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Christmas Decorations - What Trends Are Shaping 2024?
By Editorial Team
Updated on December 18, 2024
There’s magic in the air! Christmas is around the corner; if you haven’t already done so, now’s the time to get your decorations out of storage. In a few days’ time, you’ll be hosting family members and loved ones, in a perfectly lit home, giving and receiving, surprising and dazzling.
Want to be the talk of the town this year? Here are this year’s Christmas trends to create a truly one-of-a-kind holiday decor. No need to discard last year’s vintage-looking ornaments, there’s always an exciting way to give them a little revamp.
Keep reading if you want to learn about the following Christmas-centric topics:
Which Christmas decor colours are trending this year?
Should you go for a real or faux Christmas tree?
How can you decorate outside to create a fairytale-like holiday decor?
What Is the Official Colour of Christmas 2024?
In 2024, choices aren’t what’s lacking amongst the decoration trends, and there’s a little something for everyone. Below is the most sought-after colour, the one seen everywhere in trade publications and home decor stores:
Earthy, Forest Green Is Shaping Christmas 2024
Green, as emblematic a Christmas colour as it is, is still as featured as ever, especially in earthy, nature-inspired tones. Besides Christmas tree green, this year, we’re seeing a lot of pistachio green, sage, lichen green, and even some teal, all in more muted tones.
What Other Colours Are Trending for Christmas 2024?
Burgundy Red
Fated and captivating, red has always embodied the spirit of Christmas. Enriched with golden or silver hues, it’s festive to boot, that’s for sure. Traditionally styled, a red, white, and green pairing is timeless. For a more modern touch, go with a deeper red, one hinting at shades of burgundy.
Silver, Gold, and Bronze
Metallics are really in right now. Looking back on it, decoration experts advised against combining these very different shades into a single setting, but out with the old…in with the new! The holidays are all about shiny, dazzling features, whether they be cozy, sparkling, or modern.
Soft Pastels
To create an understated, yet colourful Christmas decor, soft pastels are worth considering. We’re seeing a lot of pink, blue, white, or beige faux Christmas trees, covered in different pastel-coloured ornaments and garlands. It’s cutesy, demure, and fun, making for a candyland-type decor.
Dark Brown
Are you a fan of darker colours? Dark brown is also super trendy and pairs so well with burgundy red, Christmas tree green, and metallic hues.
Pantone’s Colour of the Year 2024: How to Include It In Your Christmas Home Decor?
Peach Fuzz was named Colour of the Year by Pantone. Introducing the decor trendsetter for 2024, perfectly fitted to the holidays given that it pairs beautifully with the season’s trending shades. It can add a soft touch to an all-white decor or offset green or blue hues.
Discover the other trending colours of 2024, according to interior paint specialists.
Must-Have Winter 2024 Christmas Decorations
Brightly-Lit Outdoor Decorations
Whether inside or outside, decorations shine from a mile away. Most commonly, people opt for energy-efficient LED string lights to prolong the magic of Christmas while still saving money in the end. Warm white and multi-coloured lights are amongst the season’s favourites.
A Merry Christmas Wreath
This year, it’s all about natural-looking wreaths, made from Christmas tree branches, and adorned with berries, pine cones, ribbons, and some sparkling features.
Christmas Ribbons and Mesh Designs
Ribbons, ribbons, and more ribbons! They’re around doorways and window frames, wrapped around gifts and replacing Christmas tree ornaments. Christmas ribbons and mesh are either microscopic or as large as can be, white or colourful, made with all sorts of fabrics, such as velour, silk, or linen.
How to Decorate a Christmas Table: Tablescape Decoration Tips
This year, tablescapes are a huge part of Christmas decor! The table linens, napkins, runners, credenza, side table, chair cushions, nothing is done carelessly—everything is carefully planned to design a tablescape that’s as lavish as cozy. After all, the holidays are often about excess and there’s nothing wrong with going all out!
Where Best to Set Up Wooden Christmas Decorations?
Wooden Christmas decorations have one major upside, and that’s their timelessness and durability if stored properly. They can be hung on a tree, placed around a chimney mantel, along window sills, or around the staircase handrail. A vintage Nutcracker will forever have a fashioned feel.
What Holiday Ornaments to Favour in 2024?
Colourful Christmas Ornaments: Decorating Ideas
Above all other Christmas 2024 trends, Christmas tree ornaments are bright, colourful, and sparkly. Even if the rest of your decor is understated, hinging on minimalist, don’t hesitate to play around with the colours adorned in your tree.
For truly one-of-a-kind decor, dare be bold with disco ball ornaments of different sizes to replace traditional round ornaments. Some will even go as far as adorning the entire tree with mirror balls.
Vintage Never Goes Out of Style
Get your grandparents’ old decorations that have been gathering dust for the past decade in your attic out of storage. Oftentimes, the ornaments were meticulously handmade by relatives or were chosen with care, given that consumerism wasn’t at an all-time high and everything was made to last.
For example, hand-knitted Christmas stockings can be wall-mounted if you choose to repurpose them for something other than stuffers. If you can get your hands on an old Advent calendar or decorative wrought iron hooks, keep using them, year after year, creating a new tradition with your loved ones.
Classic Shapes and Natural Materials
Scandinavian decor trends have continued to stun, year after year, for the past two decades. Part of the reason is that people are, once again, seeking a certain simplicity and wanting to recreate a connection with nature, letting it carve its way into their homes. To do so, wooden ornaments and Advent calendars, as well as pine cones, are perfect.
Artisanal or Handmade Ornaments
We’ve all, at some point in time, attempted to design a Christmas ornament, whether it was a snowflake to be pasted onto a window or a popcorn and cranberry garland. Arts and crafts aren’t solely for children to enjoy, a lot of adults rediscover or choose to pursue their inner Martha Stewart by making their Christmas decorations.
If you’re not a crafty person by nature, you can get all-in-one kits with simple and detailed instructions, with a few customizable options. Afterwards, you’ll be proud to announce to whoever is within earshot that you designed your very own Christmas decor!
What Are the Christmas Tree Trends in 2024?
Real or Faux Christmas Tree?
This has been a hot topic over the last few years. Real trees are beyond stunning and smell great, but they require a lot of care and upkeep and only last one Christmas. As for faux trees, they tend to have a bad rap since they’re often made with non-recyclable plastic and have, for the longest time, had an unrealistic look to them.
Nowadays, some artificial Christmas trees are practically genuine replicas of real pine trees. However, the manufacturing process is extremely pollutant.
Both tree types have their upsides and drawbacks, and you have to weigh each factor to make the decision that best suits your needs. To give you a hand, below are two questions that will help guide you in the decision-making process:
Is the environmental factor an absolute priority?
Are you willing to commit to regularly watering and caring for a real tree?
If you’ve answered “yes” to both questions, a real tree is what you need. If not, start looking for a faux Christmas tree.
DIY Christmas Trees
No surprise here, but handmade Christmas trees are all the rage. A special thank-you goes out to all the creative minds out there providing us with modern and sleek wooden trees to put together, as well as origami trees and eco-friendly trees on stands… They're yours for the picking!
Christmas Decor Ideas: How to Decorate Your Home
This year, we’re seeing a lot of eclectic decors as well as rustic ones for Christmastime.
A Nostalgic Christmas: DIY Accessories and Decor
People appear to be seeking warmth, joy, and nostalgia when picking and choosing decorations.
Colour scheme: As mentioned above, we’re oscillating between earth tones, metallic surfaces, and bright colours.
Decorative features: Wooden Christmas villages, felt or metal ornaments, paper Christmas tree ornaments, multi-coloured string lights, and giant Advent calendars are especially sought-after.
Our DIY ideas: Snowflake-covered windows, gingerbread houses made out of old cereal boxes covered in Kraft paper, and ornaments featuring pictures of your ancestors.
How to Create a Magical Ambience with a Glittery-Inspired Theme
“I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. Just like the ones I used to know. Where the tree tops glisten. And children listen. To hear sleigh bells in the snow, oh, the snow.”
A snow-coated lawn is what comes to mind when thinking of Christmas in Canada! Even if it’s not a sure thing anymore, you can still create an all-white Christmas inside.
Colour scheme: Snow white, cream, blush, lace, beige, light grey.
Decorative features: A faux white tree, white or beige tree ornaments, white or blue string lights, and white or silver garlands.
Our DIY ideas: White ribbons made with leftover fabric, painting old tree ornaments with white paint (pick a paint that's suited to the material in question so it doesn’t chip), painting tree branches white and shaping them into a wreath.
Nature-Themed Christmas: Decorate with Tree Branches and Pine Garlands
This year, earth tones are all the rage and the rustic-inspired look is going nowhere! If you’re a nature or farmhouse-inspired look enthusiast, opt for decorations made with natural materials.
Colour scheme: Beige, Christmas tree green, burgundy.
Decorative features: Pine tree garlands (real or faux), wreaths, wooden branches, wooden and dried fruit ornaments, and linen Christmas tree skirts.
Our DIY ideas: Dehydrate orange slices and hook them onto a garland, gather tree branches (very dry) and shape them into a Christmas tree on the wall (featuring ornaments too), and use dark green paper garlands to replicate a tree.
Christmas on a Budget: Decorating Without Spending
Life isn't cheap right now and a lot of families have to tighten their purse strings during the holidays. However, that doesn’t mean decorations have to go out the door, as they can really liven things up. Bear in mind that there are so many ways to decorate on a budget.
First, DIY your decorations using stuff you already own (craft paper, empty food containers, leftover fabric, food that can serve as dye or can be dehydrated). If you’re not too creative, poke around your friends and family's leftover decor to see what works.
Otherwise, you can keep an eye on after-Christmas clearance sales to get your hands on stunning yet affordable decor to use next year. Major secondhand retailers typically have a selection of Christmas trees, Christmas lights, and other low-priced decorative items.
Where Can You Buy the Most Stunning Christmas Decorations?
Aesthetic indoor and outdoor Christmas decorations can be found just about anywhere. To design your dream Christmas tree, head to your favourite furniture and home decor stores. They typically have a nice variety of items from which to choose.
If you’re looking for Christmas lights, a faux tree, and a few quality decorative items, big-box hardware stores are generally the place to go.
Christmas markets and arts and crafts trade shows are good places to find unique decorations, often handmade by local artisans.
Lastly, thrift stores, vintage boutiques, and antique dealers have a wealth of decorative gems to design a retro-looking Christmas decor.
Outdoor Christmas Trends: How to Decorate Your Yard
What better way to keep up the holiday spirit than by decorating the outside of your house? Christmas lights, colourful garlands, festive shrubs, ribbons, inflatables—give in to your little heart’s desires!
8 Ways of Creating a Stunning Outdoor Christmas Decor
Illuminate trees and shrubs
Light up the front of your house
Add a slew of LED string lights all around your yard
Set up a few lighted outdoor figurines or reindeer
Add lights around the roof’s edge
Decorate the driveway with a few festive planters adorned with pine or birch tree branches
Hang a traditional Christmas wreath on your front door
Add a Christmas tree in the front yard (real or faux)
String Lights: A Must-Have Outdoor Decorative Feature
For a cozy ambience, string lights are key to any well-designed outdoor decor. Strung around trees, balcony ramps, a deck, or flower pots; around a pergola or under the porch, they light up every single inch of your yard to create a magical look to everyone’s delight.
Opt for quality LED string lights to make a durable and cost-effective choice. Solar lights are also trending right now, much like tube lights, stalactite-like string lights, and curtain lights.
Lastly, we love a good light projector, making for a grandiose effect in the blink of an eye. Simply stunning!
Opt for battery-powered mini string lights to light up a corner away from an outlet—the same ones featured in your tablescape’s centrepiece should work just fine.
How to Decorate Your Front Door for Christmas
Tradition usually calls for hanging a nice Christmas wreath on the outside of your front door. If you can, hang a garland around the door frame, and include festive characters (Santa Claus, Nutcrackers, snowmen) on either side of your door. If the door is glazed, temporary window clings or stickers can liven up your facade. Window clings are easy to apply and remove, and they’re often reusable.
To avoid poking holes in your door or drilling in your siding, get yourself some hooks or use strong adhesive strips, but make sure they can be removed easily when the time comes.
When Should You Start Decorating Your House for Xmas?
Rules aren’t set in stone. While some choose to start decorating right after Halloween (when the temperature is still mild), most people wait until mid-November to light them up.
Why hold back if you want to go ahead and decorate before? A brightly lit property is festive to boot, and that, year-round!
FAQ About Christmas Home Decor
Do inflatable Christmas decorations use a lot of power?
Inflatable Christmas decorations are rather energy-intensive, especially if lit all day and night. The best thing to do to avoid wasting energy and skyrocketing your electricity bill is to turn them off for a part of the day.
Can I hire an expert to help me with my interior Christmas decor?
You don’t have the time, the creativity, or the energy to set up your interior and exterior Christmas decor? Interior designers and decorators can offer their professional decoration and design services.
It's the perfect option if you’re ready and willing to dedicate a portion of your budget to such a project, especially if you’re hosting this year or if you have an idea in mind that you just can’t seem to bring to life!
How can I hang Christmas decorations on my windows?
You can use suction cup hooks that won’t damage glass panes. You can also use double-sided tape but note that it may be hard to remove the sticky residue from the window pane or window frame.
When should I take my Christmas decorations down?
You can do so when you please! Some of your neighbours might criticize you for it, but if you want to enjoy your decorations a bit longer and it’s a hazard to no one (precarious installation, fire hazardous string lights), there isn’t a specific date to go by.
However, it’s customary to remove Christmas decorations the first week of January. If you have a real tree, check the date on which you can discard it curbside once the festive season comes to an end.
Where best to store my Christmas decorations?
Have you accumulated a significantly sized interior and exterior Christmas decoration collection over the years? To keep them in mint condition, carefully consider where to store them.
Glass ornaments must be stored in suitable boxes or bins, with dividers separating every tree ornament. As for paper decorations, store them in a dry area. Lastly, faux Christmas trees should be stored in their original box and packed away carefully to avoid damaging the branches.
You can store everything in your basement or attic, as long as the area in question isn’t too cold or humid, and the storage bins are waterproof.
Where can I buy Christmas decorations online?
You can browse your trusted online retailers to buy aesthetic Christmas decorations, but be sure to look at customer reviews. From candle holders to festive coffee mugs for your kitchen, it's all taste-based, but bear in mind that items sold at a lower price point might not last many Christmases.
When is Christmas decor on sale?
Christmas decor typically goes on clearance right after Christmas, but you can snag great deals on Black Friday.
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