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How to Decorate Your Holiday Tree for Maximum Impact

December 17, 2015 by

It’s easy to get in a rut when it comes to decorating your tree for the holidays, but if you switch things up to create maximum impact, all it takes is a bit of creativity and a whole lot of festive cheer. Here are a few great ideas for decorating your holiday tree this year.

  • Instead of mixing up red, green and gold ornaments, go for a monochromatic look. Really commit to one specific shade and decorate your entire tree in that color.
  • Create your own unique tree topper by purchasing a wooden letter in your last name’s initial. Cover the whole thing in glitter paint to match the tree, and then attach it by stapling a piece of sturdy fabric to the back and sliding it on to the top of the tree.
  • Keep things simple and minimal all over the surface of the tree in order to the let the tree’s skirt really shine. This often-overlooked part can be dressed up with a luxurious velvet skirt or a homemade version in your choice of wild, fun fabrics.
  • Purchase a dozen small mirrors in gold or silver frames from a thrift store or craft shop and set them all over the tree for a truly unique effect.
  • Decorate your tree with live poinsettias for a dramatic look. Simply cut individual flowers from a poinsettia bush (or purchase silk versions) and evenly space them all over the tree.

How to Decorate a Christmas Tree Elegantly [wikiHow]
40 Christmas Tree Decorating Ideas to Try This Season [HGTV]
How to Decorate a Christmas Tree [Better Homes and Gardens]

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Impress Your Family and Friends With These Thanksgiving Fun Facts

November 19, 2015 by

While the only foods known to have been served during the first Thanksgiving included deer, corn, and fish, today, the fourth Thursday of every November is a bona fide feast of turkey and cranberry sauce. In fact, around 20% of the cranberries consumed in the U.S. every year are eaten on Thanksgiving, and 7 billion pounds of turkey are sold annually for the holiday! Here are some more fun facts about Thanksgiving that you may not already know.

1. Historians believe that seal, swan, and lobster may have also been on the menu during the first Thanksgiving, which took place in 1621.

2. If you're feeling sleepy post-turkey, don't blame the tryptophan. Drowsiness is more likely caused by over-eating and -imbibing!

3. The heaviest turkey ever raised weighed in at a whopping 86 pounds.

4. Over 3 million people attend Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade every year. The first parade was held in 1924.

5. Benjamin Franklin campaigned for the turkey to be our country's national bird, instead of the bald eagle.

Thanksgiving Fun Facts [WHSV-TV3]
10 Interesting Thanksgiving Facts [TIFO]

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