Christmas Decorating Ideas For Every Home

Add touches of holiday magic to every corner of your home, no matter your style or budget! From preparing for the ultimate family Christmas in the living room, to creating ambiance with lighting, you'll find ideas for Christmas decorations, tree trimming, centerpieces and more - all using products available in our Christmas Shop.

Decorate The Living Room For A Cozy Christmas

Holiday decorating most often starts in the living room. The hub of a Scandinavian-inspired hygge (or cozy) Christmas, the living room is usually where you have your Christmas tree, your mantel with stockings and where much of the gathering is done during the holiday season. Whether you're planning for a rustic, camp-themed Christmas, or more of an elegant glitz and glamour celebration, choose decorations and colors that complement your existing furniture and aesthetic.

Deck Out Your Fireplace Mantel For Christmas

One place you can get creative with your holiday decorations is the fireplace mantel. For example, if you have art or a mirror above the fireplace, you'd be surprised how great a wreath can look placed over those pieces. You can also hang garlands around them and running the length of the mantel. This is also a great mantel decor option if you have a TV on the wall above the fireplace - just fasten a garland around the frame for instant festivity. For the mantel itself, indulge your maximalist side with a collection of your favorite kinds of holiday decor: groupings of reindeer, bottlebrush trees, candles, lanterns - or create an entire holiday village scene above the fireplace. Don't forget to leave room for stockings!

Create Holiday Ambiance With Indoor Lighting

Another way to add festivity to your home's holiday vibe is to get creative with lighting. From candles and candle holders to LED decor, the right indoor lighting can set the mood and is a simple way to bring Christmas to every room. String lights and fairy lights can be placed almost anywhere: on the tree, up stairway handrails, inside a lantern or hurricane lamp and alongside garlands and wreaths. Use light-up decor like our laser wood cut houses and trees as nightlights in hallways and bathrooms, and as holiday dinner table centerpieces. Or, create a whole Christmas village on your console table or mantel.

Decorating Your Christmas Tree

Nowadays, it's easy to decorate your Christmas tree in a huge variety of styles and colors. No matter your aesthetic, you'll easily find tree toppers, tree skirts or collars and unique ornaments that match your decor style and personality. Collect ornaments that are meaningful to you and your family and start a new tradition of gifting them, too! Every year, your loved ones will look forward to seeing their favorite Christmas tree decorations come out to play.

Add Festive Holiday Pillows & Cozy Throws

An easy way to give your space the Christmas vibe is with a few holiday-themed pillows and cozy throw blankets. Not only do these essentials do double duty as decor and comfort, but they can also be found in a variety of styles. For a rustic camp look, choose plaid and solid pillows in greens, reds and whites, along with fluffy plaid blankets. If bright, non-traditional colors are more your thing, get inspiration from our whimsical Sugarplum Village collection of rainbow-hued holiday decor. Or go for the Scandinavian hygge look with soft, fluffy white pillows with touches of classic Christmas scenes and colors.

Make Small Christmas Centerpieces

Create small holiday moments throughout your space. Make a festive tablescape in the dining room, a cute centerpiece on the living room coffee table or a welcoming tabletop display on a console. Not sure how to start? For a coffee or side table, start with a simple foundation like a square or round tray. Then add a candle in your favorite holiday scent, Christmas and whimsical winter figurines like bottlebrush trees, gnomes and pinecones, a vase with a seasonal stem or floral. Your kitchen counter or island is another great place to decorate. Place a festive runner across the counter, add a couple pieces of decor and a plate of cookies!

Holiday-Ize Your Front Porch

Greet guests and neighbors in festive style by decorating your front porch for Christmas! Put out holiday pillows and throws so you can cozy up on your front bench or chairs. Pop on a Christmas-themed doormat and deck the front door with wreaths and garlands! Then add plenty of lighting and other decor, like reindeer and trees. Pair elegant hurricane lights and lanterns with our safe LED pillar candles that include a timer, and drape string lights across railings and above doorways.

Decorate Your Bathroom

Make guests feel welcome with a few small and budget-friendly bathroom updates. Offer holiday-themed hand towels, soaps and candles in seasonal scents like pine, balsam forest and holiday spice. Add a couple of statement-making decor pieces on a shelf, such as a light-up house and trees. For overnight guests, add thoughtful surprises to the bathroom like sheet masks, cozy holiday socks and a Christmas treat or two.

Create A Winter Wonderland Christmas

For a sparkly, snow-dusted white Christmas, you'll find a big selection of all-white tableware and decor at World Market! Choose white and silver dinnerware and tablescape pieces, like light-up trees, snowflake placemats and shiny silver and white beaded table runners. Scatter silver and white mercury glass candleholders with white candles throughout the home, starting in the entryway. Decorate your Christmas tree with budget-friendly white ornaments, more snowflakes and add softness and texture in the living room with white holiday pillows, vases, tree figures and white pampas stems. Enjoy your winter wonderland!

Decorate Your Entryway

Make a festive first impression by adorning your home's entryway for the holidays! You can easily add Christmas trimmings here without disrupting your existing furniture and decor. Add a wreath or garlands to your entry mirror or art with elegant ribbon or Command strips. Create small centerpieces with nutcrackers, bottlebrush trees and a fun advent calendar. Finally, welcome your guests by placing a few holiday home scents and candles in the entry.

Use Garlands Everywhere!

Garlands add must-have greenery and a festive look to every room. Don't be afraid to put them everywhere: stairway banisters, mantels, the front porch door frame, in entryways - even on your bar cart! We love to be creative: Double or even triple up on garlands for a lush-looking mantel or mix and match to layer different types of garlands. Have extra Christmas ornaments and decor? Decorate your garlands along with your tree! We also love asymmetry when it comes to decorating with garlands. Border just one side of a mirror or drape a garland down one side of your mantel for an elegant look.

Decorate A Tabletop Christmas Tree

Don't have room for a full-sized tree? Or want a tree in every room? Decorate one of our tabletop Christmas trees! For the hygge vibe, our natural wood Nordic tabletop tree is a perfect choice and looks great decorated in with a variety of ornament styles. We also offer modern metal tabletop trees with hooks that hold ornaments, glass trees with included glass ornaments and light-up trees that are perfect for small spaces and rooms. Finally, our tree-shaped Natalia rolling cart is perfect for plants, holiday decor and stacking wood!

Match Your Gift Wrap To Your Decor

Wrapped presents double as decorations. Pick out the wrapping paper, gift bags, tissue, ribbon and bows in a color scheme that matches your Christmas decor. You can add ornaments or other small gifts as present toppers to add more holiday cheer to your wrapping. Also, think about how you want to display the holiday cards you receive. One creative way is to clip them to a garland for everyone to see. Either a leafy garland or a non-traditional banner-style one will work!

Collect Li Bien Christmas Ornaments

Start a new tradition or simply mark each year with something beautiful! Li Bien ornaments are made using a more than 200 year-old Chinese tradition. Meaning "inside painting", Li Bien ornaments are made of glass and reverse-painted by artisans who insert a small, L-shaped brush inside. These ornaments also have the year painted on them, making each a one-of-a-kind collectible.