A simple checklist to get started thinking about the holidays
Indoors
- Christmas tree
- Ornaments
- Tinsel
- Tree skirt
- Tree stand
- Multiple strings of lights
- Fresh poinsettias
- Fresh or artificial garland for mantels and/or staircase banisters
- Natural accents, like pinecones to place on the table or cranberries to nestle around pillar candles
- Wide ribbon for tying garland or making bows around vases or planters
- Stockings and stocking hooks
- Scented candles
- Holiday linens (tablecloths, table runners, napkins, and placemats, towels)
- Holiday dishware (serving platters, plates, mugs, pitchers, teapots, serving trays)
- Nativity scenes, wooden nutcrackers, or other seasonal decorations that might sit on a table or windowsill
Outdoors
- Wreath for front door
- String lights for lining the house or decorating trees
- Web lights for tossing over bushes
- Lawn figures (eight tiny reindeer!)
- Extension cords for lights and light-up (or blow-up) figures
- Holiday flags
or yard signs
- Bow or decoration for the mailbox
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