Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have fully recovered… because now it’s full steam ahead into the holidays. My to-do list is a mile long and I’m determined to get most of it done within the next week, so it’s going to be busy, busy, busy over here.
A few fun holiday updates—and I’m excited to announce Giveaway #2! As promised, we’re doing one giveaway every week until Christmas!
Our hand-painted house/pet trays continue to be a huge hit, especially this time of year. We have a large batch currently in production, and I was just given the green light to accept 8 more orders for guaranteed Christmas delivery (on or about Dec. 14). If you’ve had your eye on one, now is the moment! Even better—they are eligible for our Cyber Monday discount. No code needed. Click here
We also haven’t had a chance to do a formal stocking or embroidered cocktail napkin arrival sale, but with the 30% Cyber Monday discount, the pricing is essentially the same as arrival-sale pricing. This applies to all of our new holiday items as well. We. now have in stock our big 18″ and mini 6.5″ and they are going fast! Click here to see stockings.
Our amazing chinoiserie tree collars came in and all preorders are shipping out today. We got in 4 extra ivory/gold. We are down to the last of these.
We have 3 ivory/gold left, 1 green and 1 red! Click here
My tree stand is huge (for an 11 ft tree) so it dose not wrap entirely around the base but opened both latches and was able to make it work (from the front)!
Click here for cocktail napkins, what a way to elevate your holiday entertaining! Also a perfect hostess gift. Click here to see cocktail napkins
Our gorgeous pagoda napkin rings are a hit! Did not have time to do an arrival sale, but with the 30% off, they are arrival sale pricing. LOVE these! Click here
Our Fall Love contest was officially announced a few days ago. We are now taking your pictures (1-2) that is fall related. If you want to read the full post, click here. Otherwise send in your fall related pictures to info@enchantedhome.com and write contest on subject line.
GIVEAWAY #2
One lucky winner will win a box of 4 ornaments and a box of 4 of our fabulous gift toppers! (your choice of colorway)
Simply leave a comment on this post telling us a favorite Christmas/holiday tradition, or one you would love to start.
We will announce a winner on Thursday.
Thanks for stopping in, wishing everyone a wonderful day, and a smooth start to your week. Until next time….
Santa would leave filled stockings on the doorknobs of our children’s rooms to find on Christmas morning. They opened them on their beds and played until they got the signal from us. This was to allow Dad to get the video camera ready for filming the unwrapping of presents under the tree. Our now adult children say the stockings are still their favorite part of Christmas!
We have a circular driveway on a hill that with the help of our grandsons we line with luminaries every Christmas Eve. In the neighborhood it’s known as Santa’s runway. Thanks for all your Christmas inspiration.
When I was a child, we opened presents up on Christmas Eve so my parents could sleep in on Christmas morning. After church on Christmas Eve, we would drive around the neighborhoods to view the Christmas lights. Of course, one adult always wanted to stay home because there often wasn’t enough room in the cars. For some strange reason, we always missed Santa who had come while we were gone. It took several years for us children to figure all of this out.
Our tradition is every Christmas eve we get together as an extended family and do a gag Christmas gift exchange and pizza night *nothing over $20. It is so much fun, hours of laughter set the mood for a happy holiday. My kids love it so much they said when they are parents they will continue it.
Love your products, just got the stockings and cocktail napkins and they are spectacular, even better in person!
We always celebrate St. Nicholas day on Dec. 6. When our boys were small, they would leave their shoes on the porch the night of December 5. The next morning they would sing the traditional song to St. Nicholas before opening the front door. They found their shoes filled with candy and small gifts. Such happy memories!
Our family’s cherished Gingerbread Day tradition is in its 32nd year. The entire family of aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, grandchildren & cousins gather in northeastern Ohio to build gingerbread houses. Last year 36 houses were built. To see this special day unfold through the eyes of our little ones is truly magical!
Every year, we travel to a different city during the holiday season. Every city expresses their own special flavor of festive traditions This year it’s New Orleans. Im going on a tour of beautiful homes in the Garden District all decked out for Christmas!!
I love our Christmas Eve service at our church. It is so special with traditional carols set to contemporary music and concludes with Silent Night being sung by a single candle flame that spreads throughout the room…one at a time until the whole room is filled with radiant lights. It’s magical!!!
Christmas Jammies! Each Christmas Eve, we open just one gift. The gift tag always reads “sweet dreams, love Santa” I’m not sure that everyone loves the tradition as much as I, but my grown children (although not thrilled with the matching theme) always act excited when presented with their Christmas Eve gift.
Now that we are empty nesters, our tradition is to put up our little artificial tree, play holiday music, hang the outdoor lights. Then call our adult children and play the 30plus year old Hallmark circus train ornament, with now a sickly “jingle bells” We all laugh, and I tell them who wants it?…lol!
My favorite new tradition is a simple moment to sit quietly and look closely at my family. The nine grandchildren all together happens rarely and it is precious to me.
One of my most cherished memories was Christmas Eve over 46 years ago. We had our 3rd son that July and on Christmas Eve we did a recording for Santa. The 2 older boys, 5 and 6, told Santa their wish list and then asked him to bring something for their baby brother. To hear their little voices still bring tears.
Our favourite holiday tradition is on Christmas Eve our family goes to Midnight Mass. On our way we drop off our canned goods and candy at the Community Center where they receive food for the homeless. Also, we drop off wrapped socks and wool hats for the homeless to keep warm. It’s a great way to celebrate the Christmas spirit of giving. Merry Christmas!
My favorite holiday tradition is after a delicious lunch of shabu-shabu, we all gather around the Xmas tree and watch the kiddos open their presents to see their delight & excitement…there’s nothing better!💙💙💙
On Christmas eve, we go to church and then come home and enjoy a buffet of appetizers. Christmas morning, the children (now all grown) wait at the top of the stairs for the all clear to come down. Then we open presents one at a time so each one can be savored!
For the past eight years we have had a baby in the high chair in the dining room with us for Christmas dinner. This will be our last Year because she is two now and getting so big. !
But, I can’t wait to order my new tissue and wastebasket set for my powder room being made over. Blue and white, of course!!
For 10 years our family would go house to house in our neighborhood and sing Christmas Carols. We carried candles in small rose bowls to light our way.
What lovely Christmas merchandise! I especially love your embroidered cocktail napkins. I love putting fancy cocktail napkins out when I’m entertaining and these are just darling!
Our Christmas tradition was to receive new pajamas, robe and slippers for Christmas. A picture was taken in front of the tree to show off our new apparel. We did not have much money. What a practical way this was to give us new clothes! I also have a small tree that is full of small needlepoint stockings and every year Grandma would put a check for each of my kids in the stocking.s
In the true spirit of Christmas, envelopes are tied to the limbs of our tree on Christmas Eve. Inside is a notice to each person of a surprise gift to a charity in their honor!
Hello Tina! My husband and I have a few holiday traditions. Each year we drive to a local park to view the lights on display. It takes about two hours to see all the scenes, but it’s so worth it. Another tradition i have is getting tickets to see the Nutcracker ballet, it’s always a delight.
Your products get better and better! Our tradition is every Christmas eve we host an open house from 4-7. Friends and family can stop by anytime for a drink, a small bite, and a little carol singing. It is such fun and often goes on well past 7, as no one wants to leave that quick. We have no expectations Christmas morning, its a time for us to sleep in and whenever we all convene around the tree, is when the present opening begins. I love my lazy (no major breakfast expected) Christmas mornings (was not the case when the kids were little but now they are teens) so they love to sleep!
My only tradition is Christmas eve, we get together with our extended family, the ones that live nearby, and open gifts from one another. We typically celebrate Christmas day with our immediate family. Every Christmas eve my husband makes Chateaubriand and bananas foster, it is a real treat and we all look forward to it all year long! Cheers to a happy holiday for all!
We have had the grandkids come for gingerbread houses each year, then we go to pick out toys to donate to the toy drive. Kids are older now, but used to be good to show them about giving too, not just receiving.
My favorite holiday tradition is our hilarious family white elephant gift exchange, especially now that the teenagers and grown children have joined in!
My favorite childhood traditions as a child are the simple ones I enjoy now with my own children- making divinity, cracking nuts, crafting paper snowflakes, driving to see Christmas lights, going to candlelight Christmas Eve service at church, setting the table with the “good china”.
Our tradition is dressing up on Christmas Eve, having a wonderful meal in the dining room with the silver, china and crystal, then opening gifts, followed by Midnight Mass.
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Good morning everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and have fully recovered… because now it’s full steam ahead into the holidays. My to-do list is a mile long and I’m determined to get most of it done within the next week, so it’s going to be busy, busy, busy over here.
A few fun holiday updates—and I’m excited to announce Giveaway #2! As promised, we’re doing one giveaway every week until Christmas!
Our hand-painted house/pet trays continue to be a huge hit, especially this time of year. We have a large batch currently in production, and I was just given the green light to accept 8 more orders for guaranteed Christmas delivery (on or about Dec. 14). If you’ve had your eye on one, now is the moment! Even better—they are eligible for our Cyber Monday discount. No code needed. Click here
We also haven’t had a chance to do a formal stocking or embroidered cocktail napkin arrival sale, but with the 30% Cyber Monday discount, the pricing is essentially the same as arrival-sale pricing. This applies to all of our new holiday items as well. We. now have in stock our big 18″ and mini 6.5″ and they are going fast! Click here to see stockings.
Our amazing chinoiserie tree collars came in and all preorders are shipping out today. We got in 4 extra ivory/gold. We are down to the last of these.
We have 3 ivory/gold left, 1 green and 1 red! Click here
My tree stand is huge (for an 11 ft tree) so it dose not wrap entirely around the base but opened both latches and was able to make it work (from the front)!
Click here for cocktail napkins, what a way to elevate your holiday entertaining! Also a perfect hostess gift. Click here to see cocktail napkins
Our gorgeous pagoda napkin rings are a hit! Did not have time to do an arrival sale, but with the 30% off, they are arrival sale pricing. LOVE these! Click here
Our Fall Love contest was officially announced a few days ago. We are now taking your pictures (1-2) that is fall related. If you want to read the full post, click here. Otherwise send in your fall related pictures to info@enchantedhome.com and write contest on subject line.
GIVEAWAY #2
One lucky winner will win a box of 4 ornaments and a box of 4 of our fabulous gift toppers! (your choice of colorway)
Simply leave a comment on this post telling us a favorite Christmas/holiday tradition, or one you would love to start.
We will announce a winner on Thursday.
Thanks for stopping in, wishing everyone a wonderful day, and a smooth start to your week. Until next time….
Santa would leave filled stockings on the doorknobs of our children’s rooms to find on Christmas morning. They opened them on their beds and played until they got the signal from us. This was to allow Dad to get the video camera ready for filming the unwrapping of presents under the tree. Our now adult children say the stockings are still their favorite part of Christmas!
We have a circular driveway on a hill that with the help of our grandsons we line with luminaries every Christmas Eve. In the neighborhood it’s known as Santa’s runway. Thanks for all your Christmas inspiration.
I love blue and white. Any of the blue and white items would add to my collection. I love driving around at night to see homes decorated with lights!
When I was a child, we opened presents up on Christmas Eve so my parents could sleep in on Christmas morning. After church on Christmas Eve, we would drive around the neighborhoods to view the Christmas lights. Of course, one adult always wanted to stay home because there often wasn’t enough room in the cars. For some strange reason, we always missed Santa who had come while we were gone. It took several years for us children to figure all of this out.
Our tradition is every Christmas eve we get together as an extended family and do a gag Christmas gift exchange and pizza night *nothing over $20. It is so much fun, hours of laughter set the mood for a happy holiday. My kids love it so much they said when they are parents they will continue it.
Love your products, just got the stockings and cocktail napkins and they are spectacular, even better in person!
We always celebrate St. Nicholas day on Dec. 6. When our boys were small, they would leave their shoes on the porch the night of December 5. The next morning they would sing the traditional song to St. Nicholas before opening the front door. They found their shoes filled with candy and small gifts. Such happy memories!
Our family’s cherished Gingerbread Day tradition is in its 32nd year. The entire family of aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, grandchildren & cousins gather in northeastern Ohio to build gingerbread houses. Last year 36 houses were built. To see this special day unfold through the eyes of our little ones is truly magical!
Every year, we travel to a different city during the holiday season. Every city expresses their own special flavor of festive traditions This year it’s New Orleans. Im going on a tour of beautiful homes in the Garden District all decked out for Christmas!!
I love our Christmas Eve service at our church. It is so special with traditional carols set to contemporary music and concludes with Silent Night being sung by a single candle flame that spreads throughout the room…one at a time until the whole room is filled with radiant lights. It’s magical!!!
Christmas Jammies! Each Christmas Eve, we open just one gift. The gift tag always reads “sweet dreams, love Santa” I’m not sure that everyone loves the tradition as much as I, but my grown children (although not thrilled with the matching theme) always act excited when presented with their Christmas Eve gift.
Now that we are empty nesters, our tradition is to put up our little artificial tree, play holiday music, hang the outdoor lights. Then call our adult children and play the 30plus year old Hallmark circus train ornament, with now a sickly “jingle bells” We all laugh, and I tell them who wants it?…lol!
My favorite new tradition is a simple moment to sit quietly and look closely at my family. The nine grandchildren all together happens rarely and it is precious to me.
One of my most cherished memories was Christmas Eve over 46 years ago. We had our 3rd son that July and on Christmas Eve we did a recording for Santa. The 2 older boys, 5 and 6, told Santa their wish list and then asked him to bring something for their baby brother. To hear their little voices still bring tears.
Our favourite holiday tradition is on Christmas Eve our family goes to Midnight Mass. On our way we drop off our canned goods and candy at the Community Center where they receive food for the homeless. Also, we drop off wrapped socks and wool hats for the homeless to keep warm. It’s a great way to celebrate the Christmas spirit of giving. Merry Christmas!
My favorite holiday tradition is after a delicious lunch of shabu-shabu, we all gather around the Xmas tree and watch the kiddos open their presents to see their delight & excitement…there’s nothing better!💙💙💙
On Christmas eve, we go to church and then come home and enjoy a buffet of appetizers. Christmas morning, the children (now all grown) wait at the top of the stairs for the all clear to come down. Then we open presents one at a time so each one can be savored!
My family gets together to make Christmas cookies- we eat, drink, and have so much fun!!!
For the past eight years we have had a baby in the high chair in the dining room with us for Christmas dinner. This will be our last Year because she is two now and getting so big. !
But, I can’t wait to order my new tissue and wastebasket set for my powder room being made over. Blue and white, of course!!
For 10 years our family would go house to house in our neighborhood and sing Christmas Carols. We carried candles in small rose bowls to light our way.
Love the Christmas Eve tradition of reading the Nativity story and then enjoying a family meal together.
What lovely Christmas merchandise! I especially love your embroidered cocktail napkins. I love putting fancy cocktail napkins out when I’m entertaining and these are just darling!
Our Christmas tradition was to receive new pajamas, robe and slippers for Christmas. A picture was taken in front of the tree to show off our new apparel. We did not have much money. What a practical way this was to give us new clothes! I also have a small tree that is full of small needlepoint stockings and every year Grandma would put a check for each of my kids in the stocking.s
In the true spirit of Christmas, envelopes are tied to the limbs of our tree on Christmas Eve. Inside is a notice to each person of a surprise gift to a charity in their honor!
Hello Tina! My husband and I have a few holiday traditions. Each year we drive to a local park to view the lights on display. It takes about two hours to see all the scenes, but it’s so worth it. Another tradition i have is getting tickets to see the Nutcracker ballet, it’s always a delight.
Your products get better and better! Our tradition is every Christmas eve we host an open house from 4-7. Friends and family can stop by anytime for a drink, a small bite, and a little carol singing. It is such fun and often goes on well past 7, as no one wants to leave that quick. We have no expectations Christmas morning, its a time for us to sleep in and whenever we all convene around the tree, is when the present opening begins. I love my lazy (no major breakfast expected) Christmas mornings (was not the case when the kids were little but now they are teens) so they love to sleep!
My only tradition is Christmas eve, we get together with our extended family, the ones that live nearby, and open gifts from one another. We typically celebrate Christmas day with our immediate family. Every Christmas eve my husband makes Chateaubriand and bananas foster, it is a real treat and we all look forward to it all year long! Cheers to a happy holiday for all!
We have had the grandkids come for gingerbread houses each year, then we go to pick out toys to donate to the toy drive. Kids are older now, but used to be good to show them about giving too, not just receiving.
My favorite holiday tradition is our hilarious family white elephant gift exchange, especially now that the teenagers and grown children have joined in!
My favorite childhood traditions as a child are the simple ones I enjoy now with my own children- making divinity, cracking nuts, crafting paper snowflakes, driving to see Christmas lights, going to candlelight Christmas Eve service at church, setting the table with the “good china”.
Our tradition is dressing up on Christmas Eve, having a wonderful meal in the dining room with the silver, china and crystal, then opening gifts, followed by Midnight Mass.
One of my favorite Christmas traditions is reading “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote. It’s a beautiful story.