1. Make room 2. Take all tags off 3. Fluff, fluff, fluff EVERY SINGLE BRANCH 4. Ornaments deep INTO the Tree 5. Follow the same idea thru, green - all green, 2 tone- all 2 tone, flocked- all flocked. Wreaths, garlands, etc, table centers. 6. Get extra lights for pre lit Xmas trees. 7. Dont wait up to Thanksgiving to begin decorations
I have no problem with decorating for Christmas in November, but for me, I wait until after Thanksgiving. I love fall and do extensive decorating for the season. I want my harvest decorations to take center stage through Thanksgiving then I switch for Christmas. I spend a week settings up Christmas and it’s always worth it. I still have the whole month of December to enjoy the holidays.
You could not have said that better. I'm the exact same way. Fall and Christmas decorating are neck and neck. I go beyond all out for both. And Fall is up for 3 months. I start decorating the first weekend in September. Christmas is only up for a month. Come January 1, it comes down, St Patrick's Day decorations go up and it stays that way until the end of March. And I decorate for that just as extensively.
I have always started my Christmas Decorating the day after Halloween for exactly the reasons she said here. It typically takes me 3-5 days and then I get time to enjoy, relax, plan, shop, cook, wrap without the stress of all the things that wait to be done. You literally just made my DANG DAY with that announcement!!! I am here for it!
If I'm not hosting Thanksgiving, the Christmas decor usually starts earlier in November.I just love it too much to not keep the season up as long as I can.Epiphany is Jan. 6, and Christmas isn't over until then.
I'm so glad to hear that. I get a lot of flack for doing mine early. It is such a relief to not worry about decorating last minute. Besides, it gets you in the spirit and then you can focus on shopping, to-do list, entertaining, etc. And I really do a lot of decorating. Every room, including bedrooms, gets decorated. So it is just self-defeating to put all that work in and take it back down right away. Mine is up to at least February 2nd or mid-February.
I always decorate for Christmas after Halloween ,it takes time to get things right and i really don't care what others think of it , it makes the end of the year magical and i want to enjoy it aslong as i can .
Two More Tips.. 1) Cleaning your house (cob webs, windows, mirrors, organizing your kitchen/pantry, etc...) 2) Do NOT take down your decorations until AFTER the epiphany!❤
My daughter and son-in-law are devout Catholics who put up their decor the day before Christmas Eve, and it stays up until the Feast of Candlemas (February 2).
@@jabbaj45 Only decorations such as the nativity scene, and other religous decorations shoul stay. Decorations such as Santa , tinsel, really sould be taken down so as to not distract from the real meaning of the season. But in truth, there are no Catholic rules regarding this.
Agree! We decorate later so that visiting out-of-town family can participate. So it's extra important to clean/declutter the house so there's room for both the visitors and the decorations! The slightly bare look seems appropriate and fresh for the day after Epiphany...January should br clean and white and fresh!
I can't believe it - the queen of Christmas is back! I'm absolutely thrilled to see your new Christmas videos. You've been the designer who taught me all the principles of Christmas decorations. In fact, just yesterday, I bought a bunch of new picks and ornaments inspired by your teachings. Thank you for being my teacher! 🎄👑
You honor me Valerie by your comment. I’m so happy to hear you have been inspired over the years by my videos and have taken the steps to improve your skills. I hope you have fun with all your new purchases this year. I’d love to see photos of what you do with them 🤗
Hi Rebecca, I actually start my Christmas decorating in October. Why, do you ask? I worked for an interior designer decorating her store for Christmas for more than 10 years. Since retiring, I'm 71, (72 this November). It would take me 2 weeks, some over , nighters, to complete for Open House the first or second weekend of November. Also, I decorated homes and businesses for Christmas, therefore, if I didn't get my home done that early, it would never get done and I wouldn't have any time to enjoy them. Now, I've gotten into that habit and have continued it. I decorate that way for all the seasons, although this year will be much different since I have been in the hospital with bronchial pneumonia and having to deal with a diagnosis of asthma. I'm having a hard time adjusting to the fact that I may not get to do any decorating at all this Christmas season. I love all your decorating, videos, especially, my favorite, CHRISTMAS. I love Christmas and I put a lot of effort and thought into it, as I know you do also. Looking forward to seeing your videos this year. God bless.
I would love to decorate homes and businesses for the holidays…….how did you get your start? How much should I charge? Thank you in advance for any advice. 🎄
Hi, Debra! I hope you're feeling better soon. If you have family or friends who would help, maybe you can pass on your amazing skills & advice by having them help decorate part of your home. My brother's 2 girls love decorating for Christmas & help my sister, who is partially sighted, decorate. My sister puts up multiple trees every year along with a Christmas village. She starts right after Canadian Thanksgiving in October.
Hi fellow Debra, there must be a favourite decore piece or decoration you could start with. Then I agree ask for help. Merry Christmas from Australia. 🎄🇦🇺🤶
I am German and we take Christmas very seriously in my house. I have decorated our family Christmas tree for the past 35 years. I use a minimum of 11,000 lights on a real 7’ tree always done with glass icicles, clear ornaments and lots of sparkle with pops of red, gold and green, my ornaments have always been deep in the tree simply to get them all on there!
"Too soon", agree 1000%. Since I started putting my tree and decorations up in early-mid November, I have enjoyed the holiday season so much more. It's so cozy and it leaves the busy season free to get everything else done without worrying about decorating!
I actually take all of my regular decorations and put them in the Christmas boxes that I empty out. Almost all of my regular stuff is not in there. Keeping them in the Christmas boxes makes it easy when I go to put away. I pull those boxes out and put the decorations back out at the same time I'm undecorating from Christmas.
When my collection of snowmen grew too large, I started putting them out in January, as soon as I take down anything Christmas. It helped soften that bare look after the holidays. Plus, we live in Michigan, so it fits the usual weather.
Yes, I do remember the candle with four angels. It’s called an advent candle, and you light the candle on the first Sunday of December. Then every Sunday after that. Ours is 60 years old, when we bought on our first Christmas together. My husband says every time we move, there seems like we accumulated more Christmas tubs. He tells everyone, that I downsized from 30 tubs to 29! 👍🏻💕🎄🎄
I made the mistake (a few years ago), of buying a black xmas tree. I hate it now! Only, this time i might put it up for halloween/autumn. Maybe with pumpkins and a witches hat on top 😂😂 What do you think of that idea?
Maybe you could fase that tree trough the different holidays. Halloween : pumpkins, witches, lots of orange, green and purple Thanksgiving: keep the pumpkins , just switch out the green and purple for metallic browns and golds (fall colours) Christmas : take out the pumpkins and anything brights orange, but keep the luxury browns and golds. New Year’s Eve, add some silvers, maybe extra tinsel to simulate fireworks You only have to really put up decorations once, and with little alterations every few weeks, you might start to love the unusual tree again. Don’t think of it as a black Christmas tree, but as a flexible Holliday tree.
Rebecca has a video 12/16/15 "DIY Christmas Decorating Ideas for a Small Apt" where she and Sharrah goes and decorates Scott's apt. In it Sharrah paints a Christmas tree. Rebecca also has a video on how to flock a tree. Maybe one of these ideas will help you.
I love the idea also the other comment about using for all holidays is a great one. I dont know if you can afford another one( or store both)? But if so rotate out trees every few years. I have 3. I only out up one large one and just switch it up from year to year. Yard sales and marketplace are great places for inexpensive but still good quality ones.
My mother and I were obsessed with properly fluffing the tree, deeply seating the ornaments within the branches, and always adding an extra string of lights - all in order to create a more 3-dimensional, richly dressed, yet still natural-looking tree. We aimed for a look that made us feel like we were in a fairytale woodland, decorated by the pixies for Christmas. It's silly, honestly; but for us, the holidays were a time to express that magical, childlike wonder that still sparks within our hearts. Now, I continue to fuss over the decor in my Mother's memory. But I have learned one major lesson about Xmas decorating: Chilling out and de-stressing the decorating process is The Most essential aspect to holiday decorations. In past years, I was frustrated when my husband and kids had little interest in decorating. I was annoyed to have to decorate the whole house either entirely on my own, or else with eye-rolling, sighing assistance from whatever family member I could rope into helping. Ultimately, I realized I was killing the spirit of childlike wonder and fun that I had been attempting to create in my home. So now, I decorate for me. I start as early as I feel like, so that I can take my time and be as fussy as I wish over things like fluffing the tree and tilting the bubble lights at the perfect angle to maintain maximum bubbling. I decorate as much or as little as is fun for me that year. And then I stop. I'd rather leave half of my decorations in the basement, than decorate my house thoroughly but have a grumpy, exhausted experience while doing so. One thing I really love about your videos is that you give excellent, practical advice, without judgment. You often emphasize that if a particular style or theme makes us happy, then who cares if it is out-dated or considered a decorating mistake? Your advice is for those who are wanting to enjoy the art and process of interior design. It's not meant to make us feel like we're just Wrong, or our homes are ugly. Thank you so much for that chill vibe and your frequent reminders that we should not feel self-conscious about things we love. So, my Xmas decorating observations are meant in that same spirit. I have so much more fun when my process is less like a giant To-Do list or Major Event Production Schedule, and more about having fun with my holiday decorations - but only until the moment it stops being fun. Thank you for this fun video! It is a delight to see how much Christmas decor you have packed away with such great organizational skills. I feel much less self-conscious about my excessive holiday china and lights when I see you so unabashedly displaying yours. 🙂
Preach it sister! I agree with each and every one of your suggestions. Sitting quietly with the lights glowing in an otherwise darkened room with music and coffee or wine is the very best part of Christmas for me. I have huge collections of Christopher Radko and spun glass ornaments.
Walmart has a sell on the points of light projector that you can use to decorate all year long instead of climbing on a ladder to put up Christmas lights the old fashioned way. This way you can take it inside of your house and spice up any party.
I started a few years ago of taking down all my every day decor, and it truly does make a huge difference.. plus when you bring it back out is like it's brand new
I have been decorating mid November for over two decades. I don’t give a crap what others think if it. It’s amazing, makes me and my family happy so who cares about anything else! ❤
A strand of twinkle lights down the center of my tree. You’ve taught me a lot over the years but this one is the best thing I have EVER learned from you. It makes our tree magical! Totally worth the time and effort it takes to do it right. Now I really need to splurge on some spinners!
So, please tell me how to do this. I went out and bought twinkle lights today and tried once but it turned out that I had come home with cool white lights instead of warm white. It didn’t look good at all, lol. It was so hardctrying to put them down the center and then take them right back off. How do you do it? I have a 7 ft tree. Thank you!🥰🥰🥰
@@kathyteague829 It took time. My tree is pre-lit so I had to fish it thru from the bottom to the top to get around all the lights. I'm sorry, that's all the advice I have.
Hola ,from puerto Rico. It is also my favorite time of the year. But after l started watching your last year, l love it even more. I've come from a family of nine children, and they call me the Christmas queen.
We wrap each branch in lights then add decorations deep into the tree and around. Learned that from a Christmas store decorator in 1995. Our trees always look brilliant!
OMG.. I thought I had way so many Christmas bins at 25. I bow to the exalted ruler of Christmas decorations! I love how you organized everything, I will be buying more clear bins and organizing them in your manner to make it much easier for me. Some of your i.deas I already did but the others were inspiring. Thank you !
I start decorating for Christmas in October because I don’t care about Halloween and it gives me extra time to decorate the way I picture it in my head in every room which takes a lot of time and patience.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The EMPRESS of CHRISTMAS has spoken therefore let's get things rolling, enjoy the journey. I have already bought most of my gifts YES even the mailman gift LOL. This Christmas is going to be a very special one since my great-grand-mama will be celebrating her 106 birthday!!! and the entire family will be reuniting in celebration.
Oh, you are so right about decorating early! I did the after thanksgiving thing for years and was always stressed out. Now I take a week in mid November to decorate. It’s much more relaxed and I have time to enjoy everything about the Christmas holiday! I agree with another’s comment, do a deep clean before you put those decorations up. It’s more difficult to clean around those Christmas decorations!
You hit the nail on the head! I use to hate Christmas because I was overwhelmed. Now that my kids are older I love it! I can decorate early. Relax and enjoy the beautiful season. Love you and all your inspiration! Thank you!
I thought of you today when I was at Hobby Lobby! I found a white, sparkly, beautiful deer head and even though I didn't want to spend the money, I knew it would go perfectly with all of the new decorations I bought after watching your gorgeous Christmas decorating videos in the past couple of years! Thank you for all of the joy you have helped to bring me!
Christmas goes up the 1st of November. Our Thanksgiving is in October so fall decor goes away and Christmas begins. Takes me at least one week to get it up, as I decorate every room. So much fun.
i always feel like i’d love another week in December, but i can’t have thanksgiving with christmas decor up. i love your storage. i use smaller bins because they’re easier for me to carry, separated by color and item because i make a new theme every year, so i am starting with very detailed planning in November, and crafting themed items. great tips!
I am soooooo looking forward to your Christmas videos. I am going to start decorating around the 12 of November and I cannot wait. The excitement is real. Lol. And I was delighted to learn that I don’t make any of the Christmas decorating mistakes that you mentioned!!! Although that might be down to the fact that I have been watching your Christmas videos since the beginning. I’m learning from the Master. Lol
I’ve literally been so stressed, depressed and felt so bad emotionally that I not only experienced the freeze response; I was actually rooted to the spot!! Standing in the middle of a room as tho my feet were stuck to the floor. Just standing there. Frozen. I began to MAKE myself do things-make the bed, walk the dog, visit an elderly neighbor, mow the yard, little things that needed doing, but it gave me so much impetus!! The more I did, the more I wanted to do. I soon realized that it was the night time that got me-if I’d not done anything to be proud of that day, I felt so low. But if I only did one or two small things, or encouraged me to do the same tomorrow, and more. Life’s funny. We all struggle. Mostly I’ve learned to listen to my body-if I need to rest, I do. But the most amazing thing is that my Lord and Savior was right there with me all the way-all the time. Prayers and hugs to all who struggle, and remember there’s brighter days ahead.🤗❤️
I start in November so I can take my time and I don't take them down till after the 5th of January which is the 12th day off Christmas. I do a lot of your tips. I have 20 40 gallon containers of decor and need more. Decor that is😂
I used to be a day after Christmas decorator, but now that I am a mom and work 40 hours a week, I learned you can't enjoy Christmas if you wait to decorate. I 100% agree, you have to start decorating in November.
My daughter is currently home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Earlier this month we decided to decorate for Christmas and surprise her. It's wonderful. Everything is all festive. Now that it's done, I feel inspired to bake, cook, shop, and wrap gifts. From now on, this is the way I'm going to get ready for the holidays. Happy holidays to you and your family.
When a wreathe & garland & tree wether it’s real or faux….always FLUFF 🎄🎄🎄 Thank you for posting this🎄🎄🎄 I spent time professionally as a visual display artist for Marshall Field’s before Macy’s purchased it. Christmas decorating started before Halloween by hauling decor from a warehouse in Chicago 🎄 The Best time of the year 🎄🎄🎄Thanks,thanks,thanks ❤️🥳😘
#7 is my favorite! I used to be that person that waited till after thanksgiving. You are right. I was burnt out trying to decorate with the rush. Now I start Nov 1 and get to enjoy my 5 Christmas trees a little longer.
I’m guilty of most of these. I always worked so many hours and usually 6-7 days a week. Now I’ve retired and am ready to slow down and do it right. Glad I found this channel.
Couldn’t agree more about decorating early. As a professional floral designer and stylist I used to dread Christmas because I never had time for my own home. I would work so hard decorating and styling other folks home that I never had the energy to do my own. I think that’s why Halloween became MY big holiday. (I start in August😂) Now I love Christmas because I started decorating immediately after Halloween and it makes such a difference. Life is too short to worry about what other people think! Especially about what you do to help create the magic you need in your home. ❤ love your channel-new subbie!
Ok, I literally had to stop the video on TV so I could go to my phone and comment. The reasons you stated about why to decorate for Christmas early was SPOT on! I’m Nana with no family at home but I’m busy too, grands Christmas plays, work stuff and shopping…Needless to say I’m hoping this Christmas will be less stressful, thank you!
Since I started watching your Christmas decorating videos about 5 years ago, everything about Christmas has been elevated and so much more joyous in my home! I start thoroughly cleaning at the end of October and then plan out my decorating and get to work! It is so beautiful by Thanksgiving and I have so much less stress. I actually started having a Christmas party for all of our friends every year and I host my family for Christmas every year as well ! Thank you so much for sharing your videos and helping to make our Christmases so beautiful, special and enjoyable every year!
I'm happy to say I don't make most of those mistakes. There is definitely a tag on the cord of my tree LOL! Holy Moly that Christmas storage is MASSIVE. I'm going to show my husband and maybe he will stop complaining about my 8 Christmas trees! TFS Rebecca, love you channel so much!
You said to put the ornaments deep into the tree. I would add lights to that. Years ago I got to help decorate a couple of trees at the Festival of Trees in Portland, OR. We had roughly 2500 lights on each 7 foot tree and we wrapped each branch down to the trunk. Those trees absolutely glowed from the inside out and they totally stood out from all the other trees. You don't have to put that many lights on your tree, but putting the lights deep in the tree will make the whole thing come alive. EDIT: You did mention it later in the video
I decorated a tree in Eugene OR for Festival of the Trees held at Valley River Inn around 2000 and I had someone wrap all the branches with the lights. It took her forever but made a difference. I would never do it for my tree at home though. Too much work.
@@pamelasprings6723 I used to have a 12 foot tree that every single branch was wrapped individually with a full strand of lights. It had thousands of lights on it. It used to move up the thermostat that it was next to. It was so beautiful. The tree itself just got to be so hard to put together for me because every branch was added individually. It probably was the most realistic tree I've ever seen, but I finally got rid of it. I still miss it!
Thank you for the last thing you talked about. There is so much involved for Christmas...decorating, cards, shopping, wrapping, baking, events. Cramming it all in in 4 weeks or less sucks the joy right out of this beautiful and meaningful holiday. All my gift shopping is done before Thanksgiving. My cards are written out before Thanksgiving. My decorating is done before Thanksgiving. All that is left is my events and baking. I enjoy Christmas so much more now. When we were little, we had a real tree. My parents put up the tree on Christmas Eve after we fell asleep. How they did it, I do not know! God bless them!
I decorate for Thanksgiving and have a Thanksgiving tree. It’s our Christmas tree with gold, silver, green, copper ornaments. After Thanksgiving, I add all the other colors and edit some of the fall colors. Getting the tree done early is a huge relief.
Whew! I actually do all of these things!! But I do wait until Thanksgiving ends. My confession is I am an overly organized person. Day 1 put away all the normal decor and dust thoroughly. Day 2 unload all my boxes, fluff trees and garlands, add lights. Day 3 decorate…it’s a walk down memory lane and a special time!! I also hire a college guy to do all the toting and climbing and help with the lights which speeds things along. I already have tickets to a Celtic Christmas concert and holiday tour of homes which puts me in the holiday spirit. It all gets neatly put away and labeled which, you’re so right, is the key to the next year’s decorating. I am eagerly looking forward to what you have planned for this season!
I absolutely loved this series and I can't wait to watch the new Xmas videos. I've been decorating for Christmas in November for over 10 year and I love it. Hugs from Chile 🇨🇱❤
I love your storage system you have going on for your Christmas decorations. I thought I was the only one that stored there seasonal decorations like this.. Organized Bins are the best. 😁👍
I must show this video to my hubby. He thinks I have a lot of Christmas decorations. You have me beat by about 1000. I seriously enjoy watching your videos. Thank you for sharing your ideas and tricks with us. You are awesome!! Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family. It is my favorite time of the year. Christmas is what brought me back to the living after my daughter passed away. It brings me so much joy and I am so happen when I watch your videos. Thank you!!
So many childhood memories flooding my brain! I have twin aunts that decorated their 7’ real tree every year with so many icicles that you couldn’t see a speck of green! It would be this grand, silver tree with thousands of lights and colorful bulbs. I also have a cousin that has been doing a shopping cart tree on Santa Monica Boulevard for 28 years. It’s beautiful! People are so creative.
Some brilliant ideas and tips here, I’m a florist and I used to do demonstrations and especially at Christmas time I would tell people to think of your Christmas tree as a flower arrangement and look at how nature grows. Nature doesn’t have all its flowers on the outside edges it has flowers in the branches in different depths . It gives perspective and makes your tree look fuller plus it’s always fun to peek in and see what little bits of magic you can find within the tree. The other thing I always said and was always leave space for the butterflies…. Or in the case of a Christmas tree the fairies to fly! Filling every space with something can look too busy and you “cant see the wood for the trees” you need each beautiful bauble and decoration it’s own space to shine. Sometimes less is more, if you’re not sure if it’s needed or if it goes….leave it out.
I have started decorating my tree In early November. I put my ribbons and picks in then I use fall florals instead of bulbs. After Thanksgiving I pull the fall florals out and simply replace them with my bulbs. It only takes a short amount of time. That way I don't feel like I stared too early and don't get bored with my tree before Christmas.
I’ve already started our cards, shopping is nearly done, and our plans for dinner are tentatively set. Decorating will start on Nov. 15 by clearing out decor and getting decorated by the week after Thanksgiving. We travel from WV to NJ for Thanksgiving dinner with my son and his children and his son and grands. We usually take all the gifts for everyone in NJ with us because we can’t travel after Thanksgiving. This gives us the opportunity to enjoy Christmas in WV with each other and close friends. BTW this planning has really worked for me for YEARS.
Yes, we have a Christmas "Pyramid" that rotates with the heat of the candles. We bought it 30 years ago when we lived in Germany and we still put it up every year. It's just as beautiful and magical now as it was the day we bought it. Thank you for this wonderful video!
I’ve been watching your Christmas videos since day one and I’d like to think that I’ve learned a thing or two. I get so many compliments on my Christmas decor and I have you to thank for that. I also, change my theme every year and have accumulated a great deal of decor. Thank you so much for giving us a glimpse of your storage. I would love to see your storage for regular decor. Thank you for being such an inspiration
i remember spending SO much time fluffing our trees as a kid, and its tedious work (which is why my parents made us kids do it) but holy heck it makes it look so beautiful! I never not fluff
I’ve always started the day after Thanksgiving for decorating the house - no room is missed. I start with my Woodland themed room and move on, doing one room - sometimes two - in a day. The living room is done last. Santa is the them bc that’s where we open gifts. Our tree is a fresh cut tree, so the earliest it goes up is usually the first weekend of December. By New Year’s Day, it’s ready to come down! I just reverse my decorating, and un-decorate until I’m reach the Woodland. I tend to leave that a little bit longer, bc it fits the winter season. This year, though, I’ve decided to start sooner, either this 2nd week of Nov, or next week. I’m not getting any younger (70), and I don’t want to rush or stress myself. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Thrilled to see what you have in store AND how you "store" what you have in store. THANK you. Also.....I have a great idea (for me) to make the entire season a wee bit better. Starting with my FALL decorating I keep a somewhat woodsy feel so that I can actually create a base for decorating and then just switch out or add things after Thanksgiving. The garland will go up for fall but then the foliage changes from Harvest to Christmas but the base items are already placed. This alleviates having to totally transform my entire house from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Maybe that's what everyone already does and I'm late to the party but I'l going to try that. I'd LOVE to see your fall decorations or maybe you don't do them? Just not enough time....either way, LOVE YOU.
I am getting in the xmas mood already by watching Daily One xmas movie... Color Scheme is ready and will get implemented Mid november.... I usually take a week of work to really enjoy and take time for all decorations 🎉
We have lights inside our largest tree which has bronzey, gold sparky woodsy decor. I have a sparkly big owl on top and the ornaments are big and medium balls and also sparkly squirrels, and some canoes … it’s in our garden room that overlooks our creek and many acres of woodsyness 😊
I've been watching you for some years now. I have learnt many things from you but those 3 things, fluff, cut all tags and decorate deep in the tree, have made a huge difference. Thank you. ❤... I'm tuned in from the Caribbean, I share your videos with a sister and a brother in Canada.
I can’t be the only person who giggles to herself every time she insists on the balls going deeper. I’m ever looking at my round ornaments the same again 😅❤
Yes, that was hilarious but at 75 years old my Mom showed us how to decorate a tree when we were little. Yet, we were NOT allowed to do the tinsel, only Mom was because she did one strand at a time and her trees were the most beautiful ‼️🙏
Love all of your decorations I think I was injected with tinsel....You are my mind of person. Angel Chimes are the little brass ornaments with candles. Never stop decorating.
Oh my god, so much stuff! Just looking at it all feels so overwhelming to me. I’m not a Xmas fanatic, seems crazy to need a big house to store stuff. I just decorate with a simple tree and it never takes more than 1-2 hr to get it setup or taken down after xmas. But to each their own of course.
I can hardly wait for your Christmas videos. I really start getting excited around this time of year waiting on your videos. As someone has already mentioned, your the Queen of Christmas decorating.
About Christmas decorating in November: I think it depends on two things 1) How much you enjoy the fall/thanksgiving time 2) Whether or not you’re going to host Thanksgiving at your home If you really love fall decor, decorating early for Christmas might make it feel like you’re skipping Thanksgiving and missing out on valuable pumpkin time. And if you’re have a lot of guests over for Thanksgiving, it could look “off” if the whole house is decked out in Winter Wonderland and Jungle Bells. I think everyone needs to find what works best for them. I tend to do extra fall cleaning in November, so putting up a Christmas tree would just be too much work in one month.
I think I finally understand why some people start decorating for Christmas right after Halloween is over. Your decorations are elaborate, beautiful, time consuming, and you really do need helpers. Whew! I put up one wreath, one small tree (up on a table to keep the dogs from eating it) and maybe a VERY FEW holiday theme (red/green traditionalist here) throws/throw pillows, hand towels, and candles and...I'm done. I can easily get all of this done before December first if I wait until after Thanksgiving. If I did everything you do, I think I'd have to start assembling/pre-staging in August and keep things tucked away in a spare bedroom, basement, or garage before I started bringing them out November first. Bravo to all the truly committed Christmas decorators. LOVE your work.
I was looking at your Christmas videos lately. I was watching the one with your Queen Elizabeth tree. That was STUNNING! I loved every aspect of it. I actually bought a flocked tree "after" Christmas a couple of years ago. I practically begged them for the tree. Lol. I have no shame when I want something. I'm poor but I'm not complaining because the Lord takes care of me. I can't afford a lot but you wouldn't believe the stuff I have. (Too much, really). When you said you loved decorating and Christmas and you love sharing it with us... I felt that in my heart. Thank you. I'm grateful. Decorating brings me a lot of happiness.
Love everything you do. You are so inspiring. And yes Christmas is the best time of year. I have learned so much over the years of watching your Christmas videos. Love you to pieces!
You go girl! lol. I have been teased for having 12 bins of Christmas decor. You made me feel better. Thanks. And too early? Merry Christmas 🎅 PS…I do all the right stuff. 👏👏👏
I hate fluffing but you're correct! It looks sooo much better. Halloween night I start pulling all my Christmas decorations out and going through through them. Yes! Halloween night! lol even though I have everything super organized when I put them away I still pull everything out Halloween night. It takes me a good month to decorate my home. I just love Christmas!!!!!
Loved this video filled with lots of tips. Wow! What a storage space for all your Christmas decor. I have 7 bins for Christmas and I thought I had a lot of stuff. I’m looking forward to add new stuff this year. 🎅🏻🎁
Rebecca I have learnt so much from you over the years. Totally agree with all the “mistakes”. I live in the Caribbean and I start my Christmas prep in November, today to be exact.
Love, love, love your personality. I've been following you since 2018 and you make me smile, laugh and cry with joy and happiness. I don't know how you come up with such awesome ideas but so glad you share them with us. My first mistake was not buying a home with a basement like that to store all my seasonal items, lol.
Yes, my mom was a Christmas decorator she always taught me put your tree up in Nov. Spend A day fluffing before adding more lights. I have a 9ft prelit tree I add 4 450 ft of twinkle lights. It looks amazing. I take a week to decorate, my main tree. I'm just finishing my dinning room and kitchen. Then bedrooms, porch and bathroom. I love Christmas as much as you do
I started implementing your Christmas design principles when I discovered you in 2017. My house never looked better and all my family said "What happened to mom?" (Snowflakes from the ceiling!)
Yay! Leveling up your decorating. Way to go. 🎄 Rebecca inspires me to try new things, too. Have you watched any David Christopher Christmas decorating?
How there can be mistake for decorating for Christmas? Like decorate as you want or as your kids want. It is all about enjoying it and not stressing out did I make a mistake or not!!! WTH
The only mistake you can make when decorating your house is not doing what YOU like. It’s your house, do what makes you happy.
1. Make room
2. Take all tags off
3. Fluff, fluff, fluff EVERY SINGLE BRANCH
4. Ornaments deep INTO the Tree
5. Follow the same idea thru, green - all green, 2 tone- all 2 tone, flocked- all flocked. Wreaths, garlands, etc, table centers.
6. Get extra lights for pre lit Xmas trees.
7. Dont wait up to Thanksgiving to begin decorations
Thank you!
I have no problem with decorating for Christmas in November, but for me, I wait until after Thanksgiving. I love fall and do extensive decorating for the season. I want my harvest decorations to take center stage through Thanksgiving then I switch for Christmas. I spend a week settings up Christmas and it’s always worth it. I still have the whole month of December to enjoy the holidays.
You could not have said that better. I'm the exact same way. Fall and Christmas decorating are neck and neck. I go beyond all out for both. And Fall is up for 3 months. I start decorating the first weekend in September. Christmas is only up for a month. Come January 1, it comes down, St Patrick's Day decorations go up and it stays that way until the end of March. And I decorate for that just as extensively.
I have always started my Christmas Decorating the day after Halloween for exactly the reasons she said here. It typically takes me 3-5 days and then I get time to enjoy, relax, plan, shop, cook, wrap without the stress of all the things that wait to be done. You literally just made my DANG DAY with that announcement!!! I am here for it!
If I'm not hosting Thanksgiving, the Christmas decor usually starts earlier in November.I just love it too much to not keep the season up as long as I can.Epiphany is Jan. 6, and Christmas isn't over until then.
I'm so glad to hear that. I get a lot of flack for doing mine early. It is such a relief to not worry about decorating last minute. Besides, it gets you in the spirit and then you can focus on shopping, to-do list, entertaining, etc. And I really do a lot of decorating. Every room, including bedrooms, gets decorated. So it is just self-defeating to put all that work in and take it back down right away. Mine is up to at least February 2nd or mid-February.
I always decorate for Christmas after Halloween ,it takes time to get things right and i really don't care what others think of it , it makes the end of the year magical and i want to enjoy it aslong as i can .
Great idea. I will start early this year….thank you for all your suggestions…..love your storage area….
@@AutumnLady46. I’m on board with that idea!!! Cheers!!!!
As a professional Christmas designer for 15+ years… I APPROVE AND HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS CONTENT!!!! 🎄🤶🏼🎄🎅🏼🎄
That’s very kind of you to say Trina. I wish you all the success in your own Christmas decorating projects this year 🙏🏻 RR
Thank You @@rebeccarobeson1❣️😘
I'm jealous of her own personal Christmas warehouse in her basement! 😢
My kids hate fluffing because I am very specific on how everything needs to be fluffed!
I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING SAID 😀
Two More Tips..
1) Cleaning your house (cob webs, windows, mirrors, organizing your kitchen/pantry, etc...)
2) Do NOT take down your decorations until AFTER the epiphany!❤
My daughter and son-in-law are devout Catholics who put up their decor the day before Christmas Eve, and it stays up until the Feast of Candlemas (February 2).
YES!!! After the Epiphany!
It’s as if we need to Spring clean to prep for Christmas 🎄❤️🥳
@@jabbaj45 Only decorations such as the nativity scene, and other religous decorations shoul stay. Decorations such as Santa , tinsel, really sould be taken down so as to not distract from the real meaning of the season. But in truth, there are no Catholic rules regarding this.
Agree! We decorate later so that visiting out-of-town family can participate. So it's extra important to clean/declutter the house so there's room for both the visitors and the decorations! The slightly bare look seems appropriate and fresh for the day after Epiphany...January should br clean and white and fresh!
Girl! You don't need to wait until November to roll out the Christmas videos or ornaments or decor! I'm ready NOW!
Let’s do this Pamela 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 RR
Ditto. Tree goes up day after Halloween. I’m going to enjoy my tree!
The stores sell out of decorations fast though, good to get things prepared if you know what you want
I can't believe it - the queen of Christmas is back! I'm absolutely thrilled to see your new Christmas videos. You've been the designer who taught me all the principles of Christmas decorations. In fact, just yesterday, I bought a bunch of new picks and ornaments inspired by your teachings. Thank you for being my teacher! 🎄👑
You honor me Valerie by your comment. I’m so happy to hear you have been inspired over the years by my videos and have taken the steps to improve your skills.
I hope you have fun with all your new purchases this year. I’d love to see photos of what you do with them 🤗
Get a life
Hi Rebecca, I actually start my Christmas decorating in October. Why, do you ask? I worked for an interior designer decorating her store for Christmas for more than 10 years. Since retiring, I'm 71, (72 this November). It would take me 2 weeks, some over , nighters, to complete for Open House the first or second weekend of November. Also, I decorated homes and businesses for Christmas, therefore, if I didn't get my home done that early, it would never get done and I wouldn't have any time to enjoy them. Now, I've gotten into that habit and have continued it. I decorate that way for all the seasons, although this year will be much different since I have been in the hospital with bronchial pneumonia and having to deal with a diagnosis of asthma. I'm having a hard time adjusting to the fact that I may not get to do any decorating at all this Christmas season. I love all your decorating, videos, especially, my favorite, CHRISTMAS. I love Christmas and I put a lot of effort and thought into it, as I know you do also. Looking forward to seeing your videos this year. God bless.
I would love to decorate homes and businesses for the holidays…….how did you get your start? How much should I charge? Thank you in advance for any advice. 🎄
Hi, Debra! I hope you're feeling better soon. If you have family or friends who would help, maybe you can pass on your amazing skills & advice by having them help decorate part of your home. My brother's 2 girls love decorating for Christmas & help my sister, who is partially sighted, decorate. My sister puts up multiple trees every year along with a Christmas village. She starts right after Canadian Thanksgiving in October.
Hi fellow Debra, there must be a favourite decore piece or decoration you could start with. Then I agree ask for help. Merry Christmas from Australia. 🎄🇦🇺🤶
I am German and we take Christmas very seriously in my house. I have decorated our family Christmas tree for the past 35 years. I use a minimum of 11,000 lights on a real 7’ tree always done with glass icicles, clear ornaments and lots of sparkle with pops of red, gold and green, my ornaments have always been deep in the tree simply to get them all on there!
Your tree sounds absolutely beautiful.
Would love to see a pic of your tree!
You use 11000 lights on a 7 ft tree? That seems kind of impossible.
"Too soon", agree 1000%. Since I started putting my tree and decorations up in early-mid November, I have enjoyed the holiday season so much more. It's so cozy and it leaves the busy season free to get everything else done without worrying about decorating!
I actually take all of my regular decorations and put them in the Christmas boxes that I empty out. Almost all of my regular stuff is not in there. Keeping them in the Christmas boxes makes it easy when I go to put away. I pull those boxes out and put the decorations back out at the same time I'm undecorating from Christmas.
When my collection of snowmen grew too large, I started putting them out in January, as soon as I take down anything Christmas. It helped soften that bare look after the holidays. Plus, we live in Michigan, so it fits the usual weather.
I do the same !
I do that as well!
My snow people, and village stay out longer.
Yes, I do remember the candle with four angels. It’s called an advent candle, and you light the candle on the first Sunday of December. Then every Sunday after that. Ours is 60 years old, when we bought on our first Christmas together. My husband says every time we move, there seems like we accumulated more Christmas tubs. He tells everyone, that I downsized from 30 tubs to 29! 👍🏻💕🎄🎄
I had one when i was young and it broke but my son found one for me ,love it .
I made the mistake (a few years ago), of buying a black xmas tree. I hate it now! Only, this time i might put it up for halloween/autumn. Maybe with pumpkins and a witches hat on top 😂😂 What do you think of that idea?
Spray paint it. We did that once. Came out great. I love your idea though for Halloween. Fun!
Maybe you could fase that tree trough the different holidays.
Halloween : pumpkins, witches, lots of orange, green and purple
Thanksgiving: keep the pumpkins , just switch out the green and purple for metallic browns and golds (fall colours)
Christmas : take out the pumpkins and anything brights orange, but keep the luxury browns and golds.
New Year’s Eve, add some silvers, maybe extra tinsel to simulate fireworks
You only have to really put up decorations once, and with little alterations every few weeks, you might start to love the unusual tree again.
Don’t think of it as a black Christmas tree, but as a flexible Holliday tree.
Halloween tree for sure!!!
Rebecca has a video 12/16/15 "DIY Christmas Decorating Ideas for a Small Apt" where she and Sharrah goes and decorates Scott's apt. In it Sharrah paints a Christmas tree. Rebecca also has a video on how to flock a tree. Maybe one of these ideas will help you.
I love the idea also the other comment about using for all holidays is a great one. I dont know if you can afford another one( or store both)? But if so rotate out trees every few years. I have 3. I only out up one large one and just switch it up from year to year. Yard sales and marketplace are great places for inexpensive but still good quality ones.
My mother and I were obsessed with properly fluffing the tree, deeply seating the ornaments within the branches, and always adding an extra string of lights - all in order to create a more 3-dimensional, richly dressed, yet still natural-looking tree. We aimed for a look that made us feel like we were in a fairytale woodland, decorated by the pixies for Christmas. It's silly, honestly; but for us, the holidays were a time to express that magical, childlike wonder that still sparks within our hearts. Now, I continue to fuss over the decor in my Mother's memory.
But I have learned one major lesson about Xmas decorating: Chilling out and de-stressing the decorating process is The Most essential aspect to holiday decorations. In past years, I was frustrated when my husband and kids had little interest in decorating. I was annoyed to have to decorate the whole house either entirely on my own, or else with eye-rolling, sighing assistance from whatever family member I could rope into helping.
Ultimately, I realized I was killing the spirit of childlike wonder and fun that I had been attempting to create in my home. So now, I decorate for me. I start as early as I feel like, so that I can take my time and be as fussy as I wish over things like fluffing the tree and tilting the bubble lights at the perfect angle to maintain maximum bubbling. I decorate as much or as little as is fun for me that year. And then I stop. I'd rather leave half of my decorations in the basement, than decorate my house thoroughly but have a grumpy, exhausted experience while doing so.
One thing I really love about your videos is that you give excellent, practical advice, without judgment. You often emphasize that if a particular style or theme makes us happy, then who cares if it is out-dated or considered a decorating mistake? Your advice is for those who are wanting to enjoy the art and process of interior design. It's not meant to make us feel like we're just Wrong, or our homes are ugly. Thank you so much for that chill vibe and your frequent reminders that we should not feel self-conscious about things we love. So, my Xmas decorating observations are meant in that same spirit. I have so much more fun when my process is less like a giant To-Do list or Major Event Production Schedule, and more about having fun with my holiday decorations - but only until the moment it stops being fun.
Thank you for this fun video! It is a delight to see how much Christmas decor you have packed away with such great organizational skills. I feel much less self-conscious about my excessive holiday china and lights when I see you so unabashedly displaying yours. 🙂
To save on space I purchased nice pillow inserts and just buy decorative pillow covers for Christmas, and other holidays or seasons! Saves money, too!
Preach it sister! I agree with each and every one of your suggestions. Sitting quietly with the lights glowing in an otherwise darkened room with music and coffee or wine is the very best part of Christmas for me. I have huge collections of Christopher Radko and spun glass ornaments.
Walmart has a sell on the points of light projector that you can use to decorate all year long instead of climbing on a ladder to put up Christmas lights the old fashioned way. This way you can take it inside of your house and spice up any party.
Number eight: not overdecorating! Less is more, more cozy,less work and still beautiful😂
I had a friend who put our every Christmas thing she ever had. Every flat surface was covered with things, but it wasn't pretty.
I started a few years ago of taking down all my every day decor, and it truly does make a huge difference.. plus when you bring it back out is like it's brand new
Tip 7 is so thoughtful. Very true and clearly comes from sincere care.
I have been decorating mid November for over two decades. I don’t give a crap what others think if it. It’s amazing, makes me and my family happy so who cares about anything else! ❤
A strand of twinkle lights down the center of my tree. You’ve taught me a lot over the years but this one is the best thing I have EVER learned from you. It makes our tree magical! Totally worth the time and effort it takes to do it right. Now I really need to splurge on some spinners!
I do that and add large white and clear ornaments down the middle and it reflects the light
So, please tell me how to do this. I went out and bought twinkle lights today and tried once but it turned out that I had come home with cool white lights instead of warm white. It didn’t look good at all, lol. It was so hardctrying to put them down the center and then take them right back off. How do you do it? I have a 7 ft tree. Thank you!🥰🥰🥰
I need help with this too please
@@kathyteague829 It took time. My tree is pre-lit so I had to fish it thru from the bottom to the top to get around all the lights. I'm sorry, that's all the advice I have.
Hola ,from puerto Rico. It is also my favorite time of the year. But after l started watching your last year, l love it even more. I've come from a family of nine children, and they call me the Christmas queen.
Hello I also live in Puerto Rico also but I’m originally from New Jersey I already started working on my decorations for this year
We wrap each branch in lights then add decorations deep into the tree and around. Learned that from a Christmas store decorator in 1995. Our trees always look brilliant!
Me too!! Always have
I learned it from my cats climbing the tree and waking up to see it flipped over. The special ornaments go on the inside. 🐈🎄
OMG.. I thought I had way so many Christmas bins at 25. I bow to the exalted ruler of Christmas decorations! I love how you organized everything, I will be buying more clear bins and organizing them in your manner to make it much easier for me. Some of your i.deas I already did but the others were inspiring. Thank you !
I start decorating for Christmas in October because I don’t care about Halloween and it gives me extra time to decorate the way I picture it in my head in every room which takes a lot of time and patience.
⭐⭐⭐⭐ The EMPRESS of CHRISTMAS has spoken therefore let's get things rolling, enjoy the journey. I have already bought most of my gifts YES even the mailman gift LOL. This Christmas is going to be a very special one since my great-grand-mama will be celebrating her 106 birthday!!! and the entire family will be reuniting in celebration.
What a blessing! 🙌🏼😍
Oh, you are so right about decorating early! I did the after thanksgiving thing for years and was always stressed out. Now I take a week in mid November to decorate. It’s much more relaxed and I have time to enjoy everything about the Christmas holiday! I agree with another’s comment, do a deep clean before you put those decorations up. It’s more difficult to clean around those Christmas decorations!
I love how you organized all of your decorations. I don’t feel guilty for bubble wrapping and labeling my decorations anymore ❤
You hit the nail on the head! I use to hate Christmas because I was overwhelmed. Now that my kids are older I love it! I can decorate early. Relax and enjoy the beautiful season. Love you and all your inspiration! Thank you!
I thought of you today when I was at Hobby Lobby! I found a white, sparkly, beautiful deer head and even though I didn't want to spend the money, I knew it would go perfectly with all of the new decorations I bought after watching your gorgeous Christmas decorating videos in the past couple of years! Thank you for all of the joy you have helped to bring me!
Christmas goes up the 1st of November. Our Thanksgiving is in October so fall decor goes away and Christmas begins. Takes me at least one week to get it up, as I decorate every room. So much fun.
i always feel like i’d love another week in December, but i can’t have thanksgiving with christmas decor up. i love your storage. i use smaller bins because they’re easier for me to carry, separated by color and item because i make a new theme every year, so i am starting with very detailed planning in November, and crafting themed items. great tips!
I am soooooo looking forward to your Christmas videos. I am going to start decorating around the 12 of November and I cannot wait. The excitement is real. Lol. And I was delighted to learn that I don’t make any of the Christmas decorating mistakes that you mentioned!!! Although that might be down to the fact that I have been watching your Christmas videos since the beginning. I’m learning from the Master. Lol
I’ve literally been so stressed, depressed and felt so bad emotionally that I not only experienced the freeze response; I was actually rooted to the spot!! Standing in the middle of a room as tho my feet were stuck to the floor. Just standing there. Frozen. I began to MAKE myself do things-make the bed, walk the dog, visit an elderly neighbor, mow the yard, little things that needed doing, but it gave me so much impetus!! The more I did, the more I wanted to do. I soon realized that it was the night time that got me-if I’d not done anything to be proud of that day, I felt so low. But if I only did one or two small things, or encouraged me to do the same tomorrow, and more. Life’s funny. We all struggle. Mostly I’ve learned to listen to my body-if I need to rest, I do. But the most amazing thing is that my Lord and Savior was right there with me all the way-all the time. Prayers and hugs to all who struggle, and remember there’s brighter days ahead.🤗❤️
I start in November so I can take my time and I don't take them down till after the 5th of January which is the 12th day off Christmas. I do a lot of your tips. I have 20 40 gallon containers of decor and need more. Decor that is😂
OMG! Totally admire this lady. I could NEVER manage this much stuff! I’m getting anxiety just thinking about what all she’s managing here.
I used to be a day after Christmas decorator, but now that I am a mom and work 40 hours a week, I learned you can't enjoy Christmas if you wait to decorate. I 100% agree, you have to start decorating in November.
My daughter is currently home for the Thanksgiving holiday. Earlier this month we decided to decorate for Christmas and surprise her. It's wonderful. Everything is all festive. Now that it's done, I feel inspired to bake, cook, shop, and wrap gifts. From now on, this is the way I'm going to get ready for the holidays. Happy holidays to you and your family.
You are so RIGHT! Starting in November helps the main decorators who love the season enjoy the season. Love your organization.
When a wreathe & garland & tree wether it’s real or faux….always FLUFF 🎄🎄🎄 Thank you for posting this🎄🎄🎄 I spent time professionally as a visual display artist for Marshall Field’s before Macy’s purchased it. Christmas decorating started before Halloween by hauling decor from a warehouse in Chicago 🎄 The Best time of the year 🎄🎄🎄Thanks,thanks,thanks ❤️🥳😘
#7 is my favorite! I used to be that person that waited till after thanksgiving. You are right. I was burnt out trying to decorate with the rush. Now I start Nov 1 and get to enjoy my 5 Christmas trees a little longer.
I’m guilty of most of these. I always worked so many hours and usually 6-7 days a week. Now I’ve retired and am ready to slow down and do it right. Glad I found this channel.
Couldn’t agree more about decorating early. As a professional floral designer and stylist I used to dread Christmas because I never had time for my own home. I would work so hard decorating and styling other folks home that I never had the energy to do my own. I think that’s why Halloween became MY big holiday. (I start in August😂)
Now I love Christmas because I started decorating immediately after Halloween and it makes such a difference. Life is too short to worry about what other people think! Especially about what you do to help create the magic you need in your home. ❤ love your channel-new subbie!
Ok, I literally had to stop the video on TV so I could go to my phone and comment. The reasons you stated about why to decorate for Christmas early was SPOT on! I’m Nana with no family at home but I’m busy too, grands Christmas plays, work stuff and shopping…Needless to say I’m hoping this Christmas will be less stressful, thank you!
Since I started watching your Christmas decorating videos about 5 years ago, everything about Christmas has been elevated and so much more joyous in my home! I start thoroughly cleaning at the end of October and then plan out my decorating and get to work! It is so beautiful by Thanksgiving and I have so much less stress. I actually started having a Christmas party for all of our friends every year and I host my family for Christmas every year as well ! Thank you so much for sharing your videos and helping to make our Christmases so beautiful, special and enjoyable every year!
I'm happy to say I don't make most of those mistakes. There is definitely a tag on the cord of my tree LOL! Holy Moly that Christmas storage is MASSIVE. I'm going to show my husband and maybe he will stop complaining about my 8 Christmas trees! TFS Rebecca, love you channel so much!
You said to put the ornaments deep into the tree. I would add lights to that. Years ago I got to help decorate a couple of trees at the Festival of Trees in Portland, OR. We had roughly 2500 lights on each 7 foot tree and we wrapped each branch down to the trunk. Those trees absolutely glowed from the inside out and they totally stood out from all the other trees. You don't have to put that many lights on your tree, but putting the lights deep in the tree will make the whole thing come alive.
EDIT: You did mention it later in the video
Sounds beautiful. Would love to see a photo
My sister does that but I couldn't do it as successfully.
Rebecca has recommended putting lights in the interior of the tree for years. It's in several videos over the years.
I decorated a tree in Eugene OR for Festival of the Trees held at Valley River Inn around 2000 and I had someone wrap all the branches with the lights. It took her forever but made a difference. I would never do it for my tree at home though. Too much work.
@@pamelasprings6723 I used to have a 12 foot tree that every single branch was wrapped individually with a full strand of lights. It had thousands of lights on it. It used to move up the thermostat that it was next to. It was so beautiful. The tree itself just got to be so hard to put together for me because every branch was added individually. It probably was the most realistic tree I've ever seen, but I finally got rid of it. I still miss it!
Thank you for the last thing you talked about. There is so much involved for Christmas...decorating, cards, shopping, wrapping, baking, events. Cramming it all in in 4 weeks or less sucks the joy right out of this beautiful and meaningful holiday. All my gift shopping is done before Thanksgiving. My cards are written out before Thanksgiving. My decorating is done before Thanksgiving. All that is left is my events and baking. I enjoy Christmas so much more now. When we were little, we had a real tree. My parents put up the tree on Christmas Eve after we fell asleep. How they did it, I do not know! God bless them!
I decorate for Thanksgiving and have a Thanksgiving tree. It’s our Christmas tree with gold, silver, green, copper ornaments. After Thanksgiving, I add all the other colors and edit some of the fall colors. Getting the tree done early is a huge relief.
What a WONDERFUL idea!!! I love this so much!!! That way, you can already have your tree in place and fluffed without sacrificing Thanksgiving!!!
Whew! I actually do all of these things!! But I do wait until Thanksgiving ends. My confession is I am an overly organized person. Day 1 put away all the normal decor and dust thoroughly. Day 2 unload all my boxes, fluff trees and garlands, add lights. Day 3 decorate…it’s a walk down memory lane and a special time!! I also hire a college guy to do all the toting and climbing and help with the lights which speeds things along. I already have tickets to a Celtic Christmas concert and holiday tour of homes which puts me in the holiday spirit. It all gets neatly put away and labeled which, you’re so right, is the key to the next year’s decorating. I am eagerly looking forward to what you have planned for this season!
I absolutely loved this series and I can't wait to watch the new Xmas videos. I've been decorating for Christmas in November for over 10 year and I love it. Hugs from Chile 🇨🇱❤
The Swedish chimes is what you’re describing ( angels and candles) loved them and we had one out every year💕💕
I love your storage system you have going on for your Christmas decorations. I thought I was the only one that stored there seasonal decorations like this.. Organized Bins are the best. 😁👍
I must show this video to my hubby. He thinks I have a lot of Christmas decorations. You have me beat by about 1000. I seriously enjoy watching your videos. Thank you for sharing your ideas and tricks with us. You are awesome!! Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful family. It is my favorite time of the year. Christmas is what brought me back to the living after my daughter passed away. It brings me so much joy and I am so happen when I watch your videos. Thank you!!
I am so glad our thanksgiving is at the beginning of October here in Canada! It leaves plenty of time to decorate and enjoy the season.❤
So many childhood memories flooding my brain! I have twin aunts that decorated their 7’ real tree every year with so many icicles that you couldn’t see a speck of green! It would be this grand, silver tree with thousands of lights and colorful bulbs. I also have a cousin that has been doing a shopping cart tree on Santa Monica Boulevard for 28 years. It’s beautiful! People are so creative.
Some brilliant ideas and tips here, I’m a florist and I used to do demonstrations and especially at Christmas time I would tell people to think of your Christmas tree as a flower arrangement and look at how nature grows. Nature doesn’t have all its flowers on the outside edges it has flowers in the branches in different depths . It gives perspective and makes your tree look fuller plus it’s always fun to peek in and see what little bits of magic you can find within the tree. The other thing I always said and was always leave space for the butterflies…. Or in the case of a Christmas tree the fairies to fly! Filling every space with something can look too busy and you “cant see the wood for the trees” you need each beautiful bauble and decoration it’s own space to shine. Sometimes less is more, if you’re not sure if it’s needed or if it goes….leave it out.
Very good point. I see pictures of trees a solutely covered with ornaments and ribbon. I am not a fan of that. They look overdone.
I have started decorating my tree In early November. I put my ribbons and picks in then I use fall florals instead of bulbs. After Thanksgiving I pull the fall florals out and simply replace them with my bulbs. It only takes a short amount of time. That way I don't feel like I stared too early and don't get bored with my tree before Christmas.
I’ve already started our cards, shopping is nearly done, and our plans for dinner are tentatively set. Decorating will start on Nov. 15 by clearing out decor and getting decorated by the week after Thanksgiving. We travel from WV to NJ for Thanksgiving dinner with my son and his children and his son and grands. We usually take all the gifts for everyone in NJ with us because we can’t travel after Thanksgiving. This gives us the opportunity to enjoy Christmas in WV with each other and close friends. BTW this planning has really worked for me for YEARS.
Yes, we have a Christmas "Pyramid" that rotates with the heat of the candles. We bought it 30 years ago when we lived in Germany and we still put it up every year. It's just as beautiful and magical now as it was the day we bought it. Thank you for this wonderful video!
I’ve been watching your Christmas videos since day one and I’d like to think that I’ve learned a thing or two. I get so many compliments on my Christmas decor and I have you to thank for that. I also, change my theme every year and have accumulated a great deal of decor. Thank you so much for giving us a glimpse of your storage. I would love to see your storage for regular decor. Thank you for being such an inspiration
i remember spending SO much time fluffing our trees as a kid, and its tedious work (which is why my parents made us kids do it) but holy heck it makes it look so beautiful! I never not fluff
You’ve inspired me to start decorating much sooner this year…and for all the great reasons you mentioned!
Oh…the deer have antlers (not antenna🤗)!💞
I’ve always started the day after Thanksgiving for decorating the house - no room is missed. I start with my Woodland themed room and move on, doing one room - sometimes two - in a day. The living room is done last. Santa is the them bc that’s where we open gifts. Our tree is a fresh cut tree, so the earliest it goes up is usually the first weekend of December. By New Year’s Day, it’s ready to come down! I just reverse my decorating, and un-decorate until I’m reach the Woodland. I tend to leave that a little bit longer, bc it fits the winter season.
This year, though, I’ve decided to start sooner, either this 2nd week of Nov, or next week. I’m not getting any younger (70), and I don’t want to rush or stress myself. 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄
Rebecca....I've been watching you for many years. Every year is an extravaganza.
Thrilled to see what you have in store AND how you "store" what you have in store. THANK you. Also.....I have a great idea (for me) to make the entire season a wee bit better. Starting with my FALL decorating I keep a somewhat woodsy feel so that I can actually create a base for decorating and then just switch out or add things after Thanksgiving. The garland will go up for fall but then the foliage changes from Harvest to Christmas but the base items are already placed. This alleviates having to totally transform my entire house from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Maybe that's what everyone already does and I'm late to the party but I'l going to try that. I'd LOVE to see your fall decorations or maybe you don't do them? Just not enough time....either way, LOVE YOU.
I am getting in the xmas mood already by watching Daily One xmas movie... Color Scheme is ready and will get implemented Mid november.... I usually take a week of work to really enjoy and take time for all decorations 🎉
I wish I had your team that helps you to help me…how much easier Christmas decorating would be.
We have lights inside our largest tree which has bronzey, gold sparky woodsy decor. I have a sparkly big owl on top and the ornaments are big and medium balls and also sparkly squirrels, and some canoes … it’s in our garden room that overlooks our creek and many acres of woodsyness 😊
Biggest mistake is losing the true meaning of Christmas in the decorating.
I've been watching you for some years now. I have learnt many things from you but those 3 things, fluff, cut all tags and decorate deep in the tree, have made a huge difference. Thank you. ❤... I'm tuned in from the Caribbean, I share your videos with a sister and a brother in Canada.
I can’t be the only person who giggles to herself every time she insists on the balls going deeper. I’m ever looking at my round ornaments the same again 😅❤
Yes, that was hilarious but at 75 years old my Mom showed us how to decorate a tree when we were little. Yet, we were NOT allowed to do the tinsel, only Mom was because she did one strand at a time and her trees were the most beautiful ‼️🙏
@@lynnnash1175I 75 and I hated that job, I have patience for many things but that was not one of them🤣
Love all of your decorations I think I was injected with tinsel....You are my mind of person. Angel Chimes are the little brass ornaments with candles. Never stop decorating.
You changed my life telling me to take the tags off. I do it with everything now all year along. Pillows, everything
Were you really leaving the tags on stuff??
Oh my god, so much stuff! Just looking at it all feels so overwhelming to me. I’m not a Xmas fanatic, seems crazy to need a big house to store stuff. I just decorate with a simple tree and it never takes more than 1-2 hr to get it setup or taken down after xmas. But to each their own of course.
I can hardly wait for your Christmas videos. I really start getting excited around this time of year waiting on your videos. As someone has already mentioned, your the Queen of Christmas decorating.
Yes, I have the brass angel that goes around with the candle!!!
About Christmas decorating in November:
I think it depends on two things
1) How much you enjoy the fall/thanksgiving time
2) Whether or not you’re going to host Thanksgiving at your home
If you really love fall decor, decorating early for Christmas might make it feel like you’re skipping Thanksgiving and missing out on valuable pumpkin time. And if you’re have a lot of guests over for Thanksgiving, it could look “off” if the whole house is decked out in Winter Wonderland and Jungle Bells.
I think everyone needs to find what works best for them. I tend to do extra fall cleaning in November, so putting up a Christmas tree would just be too much work in one month.
I think I finally understand why some people start decorating for Christmas right after Halloween is over. Your decorations are elaborate, beautiful, time consuming, and you really do need helpers. Whew! I put up one wreath, one small tree (up on a table to keep the dogs from eating it) and maybe a VERY FEW holiday theme (red/green traditionalist here) throws/throw pillows, hand towels, and candles and...I'm done. I can easily get all of this done before December first if I wait until after Thanksgiving. If I did everything you do, I think I'd have to start assembling/pre-staging in August and keep things tucked away in a spare bedroom, basement, or garage before I started bringing them out November first. Bravo to all the truly committed Christmas decorators. LOVE your work.
My favorite thing ever is the Christmas tree mirror !!!
I was looking at your Christmas videos lately. I was watching the one with your Queen Elizabeth tree. That was STUNNING! I loved every aspect of it.
I actually bought a flocked tree "after" Christmas a couple of years ago. I practically begged them for the tree. Lol. I have no shame when I want something. I'm poor but I'm not complaining because the Lord takes care of me. I can't afford a lot but you wouldn't believe the stuff I have. (Too much, really). When you said you loved decorating and Christmas and you love sharing it with us... I felt that in my heart. Thank you. I'm grateful. Decorating brings me a lot of happiness.
I’m decluttering now to have a clutter free holiday ❤
Thank you for your expertise. One other tip is to be sure to make the tone of your lights match.
Love everything you do. You are so inspiring. And yes Christmas is the best time of year. I have learned so much over the years of watching your Christmas videos. Love you to pieces!
What a wonderful storage area in your basement for storing your Christmas decor! Thanks for sharing the Christmas mistakes.
You go girl! lol. I have been teased for having 12 bins of Christmas decor. You made me feel better. Thanks. And too early? Merry Christmas 🎅 PS…I do all the right stuff. 👏👏👏
I hate fluffing but you're correct! It looks sooo much better. Halloween night I start pulling all my Christmas decorations out and going through through them. Yes! Halloween night! lol even though I have everything super organized when I put them away I still pull everything out Halloween night. It takes me a good month to decorate my home. I just love Christmas!!!!!
Loved this video filled with lots of tips. Wow! What a storage space for all your Christmas decor. I have 7 bins for Christmas and I thought I had a lot of stuff. I’m looking forward to add new stuff this year. 🎅🏻🎁
Rebecca I have learnt so much from you over the years. Totally agree with all the “mistakes”. I live in the Caribbean and I start my Christmas prep in November, today to be exact.
You're the Mariah Carey of Christmas decorating! Not a diva, but you sure own this part of the season. I'm excited to watch all of your videos!!! ❤
Love, love, love your personality. I've been following you since 2018 and you make me smile, laugh and cry with joy and happiness. I don't know how you come up with such awesome ideas but so glad you share them with us. My first mistake was not buying a home with a basement like that to store all my seasonal items, lol.
I am starting on November 1!! I love all the storage. You have organized it so well!!
Rebecca you have a Christmas store in your basement. Your Christmas decorating is fabulous.
Can’t wait to see your Christmas theme this year! 💗
Yes, my mom was a Christmas decorator she always taught me put your tree up in Nov. Spend A day fluffing before adding more lights. I have a 9ft prelit tree I add 4 450 ft of twinkle lights. It looks amazing. I take a week to decorate, my main tree. I'm just finishing my dinning room and kitchen. Then bedrooms, porch and bathroom. I love Christmas as much as you do
I started implementing your Christmas design principles when I discovered you in 2017. My house never looked better and all my family said "What happened to mom?" (Snowflakes from the ceiling!)
Yay! Leveling up your decorating. Way to go. 🎄
Rebecca inspires me to try new things, too. Have you watched any David Christopher Christmas decorating?
My tree goes Christmas the day after Halloween and it's staying this year until winters end.
How there can be mistake for decorating for Christmas? Like decorate as you want or as your kids want. It is all about enjoying it and not stressing out did I make a mistake or not!!! WTH
That’s my favourite nativity scene that you have. I love how you place it in the entrance of your home the size is perfect.