Christmas Decorating Trends for 2013

So What Are the Trends for Christmas Decorations for 2013:

This year, the latest craze in Christmas decorating is Nostalgia . Homeowners seem to be less interested in the icicle-type lights and the use of single color strands.  Baby boomers are going to back to the days
of their youth, by bringing back the full color glory of traditional Christmas lights that can be strung on roofs, windows and even around the yard with light holders that add a dash of color to any decorations on the house or in the yard.

Trends for Outdoor Decorations:

Lawn ornaments and huge Inflatables have become a must-have for the decorating elves in your neighborhood.  Families everywhere are installing huge lawn ornaments and inflatable,a many consisting of animated light patterns.  They sheer number of choices for shapes, sizes, and designs should tell you that these are very popular with festive homeowners.  I am a huge fan of the old-style bubble lights (you know…..the ones with colored water and bubbles inside), and they have returned with a vengeance.

Trends for Tree Decorations:

Many people seem to be gravitating back to using real trees, instead of using plastic pre-fab ones.  Who can blame them?  They smell great, and they make Christmas feel that much more real.  My family has always used a plastic tree, but we wanted the ones that looked real. Two more trends for this year are Whimsical and Enchanted Christmas Tree decorations. The Whimsical tree is using fun or silly decorations like food, toy or other cute  ornaments to decorate the whole tree. The Enchanted tree uses fairly, angles or any type of mystical characters even dragons would be fun on this type of tree.

There are Even Trends for Christmas Flowers:

It seems that Christmas flowers have also changed with the times.  Although the classic red poinsettia will likely be with us for the rest of time, many florists are offering their customers alternatives.  As has been the case with flowers in general for some time, florists are now adding dyes to traditional holiday flowers and bouquets.  My personal favorite happens to be a bright violet poinsettia.  My daughter prefers cobalt blue.  What is your favorite color?


Whether you are a staunch Christmas traditionalist or you want to keep up with the current decorating trends, today's Christmas decorations have never before left consumers with so many wonderful choices.  So get out there and shop, shop, shop!  Tis the season, after all!