Include A Picture Of Your Christmas Tree In Your Letters To Santa

This year try something new when you decorate your Christmas tree. Picking a theme for your tree depends on your preferences from fancy and elegant to whimsical and fun. Use your imagination and you are sure to design a tree so beautiful that you will send a picture of it with your Christmas letters to Santa. I will give you a few theme ideas to help get you started.

Angel Tree - This tree uses a color scheme of gold and rich cream colors. Gold or warm white steady on lights look best on the tree. For the garland wrap, cream or ivory feather boas around the tree. All of the angels should be dressed in flowing rich fabrics. Small butterfly, bird, and flower ornaments of gold will glow against the green needles on the branches and the feathers of the garland. Of course this tree wouldn't be complete without a majestic angel to go on top.

Rustic Woodlands Tree - This theme uses items that you may find in the forest. Single colored lights such as red or green make this tree shine. String together popcorn and cranberries to make a natural garland to place on the tree Ornaments made from wood truly give this tree a rustic feel. Make up small bags of reindeer food to hang from the tree. An unlit punch tin star topper is the perfect finishing touch.

Beach Tree – I prefer to use a white tree for this theme. I use orange and pink lights to give the tree the glowing effect of a sunset. For the garland I used strands of seashell beads. Any seashore treasures you may have can be used on this tree. For my tree I used starfish, seahorses, sand dollars, small pieces of coral. An easy to make ornament for this theme is messages in a bottle. Roll up a small scroll out of the paper of your choice that will fit into the bottle. Place the scroll in the bottle and add a little sand. Make a label for the front of the bottle that says Santa Letters.

Christmas Memories - Multi colored twinkling lights give this tree a whimsical glow. White lace garland give this tree an old fashioned look. I made nice list to drape down the tree. A roll of receipt paper works great for this project. I used the names of all the children in our family. Every year I make a picture frame ornament for each member of my family. It is fun to see how much we change for year to year. Ornaments that have a history should be displayed on this. Mix in traditional Christmas ornaments to fill the tree. Top it off with a bright shining star on top and have your treasured letters from Santa from past years displayed about the room.