Christmas wreath
One of the most popular jewelry in the worldChristmas is a Christmas wreath. Its form symbolizes the wheel of life without beginning and end. A wreath made of lapnik or twisted into a solid bundle of straw is made, and decorated with small toys, balls, dried or fresh flowers, cinnamon sticks. Usually the wreath is hung on the door or placed on a festive table with four lit candles. His style can be absolutely anything - strict (if the wreath is made up only of spruce or pine branches) and unusually bright - enough to weave ribbons, christmas balls, gilt cones.
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Sapozhok for gifts
If you prefer to support the New Yearlegend, leaving gifts in different parts of the house unnoticed, then the Christmas boot (he is the Santa Claus sock, or Santa Claus's felt boots) will be just right for such a surprise. Stock up this shoe well in advance for each member of the family or guest. And before the holiday, hang around the apartment. By the way, Christmas boots are an excellent means of raising children. Tell the children an old legend: "At Christmas, Santa Claus walks home and quietly puts gifts into his boots. Obedient children are sweets. And hooligans - pieces of coal. " You will see, they will behave like silk.
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Potpourri
In traditional Christmas potpourri use"Winter", warming spices - cinnamon sticks, cloves, ginger, nutmeg, cocoa, citrus fruits (whole or dried slices). All these fragrant ingredients are piled in a glass vase (or dish) and placed on a dining table, in the living room, in the kitchen or in the bathroom. To maintain the fragrance, you can periodically sprinkle the potpourri with some suitable aromatic oil (such as orange). Just do it carefully, because some elements of the composition (for example, tangerines) can from the droplets of oil darken. Lighted candles should be kept away.
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Candles
Festive illumination does not happen much! We take out all the candlesticks that can be found in the house: the more colored glass, the more spectacular the lighting will turn out. Any container - saucers, cups, glasses, figured jam jam will fit. We place candles throughout the apartment. Required items - festive table and window sills. If you want, you can make candles with your own hands, the gulf melted in a water bath paraffin in the peel from a whole orange (such a candle turns very fragrant) or sea shell. Floating candles, place in transparent transparent low vases or glasses with bright stones and seashells on the bottom. Instead of water, you can use motley beans, pebbles brought from the south, or sand.
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Pomander
Pomanders are aromatic balls madefrom oranges and sticks of cloves. Their manufacture on the eve of New Year can become a family tradition, because even a child will be able to stitch an orange with fragrant carnations. Tie oranges with beautiful ribbons of velvet, satin, silk or organza. After that, fill the loose surface with chopstick sticks, sticking them with a sharp end into the peel. Do not forget to constantly drain the leaky juice with a napkin, so as not to stain the tape. You can stick carnations evenly into each section, and you can lay out some fancy drawing.
A photo: Getty Ready hungers hang on a Christmas tree, use for room decor or put in a Christmas potpourri. They can also be given to guests. They are very long. With time as the drying dries, the oranges decrease in size, exuding a wonderful aroma. Dry lichens put in a hermetically sealed container, filled with winter spices, for several weeks, so that they make up for their wonderful scent, and then use them as part of an aromatic composition for the bathroom or kitchen.
