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Minimalism-Our Christmas decorations this year


We kept our Christmas decorations simple this year. Some may not think it is minimalist enough, but that's OK! To me this is a big step in minimizing our stuff.

Since living together, my husband and I usually put our tree up on Christmas Eve because we are slackers...and because trees are cheaper the day before Christmas. Then we put the decorations away, but we do it weeks later. Then after nagging over and over again about how we need to take the tree down, my husband finally gets rid of it by February. Yeah we're those people.

This year with trying to get out of debt, we agreed that we would not buy a tree this year. We plan on investing in a fake one next Christmas.

This year we put on decorations on the faux fireplace my husband made and put up a miniature fake tree that my parents had given my oldest years ago. Here's what our decorations looked like this year:


My baby put my Breaking Bad and Batman figures in the tree we put up for her and her sister. The second photo is the front of our house with luminarias. We put them up every Christmas Eve and it's the one tradition I am keen about. We HAVE to put them up every year and I enjoy making them. The last photo is the faux fireplace my husband made. It was our first Christmas to have the stockings on a mantel in our home. 😊 I made that decoration that's hanging across the mantel by tying ribbon to string. It was fun to make 😊

The only piece I regret not putting out was my oldest daughter's preschool tree. When she was in preschool, she made a tree with ornaments on it. I always like to revisit the ornaments she made and it reminds me of when she was little. I missed it this year and will be sure to put it up next year.

We just came back from our vacation, and I'm so glad that we don't have to take time to pack everything back up. I still have essays to grade and I'd like to enjoy the last few days we have left of break to spent time with the girls. Decorating this year means less time packing up and more time for us!

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