Good morning, everyone! I first want to announce the winner of our giveaway #4. Congratulations goes to-

#47 Debra says: Tonight is the last night of Hanukkah so the whirlwind of our holiday is behind me. We were happy that our daughter in law offered to host for the first time so that alleviated the stress of planning a menu, grocery shopping, cooking for days and cleanup. I could get used to that! Enjoy your festivities this week.

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(This is a long post so take 15, there are a lot of pictures- normally would have made it into but Christmas is tomorrow haha)

I am officially wishing you all a very Merry Christmas, as of later today I will officially be “off the clock” until Dec 26th:)  This will be my last post before the big day, and I thought there was no time like the present to share the Christmas décor in my house so far. I may have taken it right to the finish line, but what can I say — as I vowed before, this has been a bit of a haphazard holiday season. Still, I’m so pleased with how it’s all worked out, and even more pleased knowing that in just 24 hours,  I’ll be putting my feet up and calling it a wrap!

Most of my gifts are wrapped, with just a few things left to sort out, and I’m still working on meal prep. But I am a constant list-maker — sometimes I even add time allotments to each list and give myself little self-imposed deadlines. Somehow, that seems to work really well for me. My grocery shopping is done, and today I will work on Christmas dinner prep and some cooking. Tonight? Its all about elevated takeout! I consider it a gift to myself as a brief respite between all that has led up to this day and tomorrow (which will be fun whirlwind).

And as I count my blessings on Christmas Day, I want to say thank you to each and every one of you — my treasured readers and customers, many of whom have been here for a very long time. I consider The Enchanted Home so much more than just a brand… I consider it a community of like-minded, wonderful people who love to find and seek the beauty in life. And I’m truly so grateful to have found all of you. Thank you for encouraging me on this fun journey and for being my biggest supporters. Wishing each and every one of you the merriest holiday!

Onward to my holiday décor (and a funny takeaway was how much I loved the red, it just was so perfect for this house and made everything feel super festive)

 

Was so happy we found our faux tree out of storage. I used my blue and white ornaments (the ones I have access to) and had these beautiful rusty toned velvet bows made with tails and I actually love it! I normally use more lights but that will have to wait until next year!

 

Packaged these beautiful tins of the yummiest crepe cookies as favors for our holiday cocktail party

Received some beautiful flowers after our holiday party, such a pretty welcomed delivery!

 

My handy cart gets there where they need to go!

Small little pops of holiday red around….

I unexpectedly ended up having a beautiful little paper white room, this is a small room off our foyer, everything in there was already where when we moved so I jazzed it up placing all my paper whites in all my containers there, and voila! This has become my favorite little room and it smells sooo good too!

Love our gift wrap (most is reversible) and all holiday gift wrap will be 50% starting late Christmas day!

LOVE our papers, most are reversible which makes them as pretty to open as they are to give! These will all be part of our huge 50% off After Christmas sale! Great time to stock up for next year!

This Amazon cart is one of my most favorite purchases ever!! I use it for everything including bringing gifts to place under the tree (click here)

 Its also super helpful when I start to dismantle all my holiday decor!

 

And onto the dining room, where I finally got my table set, didn’t get around to using the fresh greens I often do but these faux greens worked out perfectly well…

Our beautiful assortment of holiday themed napkin rings were a welcome addition this year! They will all also be part of the after Christmas 50% off sale

 

On the opposite side-

And our beautiful new stockings (both the minis and full size) and fabulous and new linens really “made” this table. As much of my china is packed away, had to use rotating patterns which actually looks. pretty festive!

Cheers!

 

And that, my friends is a wrap on Christmas 2025 and I am ever happy about it! Today will be a day of last minute prep, a few gifts left to wrap, I will start doing some cooking and by early afternoon I expect to be DONE! My plan is put up my feet later on and watch a movie, I have waited weeks to be able to say I can do that without a million to do’s overtaking my brain. We always do an “elevated” takeout on Christmas eve,  its fun, easy and no fuss. Gives me a break too!

Again wishing each of you the merriest Christmas, may it be a day filled with love, family, joy and relaxation with those who mean the most to you. I know many of us will be missing someone or more than one, this holiday season. In my case,its my dear mom. Holidays never quite seem the same without her, but I do what I know what she would want me to do….be there for my family, celebrate, cook up a storm and relish the magic of the season. I hope you can do that too. So this is it until later this week. Merry Christmas!

PS Don’t forget starting the evening of Dec 25th all seasonal goods will be 50% off for our incredible After Christmas sale! A mailer will go out….perfect time to stock up for next year!