Welcome the Season - flying cloud gifts   by Groshan Fabiola

in Business    (submitted 2010-09-23)

There's something very elegant and yet at the same time so welcoming about a wreath on the front door. While inflated Santas and blinking lights are festive and fun, the classic beauty of a fresh cedar and fir Christmas wreath evokes Norman Rockwell images of family and holidays, issuing a delightful invitation to visitors.

Gone are the days when, if you wanted to have a fresh Christmas wreath, you had to attempt to wrestle the boughs you'd trimmed from the bottom of your Christmas tree into a circle, tie them off, hoping against hope they wouldn't spring loose and scatter needles across the front porch. Now you can find handcrafted Christmas wreaths of fir, cedar and holly for sale through the Internet, and you can reserve and time your purchase to arrive right at the beginning of the holiday season to welcome guests for Thanksgiving dinner.

Artificial wreaths have also come a long way from the tacky plastic or scraggly polyester wreaths you may remember. If you want a wreath that will be a treasured part of family holidays for years to come, your choices range from an artificial Christmas wreath made of red jingle bells to wreaths made from dried holly or other natural plants, carefully preserved. With care, these wreaths can bring reminiscent smiles to family members for years.

Another wonderful idea for Christmas wreaths is to use them as table or mantel decorations. The woodsy smell of the cedar or fir is better than any artificial smell from a chemical room freshener, and the greenery makes a wonderful base in which to nestle a crèche or other holiday ornaments. Adding four candles-traditionally three blue and one purple-to a fresh wreath can create a traditional Advent wreath. Lighting the Advent candles can become a treasured part of your family's observation of the holiday season.

Whether you choose a cheery artificial wreath with holly, bells and a sprinkling of snow, or an elegant Noble fir fresh wreath, your Christmas wreath will bring a touch of the outdoors and an echo of traditional holiday cheer into your home.

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