Usually I’m bursting with excitement to decorate for Christmas. I remember one year I made Jake decorate Halloween night because we didn’t get any trick or treaters. This year though? I’m not really feeling the Christmas spirit.
I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I want to deep clean the whole house before the Christmas clutter? Maybe it’s because last year my toddler kept taking the ornaments off the tree and throwing them? Whether the cluttered house or toddler tantrums, I just wasn’t in the mood to decorate this year.
Well, I finally mustered up the energy to decorate, and I’m glad I did. I compromised with myself. I didn’t decorate as much as I usually do, but I did just enough to have the Christmas spirit. Here is our 2025 Christmas Home Tour!
Outdoor
The beginning of our 2025 Christmas Decorating Journey started on an uncharacteristically warm November day. We woke up and the high was mid-60s. Jake got home from a morning workout and was bustling to hang the lights outside. I, being the Scrooge I was this year, came up with every excuse possible not to hang those lights. I literally decluttered our 2 spare bedrooms just to procrastinate.
Finally, around 3pm, we went outside to start on the lights. But wait? Did I immediately help hang them? Absolutely not. I found the time to clean up our back patio and put away all the cushions and toys in the garage…
After that unnecessary task, I finally started helping with the lights. About an hour later, Jake was running the extension cord for our outdoor wreath that connects to the first strand of lights…and realized we strung the lights backwards. The male end was where the female end should be…
After taking down every strand except 2, we lost all motivation and just stopped. We looked like the Beverly HIllbillies for exactly a week. The very next Saturday, Jake hung the rest of lights and our wreath above the garage. We opted out of wrapping our columns this year, but I’m loving the colors.
Indoor
After seeing Jake was hanging the lights during nap time, I decided to start on the indoor decorations, especially because he was getting in the attic for the outdoor wreath so might as well hang up and put out the decorations that lived up there.
The first thing I did was try something new! My mom decorated her kitchen cabinets with ribbon this year, and I absolutely loved it so she gave me her leftover ribbon and I did it to ours! I think it looks so cute, and Jake has told me 3 different times that they look really good. It was a great start to the decorating process.
After the cabinets, I had the motivation to hang our indoor wreath, set up our nutcracker and skinny tree, and our wooden nativity scene. By this time, the boys woke up, Jake was done outside, and we needed to get some fresh air so to the park we went!
The next day I finished everything else. I didn’t decorate nearly as much this year. I know it’s because I don’t feel like fighting the boys on playing with the decorations.
Here’s a photo dump of our indoor decorations, including our half decorated tree because my toddler was literally throwing ornaments as we were decorating and my baby was grabbing every ornament he could reach.
It’s nice and cozy in our house, so I’m glad I finally decorated. There’s nothing like curling up on the couch with the fireplace and Christmas lights on.
What’s your favorite part of the holiday season?
Mine is always the lights.
Collected & Cozy 
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