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Stuck on how to decorate with Halloween decorations?? We’ve got you covered!INDOOR Decorating Ideas:Entryway, Shelving, Table Set Ups:Use figures to spice up your entryway table! You can even roll out a strip of burlap down the length of your dining table and bunch together a few pumpkins! Use them as risers such as cake stands, books, or crates for larger areas to break up your figures!Books are a great way to add customizable height or color to your mantle, a shelf, or any table! Stack …

Top 9 2019 Christmas Decorating TrendsWanna know what's hot for this Holiday season?? Check out our 9 Trends we know are going to be show stoppers for Christmas Decorating this year!Christmas Tree Decorating Trend #1: GingerbreadGingerbread houses are a fun family tradition to have, so it only makes sense for Gingerbread decorations to be totally trendy! Each one is unique from the next- in the way it’s decorated, its size, and shape! Whether you’re a pro baker or a cookie novice in the kitc …

Christmas Tree Ideas for 2019We have been working hard to curate the most trendy and beautiful Christmas Tree ideas with the most unique touches to inspire you and for you to be able to decorate like a designer! We have  put together 10 Christmas tree ideas for 2019. These ideas hit every corner of decorating- from traditional, to vintage, fun and playful, to elegant and natural, and everything in between! Every Christmas tree idea has a specific color palette and we're sure you'll find som …

As soon as the 2017 Christmas season was over, we went right to work with a mission of getting the most beautiful, trendy, unique tree themes we could find for 2018 Christmas! & what we have come up with is sure to blow you away! We have a total of 10 trees ranging from traditional, to vintage, to modern, to elegant, to fun! Each one has a specific color palette to match any personality!Arctic Woodland Step into the magic of an outdoor winter wonderland with this Arctic Woodland Chri …

Are you ready to get your scare on?! Perhaps you’re not the scary type, either way we’ve got all your Halloween needs! If you love decorating the outside of your home, we have a few metal silhouettes that are perfect to put in your yard! We have a spooky witch standing over her bubbling cauldron, or a pair of limping zombies coming your way! Picture them underneath the cover a large tree with fog slowly rolliin……it’s giving me chills just thinking about it! If you decorate outside but …

Tired of displaying your Department 56 village pieces on a table or mantel? Well check out a few of our display ideas we used in our store, The Jolly Christmas Shop.National Lampoons Christmas Vacation Village DisplayTo start we found an old wooden ladder at a garage sale. This ladder actually only cost us £9.83! Next we went to the hardware store and purchased shelf boards around 3/4" thick. Before we purchased these boards, we measured the width of the rungs of the ladder and made sure we purcha …

We've put in countless hours trying to come up with the best tree themes for 2017, and ya know, I think we've done it! These trees have everything from traditional to fun and whimsical to elegant and unique! Take a look and read up on how we came up with these themes below, and when you think you've decided on the one for you, click the link to shop for everything pictured on the tree! Merry Christmas! Christmas ChicThis tree is our Christmas Chic tree! It features lots of gold and rose gol …

We've worked hard all year long to put these beautiful Christmas tree themes together. We have the perfect tree for anyone.....from traditional to fun to elegant themes we're sure you'll find a tree you love! When you find a theme you like, click the link to shop for everything pictured on the tree. Frozen Christmas Tree Theme Our Frozen tree has a color pallet of silver, blue, and white with very small hints of gold. Along with a pattern of metallic blue, silver, and gold scroll fab …

Department 56 has so many wonderful additions for 2015! Let’s take a peek at their offerings for Christmas Villages and accessories. It’s never too early to start thinking about Christmas, especially here at The Jolly Christmas Shop!To see all of the new for 2015 Department 56 items click HERENew for 2015New to Dickens VillageFour Calling Birds Shoppe: A lovely and festive piece complete with a bird cage cupola. This shop is a wonderful rendition of a true Victorian bird seller’s shop …

How was the Christopher Radko ornament company started?On a quest to replace precious family glass ornaments that were all shattered when the family tree fell, Christopher Radko searched for replacements that would meet his requirements and finding none, went into business for himself designing and crafting European mouth-blown glass ornaments in 1985. What makes Radko ornaments special?Radko ornaments are crafted in Poland, Italy and Germany by teams of craftsmen and artists using Ren …