One of the biggest Christmas trade fairs is the Christmasworld Trade Show, held this year in late January. Their predictions for this Christmas make for an interesting read, especially since it’s held so early in the year. According to The Independent’s review of the trade show, this Christmas’ theme should be raw, exotic and feminine [...]
We’re beginning preparations for Christmas 2011, we have 250,000 trees in the ground made up of Fraser Fir, The Nordman Fir, and The Norway Spruce. Despite the weather the trees are doing very well and have completed their growing for this seaso. We can now concentrate on shearing the trees for this Christmas. We’ve been [...]
Having a Christmas tree that has been decorated and looking fabulous doesn’t mean you should ignore it. Like everything in life, a little maintenance will ensure your Christmas tree and your Christmas decorations maintain that fabulous look. We have already discussed maintaining both your tree and your Christmas lights, but what about your Christmas decorations? [...]
With ten days left until Christmas day most people will have their Christmas trees up and fully decorated. For children, the countdown to Christmas day is well and truly underway whilst for this years Christmas dinner, preparations will no doubt be underway. What about your Christmas dinner presentation? Many of us have a Christmas table [...]
The dark green foliage of a Christmas tree is well suited to brightly coloured decorations and red baubles can provide that perfect contrast. These red jingle bell baubles not only provide a great contrast in colour. They also provide a different look compared to the traditional ball shaped baubles (stocks are running low on these [...]
Colour coordinated Christmas trees – sounds a little strange. I mean, does that indicate you can buy a live cut Christmas tree with blue foliage? Or red, yellow or silver for that matter? Obviously not. Your Christmas tree still comes in the traditional natural colours. Being colour coordinated doesn’t mean the tree itself has different [...]
I cannot believe how quickly Christmas is coming. We are already past the halfway mark for November and with only five weeks to Christmas Day, the orders are coming in thick and fast for Christmas trees. A question for you, though – have you checked on your decorations yet? Most families order their Christmas trees [...]
Decorating a Christmas tree is a lot of fun. You can make it even more fun and have a different looking Christmas tree if you add a few differently shaped baubles. Round baubles are used by everyone everywhere. These baubles look more like icicles hanging from the tree so if you use them judiciously you [...]
You can decorate your Christmas tree with a wide range of different items ranging from commercially produced decorations to natural items found in the home, in the garden and in the woods. Nothing beats those hand made decorations that youngsters make. They may not have all the sparkle or glitter or bright colours that commercially [...]
Traditionally, the last ornament to go on a Christmas tree was the star – it’s pride of place at the very top of the tree. In recent years we have seen anything from Santa through to angels sitting at the top of the tree. I am still a little old fashioned. I like the idea [...]