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Going green the right way for Christmas decor
This article was published November 20, 2009 at 11:16 a.m.
The use of greenery in Christmas decorations is traditional, as Helaine R. Williams writes in Saturday’s HomeStyle section. A plush fir wreath on the door or a pine garland snaking down a stair rail, threaded with ornaments, berries and fancy ribbons, just says Christmas.
Unfortunately, it’s possible to overdo it. Or get it wrong. Or simply dread the very thought of putting up even one bough of holly. Then there are the questions: Real or artificial? Should it come from the yard, the Christmas-tree farm or the hobby store? How much decoration should be added?
None of this has to be brain surgery, says Arkansas native Jill Helmer, who opines that “Mother Nature gives us some pretty wonderful things to work with” when it comes to Christmas decorations.
Read tomorrow's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for full details.
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