How to Add Greenery to your Holiday Centerpieces

Adorning your table with a lush green centerpiece is a wonderful way to bring some holiday spirit right to the hub of your home sweet home. The right focal point can delight the family and add, not distract, from your special time together. Here are some ideas and inspiration for your own beautiful holiday centerpieces.

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How to Care for a Real Christmas Tree

Alsip Real Christmas Tree Care decorated tree up against window

The Christmas tree industry plants millions of trees every year, helping to combat climate change and produce fresh oxygen. Learn how to care for a real Christmas tree, so you can celebrate the holidays all while reducing your carbon footprint!

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Guide to Holiday Gift Plants

Holiday Gift Plants

At the heart of it, the holidays are about gathering together, and if we’re doing it right, our front doors should be getting a lot of mileage around this time of year. Since many of our season’s greetings happen at our doorways, we want our front porch to make a welcoming impression. We can do that by creating “porch-pot” arrangements with winter greenery.

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Real vs Lifelike Christmas Trees

Christmas Tree

As much as we love the holiday season, it’s a time filled with competing priorities. We want to have a home filled with jolly decor and inviting aromas, but we’re also busy balancing our time between the trays of Christmas baking and to-do lists that are as jammed as an Imperial cookie! So when it comes to Christmas trees, we’re left with a choice: would we rather save some extra time by cutting out the tree maintenance, or are we dedicated to the tradition of a live tree?

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Creating Evergreen "Porch-Pot" Arrangements

At the heart of it, the holidays are about gathering together, and if we’re doing it right, our front doors should be getting a lot of mileage around this time of year. Since many of our season’s greetings happen at our doorways, we want our front porch to make a welcoming impression. We can do that by creating “porch-pot” arrangements with winter greenery.

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