Christmas Traditions

I am all about creativity and style. I am an afro boho glam decorator. My primary home colors are gold, black and white. You will find my home decorated in these colors for my everyday decor but when Christmas roles around other colors are incorporated. I am a traditional Christmas decorator. I put my bling and fanciness on hold for 4 months. Christmas for me is color: bright lively colors like red, green and gold. I sorta revert back to childhood when it comes to decorating for the Christmas season. The memories I have are so warm and loving. Christmas was always made special by my parents and grandparents. When I think of those Christmases I see red, green and gold. I see bowls of hard candies and mixed nuts. I have memories of my dad cracking open walnuts (with the silver nutcracker or two nuts between his hands) and enjoying the taste of every one he removed from its shell. I remember silver tinsel hanging on the tree as well as angel hair around the C9 colored lights (this was before twinkle lights and LED mini lights) that covered the freshly cut tree my dad and I purchased from the tree lot. I loved  helping him carry it home anticipating seeing it all decorated and lit up at night. I would spend hours gazing at it while watching Christmas cartoons and dreaming of Christmas day.

When I married and moved out of my parents house into a home of my own I could not wait to decorate for Christmas. It's been decades and my vision for decorating overall and especially for the holidays has reached new levels. When you enter my home at holiday time you are going to be greeted with bright lively colors, added childlike wonder and a special place for Christ. He is always represented before during and after Christmas. I break my downstairs floorplan into sections and have different themes for one room to another displaying Christmas. For me it just wouldn't feel like Christmas if there were no red, green and gold and my santas that I have collected through the years. I also need some colored lights somewhere in my house. I only put clear lights on my flocked tree and garlands in the Winter Wonderland room. In the adjoining room is the traditional room with the color and feel of Christmas from the 60's, and 70's.  

 

I have had nine Christmases here and when I started decorating afro boho style three years ago I thought I could stick to those three regular primary colors and create Christmas displays with just black, white and gold but my soul always craved color and wonder not glamour and fancy. I am not ashamed of those feelings its a part of my make up. I have seen some fantastic Christmas displays by other content creators. I am in owe of the talent I see amongst the other decorators all I am saying is I am a traditional Christmas girl and I am not ashamed of that.

Happy Holidays fellow readers. Have a fantastic weekend and a safe and Happy Thanksgiving next Thursday.