Oh Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, where would we be without you? Whether you’re the type to put up your tree just after Halloween, or if you put it up on Christmas Eve, (!!!) when December dawns, most of us have to come to terms with having a let’s say, larger than house plant size but smaller than a pet giraffe, spikey, green shrub, decorated in glitter, living sometimes pretty precariously somewhere in our homes. From window ledges and staircases to table tops and corners of rooms, lots of us will have a tree for Christmas.
After a couple of treeless years, this year I knew I wanted to get back into it. So, I stepped out, mid November on a quest for new decorations. I needed everything. From the tree itself, to lights, tinsel and all of the baubles! Some of my favorite decorations this year have to include:
Sausage Dogs
Hedgehog and Reindeer
Snowman and Owl
Decorations from Warsaw
Donut Sloth and Grippy Sloth
Yes, I have a sloth on the top of my Christmas tree. I also have a spare branch for a gingerbread man decoration that my mum will be bringing for my tree, when she and my dad visit me in London this Christmas!
I also impulse purchased some tinsel. Yes. I know. The Marmite of Christmas Tree fans everywhere. But when it’s done right, and that is the most important thing, I think it can look so cosy. I’ve always loved a good piece of tinsel. Since I was little and my mum hated it, I loved it. Especially in red. No, I don’t put it around mirrors or anywhere and my baby tree this year could only take one piece, so I wrapped the rest that I bought around the base of the tree.
Not ready for needles lodged in my wooden floors into June, artificial was the way for me. That, and some Christmas tree wax melts in my burner and I’m good to go. Do you have a Christmas tree this year? When do you put your decorations up?
Ellies London 
All the decorations are superb and well picked. Your tree looks absolutely wonderful 😍😍👌🏼👌🏼
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Thank you so much ♥️ My favourite decoration is the sausage dog one!
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Love your decorations. We have some from our travels like your one. We put up the tree when we have the time off, this year was a week ago. Never really feels like Christmas till it’s up. Thanks for sharing your tree
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I’m happy you like my little tree! I wanted it to make me proud 😂 it’s so nice to collect decs from places because you get to see how the traditional things in each country are similar or how they vary slightly. Thank you for reading ♥️
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I’ve packed the decoration as promised…..my “alternative” this year is our competition ponsettia…..buy 2 see who’s lasts the longest…l always win once it lasted til July…granted there was only a stick left…..but I won🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻
3 more sleeps til I see you🦌🦌🦌🦌
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A stick left! I should get you some advice from work and the horticulture guys! 🌹🏵️❇️
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I BLOODY LOVE THIS POST! I adore the sausage dog and sloth baubles! Sloth’s are one of my faves! xx
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Haha ♥ Thank you so much for reading. The sausage dog is my fave too and the sloth tangled in the lights…I don’t know, I can just relate to him! x
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You have some lovely tree decorations ❤ x
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Awww ♥ Thank you so much x
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I’ve got a Yule Tree up, which is pretty much the same thing, but I like more traditional, pagan ornaments on my tree. Next year I really want to get some cute little Tomten dolls to plop in between the branches! Maybe even a Yule Goat topper! 🙂
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A goat sounds good! I like alternative toppers to stars and angels! ♥️
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Awesome blog #christmas
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Thank you 😁
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Your tree is fab Ellen. The most we have this year is a ponsettia with some battery powered lights. I would show you but I don’t now how to upload it! And the batteries are getting weak. If I put tinsel on it I think the leaves will drop off. Oh man!
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😂 Oh dear. Well at least your poinsettia still have leaves on it this year! 😁
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Your tree is amazing! I absolutely adore the little reindeer, he reminds me a little of the PG Tips monkeys you get! x
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😍 Thank you so much for reading, Imogen ♥️ I’m glad you like my little tree and the reindeer 😏 I hope you have a fab Christmas x
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Aw, I love your little tree, especially the adorable grippy sloth decoration! 💗 We usually decorate our tree 12 days before Chriatmas (or the closest Saturday to that). I hope you have a lovely Christmas.
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Thank you 🙂 I dint put mine up as early usually (honest) but it’s my man’s first Christmas so I wanted to celebrate all month 😂 I hope you have a good one too ☃️
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