how i would decorate for the holidays !!

[@Jordè1222]

We decorate our tree with strands of popcorn, cranberries, dried oranges, homemade gingerbread men and salt dough ornaments. The children love to make these things together and it is sweet making memories with them. If you and your friends don’t have kids you can make these things together and it will be fun for adults too ❤️ I love a homemade Christmas! The vibes of this video are so cozy and I’m glad to have a video of things Paige actually likes 😂

[@kjacran]

I love the look of popcorn strands! And dried orange slices hung up with ribbon. So festive!

[@lestranged]

Me too I love homemade and handmade decorations. Making them is half the fun of the season and they just look so much more personal than storebought mass produced things.

[@karman8229]

Ew

[@hereforit2347]

Sounds lovely. 🎅🏾

[@user-yh8li2tm8g]

My grandma always tells how they used to make christmas tree decorations like this ♥

[@rosezingleman5007]

I put up framed vintage Christmas vinyl record albums. The graphics are amazing and often totally over-the-top. Every star/singer put out an Xmas album back in the day and they’re incredibly easy to thrift.

[@kathy9341]

LOVE this idea! My favorite art piece is my framed whipped cream girl.

[@ei_maj]

Oh that is brilliant. I've seen people frame Christmas bags and cards, but vintage Christmas albums? I love that idea!

[@ktrayan1]

This is a great great genius idea that I love

[@akebjornblad9478]

I feel like those are the only vinyls you CAN thrift hahaha!

[@rosezingleman5007]

@@kathy9341Herb Alpert!

[@kaitlinhillier]

As a pro organizer this is validating. A few seasonal and sentimental touches give warmth and sophistication without taking up loads of storage space the rest of the year. Real flora can just be tossed.

[@ethankaufmanmusic8644]

or composted!

[@nematoaddd]

Tossed in the compost lol

[@kathy9341]

I gave my daughter an ornament every year since birth. Usually depicting some event…broken arm skating so a skater, travel, drivers license, college. She just got her first apartment and has a collection of meaningful ornaments for her tree.

[@leas.8603]

Oh, I love that! Such a sweet collection of life events.

[@studiogik]

My mom did the same I have a nice collection of ornaments for when I eventually have my own tree! Plan on doing the same with my kids! Such a sweet idea🎄

[@jenkenj]

My parents also did the same thing! And my husband's parents, so now we already have a full tree of ornaments. I can basically tell our life stories via ornament lol

[@nicolcacola]

I love how this video is all about Christmas decor yet you don't smile once. Reminds me of my husband. You may not enjoy it this year but everyone will still enjoy you being there ❤

[@peztopher7297]

I once asked my adult son if he thought Paige was cute (I do!). He said she is adorable and he especially liked how she didn't feel the need to smile. 😐

[@christianepaquet9193]

This video is a whole smile in itself and Paige smiles at least once at the end. I also do love that she is a parcimonious smiler. She is adorable and she knows her stuff !

[@lauraajaaaasmin]

This is such a sweet comment

[@moshwoom]

Paige, can you do a mix of this video and the reviewing subscribers’ home video? You know, reviewing subscribers’ homes decorated for the holidays? 😊

[@vanillascooplinda8849]

Thrift stores are a great place to find a huge variety of ribbon for very little money. If you want unique colors and patterns, the vintage ribbons are far more fun than what’s currently in craft stores.

[@traceye.6428]

I never thought of going to the thrift store for ribbon. good tip, thank you!

[@susanma4899]

I have a collection of Christmas postcards from the 1920s and thereabouts. The graphics and the colors are so pretty, and each card was only $1-2 each. I clip them on a garland, etc.

[@KamandaHickey]

Absolutely right. Ribbons, wool, fabrics, the thrift store is great for that, the prices are just amazing!

[@veronicaalejandra20]

Ugh finally! I've been wanting some non-tacky Christmas decoration ideas 🥹😍

[@goatygal]

Hey Paige, I lost a pet this season and it changed how I plan to decorate. Rather than reds, I’m doing green and gold… more muted and peaceful. Christmas or the holidays are not the most wonderful time of the year for everyone…. It should be meaningful to us as families or individuals and a time for us all to be kinder to each other if we haven’t been that way all year. Some folks don’t have family, some are broke, some has experienced loss, or are sick. It’s a good time to find your joy, but also a good time reflect and find a way to give peace to yourself or another. People think buying is a means of giving … give someone a compliment, open a door, be kinder when your frustrated, donate coats, socks and underwear to charity as they can’t accept those things used; and give yourself time to rest and just be. Much love and peace to you all. Be kind to yourselves too. ❤

[@debvalle7466]

This was great. It alleviates the holiday pressure thing. My 10-year relationship ended, so I’m not feeling too festive this year, but I did buy a sweet old Victorian home, so I want to create a good vibe with that. Candles, a simple tree and some easy front porch decor is about all I have energy for. I’ll bake, too. That’s what makes it the holidays for me-Vince Guaraldi and baking. With all the insanity of the past few years, just creating a warm, relaxing vibe feels like the right level of festive.

[@oliviaseveryn1405]

The nice thing about this kind of decor is that it also doesn’t need to be taken down the day after Christmas lol

[@morgancrosby4190]

Paige is my supporter of chic boujie snobbish decorating that makes everything just better and I really am glad for this video specifically.

[@heleneac]

Probably my absolute favourite holiday decor-video to date! A few years ago I started buying one christmas decoration for the tree when I travel. Don’t have space for a tree of my own yet, but one day it will be filled with travel memories!

[@berlinorama]

I do the same, and now have a box full of one-off Christmas decorations from my travels. Because I have dogs almost all of them are made of wood or metal or cloth so non-breakable;-))

[@teriwhite4151]

My favorite holiday decor is the little 4x4 canvas paintings I buy every year from the kids at our local Boys and Girls Club. They look so good grouped together and I love supporting these little artists 👩‍🎨

[@dgriite]

Paige, here's some chill background music you might like for the festive season that doesn't lay the cHrIsTmAS cHEeR on too thick: - A Charlie Brown Christmas - Vince Guaraldi Trio - Live at The Bon Soir - Barbra Streisand - Scenery - Ryo Fukui - Black Focus - Yussef Kamaal - Any of the "Khruangbin Vibes" Volumes, not official but easy to find on yt - Space 1.8 - Nana Sinephro

[@striketochill]

These are great!! More recommendations, pleaseeee!

[@wasselpa]

[@dgriite]

@@striketochill Here's one just for you: Mina - Mina (1971) ---- self titled album with a cute baby monkey as the album cover. Italian chantress with veery lush grand orchestration, leans slightly into rock at times.

[@jodycourt]

I love Vince Guaraldi Trio! Also James Taylor, A Christmas Album (jazz) instrumental (piano) like George Winston's Winter.

[@sassafrass3636]

I love: Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Its a Holiday Soul Party and A very chilly christmas with Chilly Gonzales (Beautiful jazz piano)

[@daisyc754]

I'm in the same position as you this Christmas Paige (same age too!) and am finding it daunting. To be honest, I've been wishing we could just skip to January. You seem to have a good attitude to it all though and I admire that ❤️ My parents always have a bare branch (often lichen-covered) hung from the ceiling in our hallway. My Dad uses fishing wire to hang it so it looks like it's floating. Then we decorate it with miniature vintage baubles, lights and lameta. It's beautiful to gaze up through, like a Christmas cavern - sort of like stalactites! It's fun to go out foraging for the perfect branch. Lots of love from Cornwall, UK xx

[@1TigerJo]

Love your sweater and love who you are. It's been so good to have someone pull people back to being creative without the cheap commercial props. I have my grandmother's small xmas trees from 2 inches to 6 inches, some she added tiny bits of cotton to look like snow. I have her bird ornaments that I put in a dish with small pinecones I forage, her ornaments from the 1930s and 40s that she had, some that she added glitter to. The old beaded garlands so fragile, she restrung some and there's spaces in between that I hide, some are broken.But I remember the beauty of them on the tree as a kid. I have the treasures I said I wanted when she asked me before she died. She used to create a city under the tree and made a little lake with a mirror and a swan, it was what I most looked forward to on xmas morning. I still have that swan and some of the tiny metal cars from those eras. I also have faves I saved of my own for 50 yrs, like egg carton stars I cut and glittered, when I was pregnant with my son. I love the creativity and the history of the old vs the new. Thank you being honest and authentic, and keep the sweater, it's gorgeous!

[@peztopher7297]

When I was a kid in the early 70s, at school we made simple decorations by staggering two small squares of different colored tissue paper, poke your finger in the middle and twist the paper, so it looks like a flower. My mom loved those when I brought them home, and kept them for several years. Now I dote on the felt and sequin birds she made from directions in Good Housekeeping in the 60s.

[@1TigerJo]

@@peztopher7297 I love it! 💛

[@wallywaffles1333]

When I was a baby, because my parents were not well off, my mom would make ornaments while I napped. She made them out of toilet paper cardboard rolls - santa, elf, mrs claus, three wise men, a caroler ... and I can't remember what else. I now have them - except the caroler bc my dad thought she was sexy and so my mom kept her. LOL. I finally have an apartment large enough to decorate and plan to get a fake tree (I don't like to kill trees) and decorate with with these amazing embroidered and beaded bug ornaments I have (from target!). That's as far as I have gotten in my planning!

[@AyH25]

Yess Growing up we always had a bowl of nuts in the shell with an antique nutcracker next to them

[@angelamacisaac1895]

I really like your character and your sweater as well. For a few years now, I’ve turned to reggae Christmas tunes! They are fun and uplifting during sentimental or hard times. I miss the days of what felt like our friend-Christmas on the 23rd. So many would be coming home for the holidays and they were such fun reunions.

[@beckykueng3017]

Your classic / traditional Xmas decor style is so very much like I what I grew up with and continue to do myself. The more "natural" the better and it all feels so warm and cozy but never overdone or "plastic"! Enjoy your holidays and I'm looking forward to the videos of your new home in the new year.

[@vidamaria29]

You are a wise woman. This comes from a person probably twice your age. I agree with your perspective on holiday decor completely. A Chicago fan!

[@AyH25]

Lake house tour! It’s nice that your family sounds close and does cute stuff.

[@angela86753]

Vintage is always the way to go, especially at Christmas. And plaid

[@emilyschwartz525]

Last year I made pomanders with oranges and cloves. Super easy to do. They look great grouped together in a bowl and smell amazing.

[@rosezingleman5007]

We used to do those too!!

[@bevalexander5897]

Thank you Paige, for another great video! I think it’s my favorite, so far. I understand being in “crisis” during the holidays. Something pretty awful happened to me during the holidays years ago. I actually stopped enjoying Christmas until I had grandkids. (Many years). I hope the new year has great things waiting for you.

[@PinkKissedLips]

Every year my mom makes gift bags from Christmas fabric, and has been doing so for as long as I can remember. We all have a stash of them and get some more every year so we can give them away as needed too. I almost never actually wrap anything. It’s so effortless and you could get holiday fabric at the end of the season and make a few bags throughout the year. It’s literally a square and and anyway to do a tie.

[@slk1451]

That’s a good idea. Also could be good for quilting scraps.

[@kablaaamo]

@@slk1451 yeah fat quarters work perfectly for bags like this!

[@suelyons531]

Real poinsettia plants really make an impact so I use a lot of them around my home in all different sizes and colors. I love your sweater.

[@aileenbell6750]

I think whatever makes your nostalgia sing…go for it. I love that you decorate your Thanksgiving table with your mom. I bet the cabbages will be fantastic. My house is full of quilts and embroidered items that my mom and others have made, along with…fake trees and wreaths. 😝 Living in So Arizona, foraging means cactus, and gosh darn I like the look of a piney tree. You can of course purchase greenery, but it is cost prohibitive.

[@chess2940]

For anyone in the UK, there’s a gorgeous stationary shop in Seven Dials, London called Choosing Keeping and their Christmas selection of vintage cards, baubles, wrap, etc are just beautiful.

[@beitheleaf8221]

I love making seasonal paintings to switch out in intervals, but I love the food/but/botanical touch rather than synthetic stuff ❤ I’m a bit of a grinch but my icy heart felt warm from this cute video 😊

[@nessathedingus]

Ive never clicked a KZbin notification so quickly

[@kathleendimartino709]

Thanks Paige. Now I am inspired...simple, vintage, foraged, candlelit Christmas for me!

[@kailenarena]

Love these! I lost my mother a year ago and we loved to forage for greenery, birch bark and holly. All of your suggestions very much remind me of my childhood home and reminds me of happy times with her. She would agree with all of this 😊 haha

[@samanthabenavidez6045]

I love getting ornaments from places I visit! I love the mismatched but nostalgic look. It's never too early to start collecting :)

[@AyH25]

My fave Xmas decor is Nordic candle arches that you put out in the window and also the Nordic star paper hanging lanterns

[@nillamoon9983]

can not wait to see how you style/ shop for your new place

[@lulubelle65]

My mom started collecting ornaments for us when we were born. Every year we got a new ornament, usually connected to something like a vacation or a special event. When I first moved out of the house I bought a couple boxes of vintage mercury glass ornaments and right away I had a tree that was special and tasteful looking, not something covered with tat from the craft store.

[@YanickFM]

Hey Paige, I really feel you in regard to not having your own place to decorate for the holidays, but you will get there! I just moved into an apartment by myself and this is my first time being able to do what I want with the space. Its such a freeing feeling after a long time of struggling and I want everyone to experience it By the way, if any of you cat owners out here are reading this, keep in mind to keep the cats away from real pine! It is toxic for them. Personally I'm using my grandmothers old ceramic tree haha

[@jodycourt]

I like your holiday sweater! I'm a greens and candles lover for decorating the home. When they are used up, you don't have to store them. I Love plaid -- for pillows and throws and table cloths. I have a few pieces of art that have a winter theme that I get out every year when it starts getting cold and snowy.

[@basho4306]

I suddenly feel like throwing a huge pre christmas feast with my peeps

[@hereforit2347]

Same.

[@loriengelmann9240]

On ornaments. My Mom got my brothers and I an ornament every year. I started buying myself an ornament every year once I was out of college. When I put them on the tree, I tell my children (who I have bought an ornament for/they've picked out every year) the stories behind them. It's an oral history, of sorts. It's also tradition. That's the most important thing in your video, "This is what my family does". The tips are good too!!!

[@hillfarm7044]

You crack me up- love the straightforwardness.🤣🤣 I use natural things for decorating the holidays, because when they are over i throw them in the compost. Also for Christmas I add heirloom ornaments on the table with holiday chocolates, candles and greens.

[@c.m.4686]

When do you get ornaments?? When (and if) you have kids of your own, give them an ornament (or two) every year at Christmas and slowly they will build up a collection. Whenever we travel, if I see cute ornaments, I will buy some for my now adult kids to keep adding to the collection. I think by the time they all move out (when they are in the 40's, at this rate), they will have more than enough to fill a tree!

[@sparrowgirl90]

the bowls of nuts!!! that rly brought back memories of my grandma and all her christmas eve traditions :’) blessing each corner of the house by throwing walnuts to the corners of the dining room

[@msgambate88]

speaking about Christmas and fun decor with best deadpan delivery!!!

[@kajellio]

One of my favorite things at the holidays is switching out some of my year-round art for holiday pieces. It feels a lot more cohesive with my style and gives me a built-in reason to refresh my gallery wall.

[@millieolson]

Lots of good ideas here!! I started buying myself a very nice xmas ornament, glass, handblown and imported from Germany, every xmas. I would buy a couple more because they also make great xmas presents too. Xmas is about light, reflections, sparkle, and color at its most basic. As for a tree, I have a bright orange bottlebrush tree I bought years ago that was a prop from a tv xmas special. About 4ft tall. If you are go with a fake tree-amp it up!!

[@hereforit2347]

I am a “til the wheels fall off” kind of decorator. I only buy what I really love. I pull out the same things every year: my Erzgebirge nutcracker, my off-white ‘03-‘04 Target tablecloth with the wide chenille border and felt holly appliqués, my silver salt and pepper shakers . . . they still excite me. This year, I’m putting juniper cuttings around tapered candles on the dining table.

[@sylviashanabrough6515]

I love art from the thrift store that reflects the season.

[@christapoulet363]

I am sure you would have liked the way we decorated for xmas at my grandparents' home in Denmark: no plastic, no writing...just candles in the tree (yes it was dangerous!) nuts and apples, crumbs for the birds in the snow and a lot of knitting and violin playing near the wood-burner.

[@avolynfisher]

Just here to post my appreciation of "old hoes" and that this is the exact dynamic and humor of my family and that i appreciate it since sadly, many families don't have this level of humor or closeness. My dads mom is from Chicago so maybe that's it. ❤

[@lisafreebairn7736]

Colonial Williamsburg has always used fresh fruit such as wreaths of lemon and magnolia, apple and pineapple and boxwood. It is one of the things I love. It is simple and nostalgic. I also like to force bulbs. Seeing red or white tulips look so beautiful and cozy. For packages I love to use red shiny paper with red shiny bow, green on green, or silver on silver. I love monochrome style for gifts. It looks sophisticated. Love your suggestions. Totally agree that less is best. No DIY Dollar Store!

[@lestranged]

Candles, sparkly lights, baking yummy fragrant things, warm and cozy things like blankets. A mix of vintage & handmade things. I like a personal and warm vibe, not a glitzy glamour show-offy theme.

[@mcee8489]

Your sweater suits you really well - was really surprised to hear you saying by the end of the video that you think of it differently. Keep it! Also, super useful, tasteful and sustainable decor tips btw ;)

[@outloudkat]

I definitely have some festive art pieces that I put out only around the holidays. My dad painted me a large piece of a figure skating polar bear and it doesn't really fit my vibe for most of the year, but in Nov/Dec it's A+.

[@emilytorres5094]

One of my favorite decor pieces are some ceramic snowman’s my little nephew painted when he was 6!!! I treasure them and happy to put them out every year

[@noovernightguests]

I agree with a lot of Paige’s tips here. My grandmother has a storage shed packed with holiday decorations. Every year she throws away half of them because she doesn’t have room after buying new decor for her current vision. Mostly what I remember as a kid are lights and smells.

[@slk1451]

The ornamental cabbage tends to smell like a very strong fart. Just FYI.

[@jlacasse3750]

What a breath of fresh air Paige. Could not agree more. I also dislike everything plastic and sprinkles that pollute our environment. In addition to what you said, people know it is Christmas because there is mulled wine on the stove and a huge stack of board games in a corner just ready to be played.

[@rebecca9949]

my grandmother always decorated her house with holly - placed on shelves, wound around the railing of her staircase, in vases around the house. I loved it and was so happy to move into a place with a holly tree in the yard so I can do the same.

[@catherinebarwick304]

I used to live in the part of the country where holly could be grown. I guess we rather took it for granted. I live in area now where holly comes in a wee cellophane wrapped box at great expense ( and from holly farms in the same town where I lived as a child!). I treasure these tiny bits of holly now and put them in a place of honour in our home.

[@yasmincdc]

I was waiting for this! Being also a Christmas grinch with a 5 yo I want to stay away from tacky crafty stuff (which is inevitable with a kid) and going for a mix of simple/minimal with a touch of something drawn by my kid like seating cards or something. Since I print a lot from work, for wrapping paper I like to recicle the drawing drafts with a cute ribbon. GLAD to know you're also against fake trees, since I work with real plants for me is a BIG no no. Here in Barcelona you can order a tree from a plant nursery website and get it on your living room for as cheap as 50 euros so is a no brainer for me. Thank you Paige!

[@wallywaffles1333]

My mom and I crafted a lot at holidays when I was a kid. The ones I remember the best and liked the most were ones that involved us making little houses for little villages - like using graham crackers to build fake little gingerbread houses from. One year we embroidered some. Super fun and cute and some we still have.

[@andrijanaadamovic5545]

love this about using again stuff with special memory

[@bunnybear555]

Paige, I'm sorry you're not feeling the holiday spirit this year, and I appreciate that you're willing to make a video like this for us anyways! I love your recommendations. I admit, I personally love a bit of the cheesier Christmas-y look, but try to stick to the vintage stuff like you suggest! Even if it's a little goofy, having clearly vintage inspired Christmas decor somehow makes it look a bit classier. It's the holidays, so have fun with it! :) I wish I could have a real tree, but I am extremely allergic to pine sadly. So fake tree it is. :(

[@njames3]

I was lichrully just saying what the hell is my holiday VIBE, what is the decor that speaks to me!! crucial info in this vid, thank you!!

[@horshaed]

The fact that I got an ad for Michael's holiday decor sale at the end of the video was PERFECTION

[@jo4vt]

My twin kiddos (boy and girl) already have an ornament collection started. They get an ornament every year and they each have a box that they keep them in so that when we decorate the tree they each put their ornaments on the tree, first, before we put on the other ornaments. I started collecting them for them for the first few years until they were old enough to pick out their own. We used to go to Pier One or local craft fairs with them to get them. They are 15, now, and still love this tradition… well, my daughter loves it more than my son, but she’s more sentimental. (Oh, Paige, you’ll probably like this idea: I also started writing to them in a journal the day I find out I was pregnant, (for 15 weeks, I wrote: Dear Baby, and then we found out we were having twins! I filled an entire journal, and the last entries were when I was in the hospital in labor. At that point my sister, mom, and dad all wrote them little letters, because I was a little busy, haha. I kept writing in journals about what they were doing, things going on in our lives for four years, and I have saved them, of course. I wasn’t doing it because it was a viral online idea or something, I just loved to write and wanted to tell my baby all about what was going on in the outside world while they were still on the inside. I only stopped writing because I went back to teaching and life got so much more busy).

[@roryquinn3043]

Can you please do a video on holiday decor for those in the southern hemisphere!! I’m so curious as to how you would decorate for a hot Christmas 😂

[@odaheen2379]

i read in a magazine that danish people usually have a candle next to their plate when they eat dinner on Christmas eve. The point is to sit at the table the longest, till the candle has burned down. probably not possible to sit there the whole evening, but it's cool to make it into some sort of contest that actually just results in eating slow and enjoying dinner/quality time. love ur videos!

[@maddylovesgood]

im thrifting as much holiday decor as I can and this is so helpful!!! a fall version of this would be appreciated too !!

[@hotpink3459]

I love this video so much! "Basically don't go to Michael's." You're amazing and I love all the inspiration photos. I need to get some of that satin double-faced ribbon!!

[@susanma4899]

I always go a little hog wild w Christmas decor. Last year I got my first chance to decorate outdoors, to decorate my front porch. I couldn't really figure out how to rig up lights outside...maybe this year I'll add them. So much of my decor is thrifted. Do you remember how fabric stores used to sell pieces of cotton that were printed with animals, etc.? You cut out the front and back, sew it together, and stuff it w cotton. I have a Santa like that, I thrifted the material and sewed it together myself. It's a funny little pillow on my couch at Christmas.

[@sdelong74]

I do a fun kitchy Christmas that is fully intentional. I love foraging for greenery. I gave up a full size tree for a full size leg lamp and crate in honor of my favorite Christmas movie. Being an Ohioan we own that movie considering it was filmed here. That goes with decorating regionally. I have a 1950 decorating style with actual pieces from that era. That's why the kitch. I thrifted Christmas ceramics from that time. Still looking for an authentic ceramic tree. I like to decorate rooms with the color that is already there. My old sled is a part of the porch decor and bows I made myself. Don't like to pre made ones.

[@georginagarforth8367]

I think diy Christmas stuff can be great - paper chains, paper snowflakes and salt dough ornaments for example.

[@susanneavery]

Your sweater is great, goes well with vintage and foraged decor,

[@giftofgab1791]

I have a fake tree and have since age 9 because I have pretty bad allergies 🥲but I get balsam candles to get the smell 😊I’ve been really leaning into campy mid century Christmas vibes (which complements my apartment decor) and it’s really fun.

[@ka8544]

I’m also going through my own crisis. Really bad breakup last year with my now ex fiancé. Soooo I also have spent a year avoiding all sentimental shit. Appreciate knowing I’m not alone on that

[@furball192]

I like your sweater. It matches you. Trying to be festive and holiday like but still black like my heart type deal.

[@ChromeDrone.]

Paige, can you do a video some point about decorating with art and especially FRAMING IT RIGHT to enhance your room's design vs. detract from it?

[@kimberlycecil8692]

My family collects ornaments from birth. I have given my daughter, nieces and nephews the ornaments that Pier One put out for years. Once the grandkids hit college, we switched to an ornament swap played like the dirty Santa game. As a kid, my parents decorated our indoor trees and potted plants with real red velvet ribbons tied in bows. Always a bowl of nuts to crack. They used real trees until I became ER bound with an allergy to evergreen trees in my 20's. Did you mention Magnolia leaf wreaths? They are gorgeous. My mom has, I believe, 4 sets of Christmas China (or more) and its gorgeous, but a ton of work to hand wash. She also has 2 or 3 sets of fall China. Maybe ten regular sets, 2 Easter/spring sets, and a patriotic looking set. Sooo many sets of crystal! Linens out of control! Most sets of everything serve 16-20! She also has a total selection of desert plates that coordinate with most anything, red cut glass, etc. Let's not forget a half dozen sets of chargers! This will be my sister's and my burden one day (she's in her early 80's) Her exquisite tables will forever be remembered. She's doing it again this year! They do a turkey, a ham, and a couple of sirloin tips. It's an ordeal. We only give gifts to the greats at her house now, we are so many in number, it's chaos. However we still play games, with what I call airport bottles of alcohol. *It's an oil and vinegar cruet. Good luck in your new home!!

[@susanhijazi6000]

Every year I took my children pick out their own ornament and wrote the year on the bottom. When they grow up you either have a tree full of memories or they have ornaments for their own tree. Last year I started buying ornaments for the grand babies.

[@sophiecronshaw]

Hey Paige, love the ideas for holiday decor! One thing - did you make your lake house tour private? The clips you included reminded me of it and I tried to go back to watch it but couldn’t find it. Would you consider doing another one, maybe?

[@jitkavesela3792]

Beautiful simple ideas, love it! I am pretty sure I watched some christmas themed video last year with great tips too, but unfortunately am unable to find it... (There was sugared fruit I think and other projects).

[@christinakrastel4223]

I LOVED this. Everything about it. It’s not even cheery 😂, and I love it lol

[@gracieo6561]

“Fun pattern” = plaid or striped every time. 😂💕much love

[@cakemeat8321]

I like how when she says "fun pattern" she always shows plain plaid or stripes

[@monaduna2667]

I’m sorry what did you expect exactly? A pattern of a monkey riding a unicycle?

[@cakemeat8321]

@@monaduna2667 yeah

[@Miss001nobody]

Clicked on like before watching the video as I was sure it was going to be a good one. Thank you once again.

[@jo4vt]

I love your ideas and absolutely agree you should have pieces that you can reuse for years and years. We only have sentimental items, and don’t go out and buy stuff every year.

[@laurendale5199]

Thanks Paige I love it! I’m sorry that you’re in a crisis, I just have missed that video but I wish you the best 🤍

[@lorischaeffer3174]

I remember your last holiday decorating video-can you bring back some of the deleted videos? Been around since barely 40k subscribers. Keep on doing the good work-can’t wait to see how you decorate your new place.

[@summerisonthursday5239]

Great idea of the battery candles in the windows 💥😃

[@aqui7744]

I also hate crafty decorations for any holiday, but especially Christmas. Growing up Santa was never part of any of our Christmases and I still avoid any Santa theme decor at all costs. My children are very artistic and love to paint their own ornaments, either wooden or glass. My daughter loves to bake and we’ve been making gingerbread ornaments since she was in kindergarten. I like to use a mix of fruits, vegetables and flowers on simple antique and vintage bows and vases to decorate the dinner tables and my kitchen. I thrifted all my dishes and glassware and well as most serving bowls. The eclectic look is what I live for.

[@shellisannes464]

How nice to see the Gooch in your shot of the fresh wee tree 🎄

[@HomeHarmonySelfCare]

Absolutely fabulous. Yes. Love.

[@britneyshakespears2940]

lol paige the cabbage in the candle has been in my pinterest for almost two years now and i am also finally doing it for thanksgiving

[@lubiekocyki]

vintage wallpapers as gift wraps! you can find them even cheaper than craftpaper, the cheap ones are usually too ugly to actually serve as a wallpaper, but are unique and just.. fun as a gift wrap. also, Instant anecdote.

[@nadiacoffey2609]

When I moved out of my parents house years ago, my mom gave me a box of our ornaments from my childhood. My husband and I started buying a Christmas ornament during every vacation that we go on. Instead of shopping on Black Friday we put up our tree and we talk about all of the memories we’ve made on all of our vacations.

[@sillypotato9453]

My mom has these amazing ornaments that my grand-father hand made in the fifties. Little glass snow globes for the tree, pine cone men with felt legs and arms on ski's and winter scenery on plates. They just make stuff like that anymore :(

[@DaniGreyHare]

Yes!! All about concept instead of literal decor!

[@hereforit2347]

I bought a fresh tree every year when my daughter was little. In the late ‘80s I bought colored “light show” Christmas lights from the local five-and-dime (J.J. Newberry, Woolworth, or Fedco). They put on a real performance and they still work. I never see “light show” lights in stores anymore. They may blink but that’s it.