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🎄 5 Steps to Decorate Your Living Room for Christmas (Without Losing Your Sanity… or Your Tape Dispenser)
Ah yes, Christmas — the magical season when we spend six hours detangling lights, argue with our pets about chewing glitter, and pretend we totally know how to make a Pinterest-worthy living room.
Fear not, festive friend. Below are five ways to turn your living room into a Christmas wonderland so dazzling that even Santa might consider subletting.
🎄 1. The Tree That Says “I’m Extra”
Your Christmas tree, you can get an artificial one here if you don't have one yet, should greet guests with the same energy as someone who drinks eggnog like it’s pre-workout.
Go big. Go sparkly. Go unnecessarily dramatic.
Add:
Ornaments you bought on sale
Ornaments you didn’t buy on sale
Ornaments you forgot you owned
Tinsel that your cat will eat (because they always do)
HINT: If your tree doesn’t look like it could be used to signal aircraft, add more lights grab some more lights here.
🎅 2. Stockings — Because Even Adults Deserve Mystery Socks
Hang stockings for every family member… and maybe one for the pet who ignores you 364 days a year.
Make them colorful, oversized, and festive enough that your guests whisper,
"Why does that stocking look like it has its own personality?”
Also (hint): one stocking must be crooked.
✨ 3. Garland: The Glitter Boa of Home Décor
If your living room isn’t wrapped like a decorative burrito, you’re not done.
Put garland everywhere:
- Over the doorway
- Over fireplace
- Across the bookshelf
- Around the TV (Netflix, but make it festive)
- On the dog-LOL (temporarily… maybe)
Bonus points for garlands so fluffy they develop their own micro-climate.
🔔 4. Throw Pillows (you can buy some beautiful and festive ones here) — The Holiday Overload Edition
Swap out your normal throw pillows for Christmas ones that scream:
“I only come out for 25 days a year, and I demand attention.”
Think:
- Plaid (I bought them here)
- Reindeer get them here
- Words like “Joy,” “Believe,” or “Fa-La-La but Make It Fashion.” buy here
If someone sits on one and glitter explodes? Even better. LOL (wink)
🕯️5. Lighting That Makes Everything Feel Like a Hallmark Movie
HINT:(wink, wink)You could use normal lights…grab them here
OR you could use warm fairy lights grab these here that instantly make your living room 87% more magical.
Drape them:
- Over the mantle
- Around windows
- Across your WIFI router (for festive internet energy)
HINT: Turn off all normal lights and bask in the glow of seasonal chaos.
Bonus: Give your holiday ambiance an instant glow-up by tucking a few cinnamon sticks behind your wreath—your guests will think you baked, decorated, and conjured Christmas magic all at once.
