Christmas can be celebrated in different ways – in the Christian mood, in the traditions of our ancestors, on the TV screen, skiing or taking a holiday from everything and everyone and just having a good time. The main thing is to enjoy the Christmas time from the heart, and why not prolong it? “Bonava Latvia “experts recommend how to introduce a Christmas mood into your home and enjoy the festive atmosphere when it is not recommended to meet and hold parties.
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Fill your days with flavors and smells
It is believed that there should be at least nine dishes on the table at Christmas to be prosperous and rich next year. But not only the number of dishes is important, but also the table setting, which can create a magical holiday mood. Choose a bright white tablecloth and dishes with gilded accents or For Christmas characteristic green and red tones and let the imagination run wild! Decorate the table with natural materials, needles, cones or decorative branches, crystals, candles and feathers – the main thing is to make the holiday table unusual!
An integral part of the holiday is also the wonderful aromas that are unique to this time – the smell of gingerbread, mandarin and cloves. When baking gingerbread, heating hot drinks with cloves and eating mandarins, the home will get a smell, but life – a taste created by spending time with loved ones. Fragrant things will also be useful for decorating a holiday table – dry orange or mandarin peel will be a bright accent on a white table. And remember that it’s not just a holiday night! In December, bake cookies and gingerbread, try different holiday recipes or perfect the art of making homemade candy.
The right music for the right mood
What a Christmas time without traditional songs in old and new sounds! However, as the holidays approach, it can get a little tedious. But don’t hang your nose! Create your own special Christmas music selection at one of the most popular music streaming locations and discover new or unheard Christmas songs! Music, like interior design, is an essential element in creating the right atmosphere. Maybe you want to conjure up a bit of a Gothic holiday and imagine waiting for it in an ancient castle with high windows? But maybe dreaming of a merry celebration in an elven village? Create exactly the holiday you want!
Greet friends remotely
At a time when it is not recommended to meet a wide circle, but to greet friends and relatives, it is the right time to return to sending the old, good Christmas cards. If you have a hug for drawing, painting or fine paper ornament making, make the cards yourself – they will be invaluable! If you do not have such talent or do not have enough time for it, there is a wide range of beautiful cards available in stores – all you have to do is find the right words for each recipient. And finally, digital cards are also suitable for our digital age. However, nothing is as nice as receiving a greeting in a mailbox and holding a small exhibition on a windowsill, chest of drawers or on the wall.
Make gifts yourself
At a time when shopping opportunities in a part of the society are limited, but shopping in online stores is hampered by a long delivery time, it is the last moment to start making homemade gifts! If you are a diligent knitter, give a friend a soft scarf, warm sweaters or bright socks. Make delicious truffles from dried fruit, nuts and honey or bake crispy cookies with sugar cubes. Saver beautiful jewelry from beads or colored stones. Sew an original shopping bag from old jeans. Boil soap – in the best sense! Add to them essential oils of cloves, cinnamon or other Christmas scents. Use your imagination and achieve two great goals at once: make beautiful gifts and give a second life to things that have served their time, turning them into raw materials for new things.
Sapos house for the holidays
For winter and Christmas suits warm, fluffy or velvety fabrics, thick rugs and carpets, saturated colors and glittering accents. Choose from a winter color palette – intense cool blue, burgundy or royal purple, white, ice blue green and translucent gray. If you run out of snow behind the window – put photos or paintings of winter landscapes on the wall. And of course, don’t forget about the light! In the dark, the light can’t be too much. Decorate your home with light chains, decorative lamps or candles, just don’t leave them unattended!
Stylish Christmas decorations – handmade
A classic Christmas decoration is an Advent wreath, which can be easily made of pine or spruce branches and cones, using glue, colors and various decorative elements. It is also a delicate job to make puffs from straw or reeds, which will require patience and precision, but will bring a lot of joy and real pride in their work. Glue unusually shaped jars and bottles with colorful fabrics or lace and get original candlesticks that will cast cheerful shadows on the walls.
But maybe you want to decorate your Christmas with something unusual so that others will be amazed? Why not make a traditional Advent wreath out of gorgeous, multicolored paper flowers and LED strings? Maybe instead of a traditional Christmas tree this year, you will decorate a stylized tree, the outline of a Christmas tree drawn or pasted on the wall, or your own rubber tree, which finally deserves Christmas tree belongings and happy lights? But dried flowers, fruit peels, ribbons, feathers, details of old ornaments and fragments of beautiful dishes can become great materials for new Christmas tree items.
For magical holidays – magical rituals
Although people today rely more on horoscopes than ancestral fortunes, Christmas divination is a magical ritual that creates a special atmosphere. It doesn’t even have to be traditional – invent your own rituals! When else can you afford to be a little superstitious, if not at Christmas? But maybe it just means faith in a miracle? Arrange a corner to fulfill your special wishes: take care of a comfortable chair or pillows for sitting, create special lighting, decorate this place with crystals to purify the flow of energy and dream about what you want for your next year. Create a collage to visualize your wishes or pour happiness according to ancient traditions – the main thing is to do it with joy and ease!
Party with friends – everyone in their own home, but all together
The fact that it is not recommended to meet is not an obstacle to a holiday party! Only do this prudently and responsibly. Invite friends to a meeting on “Zoom” or another platform, get dressed in festive costumes, choose music that everyone likes, and have a holiday together or sip a festive drink. Show your friends what your Christmas tree or holiday decoration looks like, look at their performance, and talk from the heart, because it is the reminder of being together and sharing in joy and love that is the most beautiful message of Christmas.
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