Easy Ways to Add Holiday Spirit to Your Home & a Giveaway
I hate to rush the season, but all the stores seem to have exploded with Christmas decorations. Even my friends are pulling out their trees! Whether you started decorating on November 1st or wait until Thanksgiving is over, it’s time to start thinking of how you’ll decorate your home, and this list of Christmas decor is sure to add holiday spirit to your home.
Keep reading all the way to the end to see a list of products that I recommend having on hand and a giveaway to help make gift-giving easier!
Easy Ways to Add Holiday Spirit to Your Home
Santa Mugs, Set of 4
I love adding hints of nostalgia to my home, and this set of vintage-inspired Santas is so adorable! Imagine cuddling up under a cozy blanket and enjoying your morning cup of coffee or tea in one of these beside your twinkling Christmas lights. These are so cheery and jolly :).
Joy Pillow
Pillows are an inexpensive way to add holiday cheer around your home. This beautiful Joy pillow can be used indoors or out, making it perfect for your front porch swing or even on your bed or couch!
Battery Powered Window Candles, Set of 6
I am hooked on the ease of battery candles. Candles in the windows add such a cozy look to your home during the holiday season. This battery-powered pack of 6 is available in gold or silver. The remote makes turning them on and off so easy!
Snowflake Pillow Covers, Set of 2
Add some Christmas spirit to your couch or bed with these beautiful pillow covers. They are available in blue, red, grey, and white to match any decor.
Merry Christmas Sign
Little wooden signs like this add charm and personality to a space! I think this one would look great on a mantel, bathroom counter, or desk.
Light Up Christmas Trees
Add a touch of glam to your holiday decor with this three-piece light-up Christmas tree set that is beautiful during the day and even more stunningly lit at night. They are battery-powered, and their built-in timer is genius.
Merry & Bright Doormat
Welcome your guests to your home with this festive Merry & Bright Doormat. It comes in three different for any front door.
Pom-Pom Buffalo Check Throw Pillow Covers, Set of 2
I love the adorable touch the pompoms add to these classic buffalo plaid pillow covers! There’s just something about the holidays and buffalo plaid. They would look great paired with the snowflake pillows above. They also are available in non-Christmas colors like yellow, gray, teal, and black.
Mail Box Swag
Make sure the outside of your home is decorated as well with this beautiful pre-lit mailbox swag. It’s constructed of real-feel branch tips and runs on a timer, so you aren’t running outside to turn it on and off. Honestly, timers are everything to me, not because I’m lazy but because they make things effortless.
Poinsettia Holly Leaf Table Runner
This festive poinsettia table runner will add a beautiful touch to your Christmas dining table display, and it’s a great buy at under $9! Mine seems to get cranberry sauce spilled on it yearly so I’m always needing a new one.
Printed Fabric Tablecloth for Christmas
Effortlessly dress up your festive dinner table with this tablecloth. Your grandchildren will love Santa and the reindeer making an appearance in your decor! Christmas is going to be so fun with my grandson this year. I dread the year he no longer believes in Santa.
6.5 Ft. Pre-Lit Artificial Full Christmas Tree
If you are in need of a new Christmas tree, this is a great one! Featuring hundreds of individually crafted branch tips to create full-bodied branches, this tree is designed to look and feel lifelike. This tree features pre-attached, hinged branches that drop down for a simple set-up and fold back in for quick and convenient storage. We finally bought an artificial tree last year and LOVE that they are no needles to vacuum up from the rug.
Plus, here are a few extra things that are great to have on hand during the holiday season:
Wrap Buddies Tabletop Gift Wrapping Tool
Save time and frustration with your gift-wrapping endeavors by using Wrap Buddies. It’s a pair of handy wrapping paper table clamps with a tape dispenser to keep all your supplies within reach and give you the extra hand you need!
Hallmark Reversible Wrapping Paper, 3 Rolls, 120 sq. ft. Total
I love using double-sided wrapping paper. The 6 prints in this pack of reversible holiday wrapping paper coordinate perfectly to make wrapping presents quick and easy.
18 Pack Christmas Premium Holiday Gift Bags
There’s nothing worse than running into the store on your way to a holiday gathering to grab a gift bag. Having gift bags on hand makes the holiday season so much easier!
Merry Christmas Tag Stickers
Make your wrapping process easy by having your gift tags ready! This pack of 200 classic Christmas stickers coordinates beautifully with the bags and wrapping paper above. I think the little reindeer touch is so cute!
Looking for gift ideas?
Check out my gift guide series here. Be sure to check out the Holiday Gift Guide ā Teen Boys and Young Men, Useful Gift Ideas for Your Senior Loved Ones, and Holiday Gift List- Grandchildren Gifts from Amazon.
Giveaway
To help make your gift-giving a little easier this year, I’ve decided to give a $50 Nordstrom gift card to one reader every week in a random drawing until Christmas. Simply be sure you are subscribed and tell me how you will spend it. I will announce the winners each Sunday in the newsletter that only goes out to subscribers.
Have you started to think about decorating for Christmas yet this year?
Thanks for reading, and be sure to wear what makes you feel confident.
Love your blog and I love Nordstrom as they have the best customer service with returns. I rarely buy perfume due to the cost so Iād love to try the Jo Malone you have mentioned.
With my changing (aging) body, I would most certainly use the gift card to visit the lingerie shop at Nordstrom!
Been enjoying your fashion suggestions and gift giving recommendations for a few years now, a Nordstrom gift card would be used towards a piece of girl āhardwareāā¦.jewelryš¤. Canāt have enough bling for holiday parties.
Christmas my favorite time of the year. Iām going to start decorating today . It will take a few days as Iāll be doing it on days Iām off work.
I am always looking for the right size crossbody bag – hard to find. I keep looking at Nordstrom.
I decorate for Christmas over Thanksgiving weekend. Looking forward to decorating our new house (our decorations have been packed away for 2 years!) Love the pillow Joy. Going to order that now. Also the Christmas runner. Harder to get in the holiday spirit in North Carolina with the temperature in the 70’s, but we are loving getting outside each day!
Thank you, as always, for your ideas.
Winning the Nordstrom gift certificate would be great. I would probably buy a nice v-neck sweater for myself.
I buy gifts for a charity for low income families in our county. I have a limited budget to buy 6000 gifts. I would use the gift card to stretch my budget just a little bit further. Nordstrom has so many practical things that our clients could use.
Thank you!!
Jennifer, I would love to win! Shoes! My shoe wardrobe is lacking in up-to-date styles.
Love your blog! I would use the gift card to help purchase a new bathrobe. Mineās looking pretty worn out!
Wonderful Idea! Hopefully this could be used at Nordstrom Rack. I would get some decorative pillows
I too am a Norstrom’s lover. They are one of my go-to places, especially for classic shapes and quality. I suppose I would buy my daughter-in-law something special or maybe a cashmere sweater for myself as mine have all been bitten. Darn those moths just can’t seem to get rid of them. Love the Christmas ideas. Still struggling with Thanksgiving though. We are celebrating early with the family because we are going on a 3 week cruise. Your posts have been super helpful in deciding what to take. Thank you.
I’m with the after Thanksgiving group for Christmas decorations. And I like to draw from nature as much as I can, cutting a few boughs of pine and juniper for the mantle and table, adding artificial berries, holly, pinecones and candles. Thank you for the giveaway! A Nordstrom gift card would be the perfect luxury gift for my partner Grandma and dear friend who does the lion’s share of helping to raise our motherless grandson.
Wrap Buddies sold out. Sigh.
I love Nordstrom’s selection of shoes! That would be my first choice. Thank you Jennifer for the time you put in to providing content that we mature intelligent women enjoy.
I love shopping at Nordstrom! I would use the gift card toward a gift for myself, a Brahmin handbag. Thank you for offering this giveaway!
Hi Jennifer, such beautiful Christmas ideas you posted! I’d buy that beautiful scarf you had in today’s email at Nordstrom! Beautiful colours!
I would use it for my husband who loves Nordstrom but won’t buy himself something from there! Thank you – what a lovely treat!
I like to wait until after Thanksgiving to decorate for Christmas, but I enjoy the posts with new ideas for gifts and decorating to get me in the mood. I have a lot of people to buy for, so I’d put the gift card towards something for someone! One of my daughters has a new boyfriend, so maybe something for him.
I always look forward to reading your newsletter every morning! It would be so exciting if I won the giveaway. It would help to buy my 5 grandchildren, 7 and under, clothes for Christmas. Thank you and Happy Holidays!
As always, a lovely and helpful post! Enjoy these so much. I would use the Nordstrom gift card for a dear friend whose had a tough year.
I saw my first Christmas tree decorated on my way home last night, November 3 is too early for this galā¦hmmmā¦a gift card? I would wander in store and pick something just for ME!
About decorating, my birthday is December 1st, so I wait until after my birthday.
How generous of you Jennifer! I would use it to purchase some new clothes for my husband. Earlier this year he discovered heās allergic to gluten & dairy, and has since lost 50#. He definitely needs some new clothing. (Me- Iāve not lost any weight! Haha! š¤£)
How nice of you to give a gift certificate:) . My first thought is shoes, Nordstrom has the best shoes for my picky feet. I love Nordstrom shoes:)
I donāt decorate for Christmas until at least December 1. Seems like the season has begun much earlier this year. A Nordstrom gift card sounds fun for so many reasons; we have 2 family birthdays in December and Iām sure either my wonderful son in law or my winter solstice born granddaughter would love it .
Itās so fun & heartwarming to read how others would spend a gift card. Mine would go toward a warm and cozy top for my husband who never wants me to fuss over him. Thank you for the opportunity, Jennifer!
This post made me so happy! I love decorating for Christmas and these were great ideas, thanks. I would use the gift card to find something special for my husband. He always goes all out for me on Christmas.
Hi Jennifer~
Thank you for the generous giveaway! Love Nordstrom and would probably buy a cozy sweater or jewelry.
Thank you for the chance. I would gift it to my son and daughter-in-law, they just moved to a city that has a Nordstrom’s. I’m sure they’ll find something they require for their apartment.
Lovely giveaway! Nordstrom is one of my favorite stores. I can always find something special for my husband or myself.
Enjoy your blog. Thank you for all the effort that you put into the varied content.