Most of our Christmas decorations have shared many festive seasons with us. Several of them have their own tales that are retold each year as we retrieve them from their packing boxes for their next seasonal display. Some are items that have been hand crafted by our children over the years.
One such item is the willow base on which each year I craft our Christmas wreath of evergreens with holly, ivy, pine and two ‘ears’ of yew. Collecting the greenery is something of a family ritual, but also a welcome excuse for a woodland wander. I love the woods at all times of year and mid-Winter has its own magic.
When complete, we hang our Christmas wreath outdoors on a wall-hook. We used to hang it on the door but modern uPVC doors don’t seem to lend themselves well to ancient earthy rituals like wreath hanging!
J Peggy Taylor
Yours is very beautiful, but it differs very much which we make in Finland. My wife made this:
Snow and Christmas wreath .
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Thank you. Your wife’s wreath is lovely too! My wreath is based on a similar willow base but I then add my greenery in a different way. Thank you for visiting 🙂
How beautiful Peggy! Nice to know about wreath hanging ritual 🙂 It reminds me of the mango-leaf door hanging ‘Toran’ we hang during festivals…
Thank you Sindhu 🙂 I would love to learn more about your mango leaf door hanging the next time you do it too 🙂
Sure! Will share it definitely 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Gorgeous! I made one for the first time this year – it looked amazing for about 3 days but looks pretty pathetic now! 🙂
Thank you 🙂 Oh dear! If you have the wreath outside it sometimes gets a bit blown and battered by the weather – I know sometimes I have to make running repairs to ours, though luckily not so far this year! Sometimes we find a robin or blackbird pops down and picks off the berries from the odd sprigs of berried holly I add!
May your life be colorful magnificent,shimmering and Joyful, As the magic of Christmas spreads on you Merry Christmas.
Thank you for your wonderful Christmas wishes 😀 I wish you and your family a very happy and magical Christmas too 🙂 Merry Christmas!