Only a few weeks left until Christmas, only a few weeks until all the presents have to be under the Christmas tree. According to Statista, Germans prefer to give away books and vouchers on Christmas Eve. This means they are on the safe side, but it is not imaginative. If you want to make others happy and are looking for an unusual gift, you can give a decoration in the form of a Christmas greeting or flowers or make your own winter decorations. The gifts bring great joy to friends and family in the run-up to Christmas. Homemade or purchased Christmas decorations are also well received on Christmas Eve.
How about an Advent arrangement, a winter wreath or a lucky star that lights up the living room on Christmas Eve and warms the hearts of family and friends? The arrangements can be colorful or decorated with elegant gold balls. As long as the flowers express individuality, the surprise on Christmas Eve will be successful. It doesn't matter whether the arrangement is simple or opulent. The wreaths and arrangements can be made without any problems. They can be classic with pine cones and fir greenery with red candles or be very modern with silver and gold painted Christmas tree balls, walnuts and other materials. These look particularly good on a metal stand.
If you want to surprise your loved ones from far away, you can also send a bouquet of flowers for Christmas. There are several providers, the best known beingFleurop. Orders received in time will be delivered on Christmas Eve, personally by a local florist.
The Advent calendar is a tradition in Germany. The first calendar of this type dates back to 1851. At that time it did not contain any gifts, but rather religious images. The Advent calendar as it exists today, with opening doors and sweets, was created in the 1930s. Today the German calendar is so popular that it is even successfully sold abroad.
A special gift for the children or partner is the Advent calendar. Every day in December there is a little surprise until Christmas. But the 24 doors don't have to be doors. The Advent calendar can also be made from boxes, cans, pointed or paper bags, chip packets or shipping tubes. Gifts can be designed quickly and easily using glue, wrapping paper, number stickers and Christmas stickers. There are no limits to the decoration. The Advent calendar should contain things that the recipient would like. This could be gummy bears, a hair band, cologne, chocolate or a meal voucher. Collected souvenir items and personal photos are also a nice gift idea for the calendar.
If you want to give an unusual decoration as a gift, you can make gifts with glass balls, glass vases, glass bells, mason jars or glass bowls. The glass vessel can be decorated with figures or lights. A Christmas landscape can be created in a glass bowl; a glass vase can be createdwith gingerbread housesand other Christmas sweets. Stained glass is also well received. They enchant any room and can be used as window decorations or table decorations. Crafters can be creative and paint everything they can think of about Christmas, from the Three Wise Men to Santa Claus to children riding sleighs.
Christmas decorations not only look great indoors, decorative flower boxes, glass bottles or wreaths also create the right atmosphere outside in the front garden or in the front door. The motto here can be, for example: Make new from old. Anything that hobbyists have on hand such as old boxes, flower pots or vases is suitable for decoration. These shine to new splendor with a Christmas painting. Old wooden skis painted with winter motifs or wicker baskets filled with candles also create a beautiful winter picture. If you are particularly creative, you can create various ice shapes out of water in the freezer and place them in the garden as ice sculptures. Pretty Christmas lighting in the garden also brightens the mood in the dark season, and there is now a huge selection of glowing and flashing fairy lights. However, you can also overdo it, likethis spectacular examplefrom the USA shows.
This is not about a pendant, but about the fiery red poinsettia. The plant creates a Christmas atmosphere thanks to its beautiful shape alone. As a lively Christmas decoration, it looks particularly beautiful on the wall. Several plants in a square as a arrangement, decorated with Christmas balls, give the room an atmospheric ambience. Hanging poinsettias in the shape of a mobile or a pyramid are also a great eye-catcher. The plant also looks good in glass bottles. Simply cut off a few branches of the poinsettia and put them in the painted or varnished bottle and give them away.
Anyone who enjoys working with fabrics and textiles can choose from themChristmas napkinsproduce. Colors that are suitable for the napkins are green, red, white or beige. Kitchen towels, for example, can be used as materials. The towels can be quickly decorated with a potato print that depicts a Christmas shape. To ensure that the colors do not come off, special textile inks should be used for printing. Napkins can also be cut using leftover fabric. If you embroider them with winter motifs such as sleighs, stars, an elk or a Christmas tree, you can refine them with monograms and names. The hand-embroidered napkins are a valuable gift that will stay with the recipient for a long time.
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