Fact: It's never too early to start decorating for Christmas... especially if you love the holiday season as much as we do. From outdoor Christmas lights to holiday wreaths, there are endless ways for you to deck the halls and trim your tree, and while they often get neglected during the decorating process, your windows deserve some yuletide love as well. Christmas window decorations are the perfect finishing touch to a festive holiday home, and you don't have to spend a lot to make them sparkle. Not sure how to best dress up your windows for the holidays? These unique Christmas window decorating ideas will help get you started.
Whether your holiday decorating mantra is, "the more the merrier," or you prefer to keep things simple and elegant, there are countless holiday window decorations to suit your style, including garlands, wreaths, string lights, and ornaments, as well as a few more unexpected pieces of decor. From the kitchen, to the living room, to every bedroom in the house, windows are prime decoration real estate and can be enjoyed from the inside or out (and sometimes both!). Get ready to adorn your windows with one of these magical displays, many of which you can easily DIY yourself.
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You can liven up a window sill with a row of cute Christmas houses, which really pop when you add a pine needle tree garland over your window.
A line of spindly mini trees can add visual interest to your sill, and you can add additional color by hanging blush-colored baubles from your curtain rod.
You can turn your window into a pretty advent calendar by stringing up muslin bags filled with treats and draping a garland of felt leaves along the window frame frame.
There's no easier (or cheaper!) way to decorate your window than with a few sophisticated window decals (and a garland-lined sill doesn't hurt, either).
Whoever said you had to choose between a garland or a wreath for your window? With an understated faux garland and a simple wreath (complete with an oversized bow), your window can have it all!
Cut out letters from red cardstock to spell out the phrase, "oh what fun," attach to string and hang from the top of your window. Add a swag of greenery for extra flourish.
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