Year-Round Christmas Tree
The Christmas tree is an iconic symbol of the holiday season. It often adorns homes between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. I enjoy decorating our tree(s) with the kids’ homemade ornaments and ornaments from years past. Looking at the Christmas tree each night during the holidays brings me joy. But nothing is worse than packing away those memories and trying to squish my beautiful tree back into a much too-small box. Wouldn’t it be fun to have a year-round tree that could be decorated for every season and occasion? I think it would be fun to keep up the tree as permanent decor and decorate it for yearly holidays, seasons, and occasions.
January – New Year’s/Winter
After the holidays, pack away those Christmas-themed ornaments and turn your year-round Christmas tree into a winter wonderland with icicles, white and light blue streamers, snowflakes, and cute snowman ornaments. Or, if you want to stay in party mode for the month, spice up your year-round tree with a New Year’s theme of colorful streamers, firework-like ornaments, and party hats and glasses.
February – Valentine’s Day
As February rolls around it is time to change up your year-round Christmas tree and adorn it with all things Valentine’s Day. Grab some Valentine tree ornaments, red ribbons, and white, pink, and red hearts.
March – St. Patrick’s day/Easter
Depending on your preference, when March approaches, you can turn your year-round Christmas tree into a St. Patty’s dream with green bows, leprechauns, rainbows, and pots of gold. Or, if you are ready for Easter, grab some pastel ribbons, egg-like ornaments, and a few bunnies peeking through the tree would be adorable. The kids would love it.
April/May – Spring
Usher in Spring with a vibrant tree of bright pink, yellow, and blue ribbons, spring flowers, and a little flower pot and watering can decorations.
June – Summer
As the sun begins to shine bright in the sky and the days are longer, it is time to transition your year-round Christmas tree from spring to summer. Nothing says summer to me like a field of Sunflowers. This bright season is easy to recreate with some sunflowers, bright yellow ribbons, and pale yellow ornaments. Bring the sunshine inside!
July – Red, White, and Blue
Celebrate the birth of America with a gorgeous red, white, and blue Christmas tree. Go wild with this one with bows, ribbons, streamers, and American flags. Your year-round tree will shout, “God Bless America”!
August – Beach
When I think of August, I think of family vacations before kids return to school. Nothing says a family vacation like a trip to the beach. Bring the beach home, literally, and adorn your tree with seashells. Create your own ornaments by getting glass balls and filling them with sand and small photos or shells. Each time you look at your year-round Christmas tree, you will be reminded of the amazing family vacation you had.
September – Football
In our house, September means FOOTBALL; if you have a favorite football team and are a football enthusiast, you can bring your year-round Christmas tree to life with your favorite team colors, such as purple and gold for the Vikings, or orange and aqua for the Dolphins.
October – Halloween
Halloween is my favorite holiday! I love the creativity this holiday inspires. Bring that inspiration to your year-round Christmas tree and create a cute or spooky tree to blend with your other Halloween decorations. Create a spooky tree with spider webs, spiders, and bats. Or a cute tree in purples, blacks, and oranges.
Once November and December roll around again you will be ready to get back out those ornaments from years past and once again.
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