my shopping there virtually. I LOVE their scarves — so beautiful! Love your taste in clothes and practical ideas about life, so thanks!

  17. As we have two Nordstrom stores in my city (one being Nordstrom Rack that is in a Strip Mall) and its much larger sister store located in the downtown core; winning a gift card would be a great excuse to visit ‘it’ as its been several years since I have shopped that area and the inside Mall where it is located. As to what I would purchase, I am positive I could find something …. 😊. To conclude; with appreciation of such a generous giveaway. -Brenda-

  18. Love your holiday finds . Going to check them out .. I’d love the gift card and I’d either buy my hubby new slippers or one of my kids something warm to wear .. ..or my grandaughter who is turning 13 Dec 29 something very special . I have 6 combined adult kids /step kids and 16 grand and step grands and great grands to buy for and mail too , so my list is long 🧑🏻‍🎄

  19. I have only shopped Nordstrom online because I do not live near one. maybe a splurge gift for me??