Holiday Tip #9

Keep a wooden bowl or basket by the front door filled with little inexpensive or handmade ornaments. Give them to family and friends when they head for their own homes. These little tokens are also a nice surprise for people who deliver the mail or newspaper, read meters or clean your house.

Holiday Tip #8

Take green apples, hollow them out, and fill with Sweetheart roses cut so only the blooms show.

Holiday Tip #7

Once your child is old enough to come up with “wish lists” for Christmas, date them and file away after Santa has done his shopping. When your children are grown, they will enjoy looking over a piece of their past.

Holiday Tip #6

Set white votives in a bowl of coarse salt for "candles in the snow".

Holiday Tip #5

Once your child is old enough to come up with “wish lists” for Christmas, date them and file away after Santa has done his shopping. When your children are grown, they will enjoy looking over a piece of their past.

Holiday Tip #4

Light a candle by your back door before loved ones arrive home.
A handful of potpourri tossed into a roaring fire will give a burst of Christmas scent to a room.