Christmas Decorating?
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yes i agree about the blow ups it should be no more then 2 if that...\nAnd people do put the lights up way too early i put mine up the weekend after thanksgiving every year.... I hate it also when people leave their christmas lights up all YEAR long !!!!
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If you like white, and are trimming your house in white, then the white reindeer in the front yard would look lovely, as would a white wreath on the door. Cool, elegant and classy. \nMe? I prefer the jumbled colored lights and I don't care if they wink and blink in synch or not. It reminds me of when the kids were small and 'helped' to trim the tree. They made decorations in sunday school, and in elementary school, which looked godawful, but they were very proud of them, so they went on the tree and were saved for the next year, when they joined the collection of things that had to be part of our Chrirstmas tree. \nHowever, it has lovely memories, and I guess I'm neither classy, cool, nor elegant, because to me, that's what Christmas is all about. If I want to see beautifully decorated trees, I'll go to the mall or the garden shop, where they have the '12 bays of Christmas' and each bay contains a differently themed tree. \n\nAnd a Happy Hogmanay to you too!
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Try a World Bazaar, or some other store that has things from all over.\n\nYou could also look in a candy store at a mall or somewhere, what with Christmas coming up they might have one.\n\nIf all fails you can get mini advent calanders that have pictures of presents on them, or make your own by buying mini Hershey chocolate bars and throwing some wrapping paper on them, or tying a ribbon around them. You could also use Kisses that are hooked up with the Christmas thing, and make little clusters of bells out of them.\n\nHope this helps, good luck!
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I got a really cute snow flake background from Whatever life .com they also have them categorized. Just look for Holiday or Christmas layouts. :)
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Start anytime after Thanksgiving.  I used to work in a department store and they had Christmas decorations up before Halloween (very tacky).  We used to joke about needing to put jack-o'-lanterns and witches on the wreathes!
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While i applaud your idea of doing something for the Veterans, I am not sure that alcohol bottles on a Christmas Tree is the right message to send. Isn't there a better way to decorate it? Maybe Angels? Flags? American food like burgers and apple pie? Something that will be funny. The holidays are a difficult time for a lot of people and a lot turn to alcohol at thhat time of the year. Maybe it would be better to send a positive message.
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http://www.hermyspacelayouts.com/Christmas.php has Christmas layouts.
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How about you all draw names and bake/cook something  that starts with the first letter of their first name.\n\nOR\n\nYou can each draw names and write something - a memory, a happy time that you can think of about that person.  That would surely be a heart warming Christmas!
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Place a reddish orange candle in a Hurricane vase and place the vase in the center of an autumn leaf wreath.  Use a round mirror on the bottom which will reflect the candlelight. \n\nFor Hurricane vases check out this site:\nhttp://www.save-on-crafts.com/hurricane.html
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There are actually places where you can buy kits for model lighthouses.  Just do a search for "building a model lighthouse".\n\nYou could use pieces of styrofoam insulation - easy to work with, inexpensive, light weight.  In hobby shops you can probably buy thin pieces of balsa which would also be easy and light and easier to paint than the styrofoam, and would be my first choice I think. Check hobby shops for kits too.  YOu will probably opt not to use a kit, but they could give you ideas.\n\nThere is the question of whether you want the light to be real or pretend, moving or not moving.  I'd use a Christmas tree light I think, but there are lots of LCD lights available now at Walmat - check in the campoing section usually - you might find something there that will work better.  \n\nFor display purposes you probably want the lighthouse to stand on something that looks like a rocky seashore - papier mache works well and then paint it - recipes available on line.  Papier mache keeps hte project relatively light and easy to move around.\n\nIf the lighthouse is to have windows at lower levels as many lighthouses do, aluminum foil works well.\n\nI hope these thoughts are of some help.  Good luck to you and your daughter.
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God is going to get you for this question. \n\nOk I admit it....I'm anal! lol Alright...I admitted it to the world!!\n\nMy dad is very much the artist. He taught me how to have an eye for art. He taught me how to have an eye for photography. He taught me about symmetry and he taught me how to decorate a Christmas tree. *sticks tongue out*\n\nSo decorating a tree is a very precise art in my house. I literally place (not put.....but place--how anal is that??? lol) an ornament on a limb and then step back to see how it looks. If it's wrong...... well it's removed. I actually have my ornaments divided into "tiers." (You're dying laughing right now aren't you? I sense it.... I sooooo sense it.) I have those ornaments that go on the bottom of the tree......those that go in the middle... and those that are small and delicate and go on the small thin limbs at the top. I also have the heavy large ornaments that must go "inside the tree" where the larger limbs are that can hold them. Ok needless to say...... my children hate me. They used to want to decorate the tree when they were young and I was that horrid person that I so hate that would say..... "Oh no, honey..... you should put that here!" and then remove her ornament and  place it elsewhere. I soon realized that I was totally and completely alienating my family. (Ok...... at last I recognize my horrid faults...lol) so now we get TWO trees. One that the girls decorate however they want..... and one for mom to make into her work of art. Life at my house during Christmas time has been much better since we came up with this plan. lol
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great christmas gift ideas\nhttp://mariesmanor.fateback.com/Christmas-Decorations.html
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here are some links for you\n\nhttp://www.mymerrychristmas.com/traditions/2000tr02.html\n\nhttp://www.christmaslore.com/\n\nhttp://www.angelfire.com/cantina/homemaking/xmas.html
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For your spouse----or for a couple?\n\nI gave (as a package decor) the cutest tree ornament of a couple in bed, and the sign of the bedspread said, ''Our First Christmas Together''.\n\nEven for your spouse-------something like this would be nice, and then, just a gift of something he/she would like.
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http://christmascantata.com/
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Share some love with someone less fortunate. Visit an old people's home and help brighten their Christmas. \n\nParty.\n\nEat heaps of prawns.\n\nTo name a few things.
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Buy a large glass vase from Wal-mart (I picked one up this weekend for $1.97), a strand of 20 count lights ($.97 at Wal-Mart), and a bag of potpourrie ($1.00- I did a christmas scent, but this "craft" can be used year round, so maybe a scent/color combo that works well in thier homes?).\n\nPut the end few lights in the vase, add some potpourrie, add more lights, add more potpourrie, etc, etc, but leave the end of the cord out. I had some ribbon in my fabric bin that I used to tie a bow around the neck, and secure the cord down on the glass. When it's plugged in, as long as you have a vase with a large mouth and only slightly narrower neck (avoid the type that cinch in tight), enough air circulates that these light up air freshners are perfectly safe to use. The lights warm the potpourrie to give off scent, while looking pretty. They look nice in baskets, too.