| Personally, I find the winter holidays to be the most | | | | are easily lit and the globe protects them from going |
| special time of the year. My mother always made | | | | out. |
| this holiday a wonderful one as she used to decorate | | | | Another Christmas decorating idea I has was to |
| the house in all things Christmas. I especially liked her | | | | create ice sculptures in the front yard which I made |
| Christmas decorating ideas, so I tried to follow her | | | | by several sizes of globes. I decorate the house |
| lead to help my own family enjoy this holiday | | | | inside with the help of evergreens and ribbons. |
| thoroughly. There is a fine line between festive and | | | | Traditional glass ornaments for decorating the mantel |
| flashy and I have always tried to give my best not | | | | and the table tops are also used. What I really like |
| to cross it. Thus, I have used for my Christmas | | | | about evergreens is that they stay fresh for a few |
| decorations natural items and lights. I am a candle | | | | weeks and after the season is over I can easily burn |
| light lover so I wanted to use it outdoors but I didn't | | | | them in the fire place. As far as the bulbs and ribbons |
| know how. My older sister helped me by giving me | | | | are concerned, after the Christmas season is gone I |
| the idea to use ice globes in my yard, just as the | | | | store them in flat boxes. It is important to know that |
| people in 1970s did because of the energy crisis. | | | | the best Christmas ideas do not necessarily mean a |
| Making the globe is not a difficult task - all you have | | | | great deal of money or storage of items. |
| to do is fill balloons with water and put them in your | | | | You can enlighten your Christmas by following some |
| freezer. The balloons freeze from the outside in. It is | | | | of my Christmas decorating ideas by using the natural |
| important to regularly check that they do not freeze | | | | evergreens and ice; you won't have any storage |
| all the way through. After you see there is ice | | | | issues with them and they won't cost you much. Of |
| around the inside of the balloon you should pop it and | | | | course, you don't have to settle for the same |
| drain the water out of the centre of the balloon. You | | | | Christmas decorations each year. You can make the |
| might have to chop a hole in the top in some cases. | | | | ice globes in different shapes and you can buy new |
| This is the process that gives you ice globes. You | | | | bulbs and ribbons in different colours which are quite |
| can get different sizes of globes if you use different | | | | cheap. Last Christmas I even used some popcorn and |
| sizes of balloons. I personally tried something else, as | | | | cranberry strands instead of the traditional ribbons. |
| well - I used rings from canning jars to make base to | | | | After the season was over I placed the strand in the |
| stand the globes on. Then you have to place a | | | | trees outside so that the birds could enjoy. In |
| candle in each ice globe and that's how you realize | | | | conclusion, stylish and smart Christmas decorating |
| one of the greatest Christmas decorating ideas. As | | | | ideas don't have to be expensive; you can use simple |
| we live in a cold climate, I put many globes in the | | | | things to make your Christmas unforgettable. |
| yard on our steps and line our driveway. The candles | | | | |