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hi it's lindsy Diane from Dian decor.com
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and this video we're going to talk all
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about simple Christmas decorating ideas
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so whether you are going out of town for
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Christmas whether you just don't have
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the emotional ban with to get all the
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stuff out of the garage and put
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everything up whether you have physical
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restrictions that are just not allowing
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you to get up on that ladder and string
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all those lights or whether you just
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don't have the money to put in to go all
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all out this is the video for you this
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is all about simple budget friendly easy
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stressfree Christmas decorating ideas
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let's get started Christmas is by far
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the biggest decorating season people go
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all out for Christmas they even go
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overboard most times even if you don't
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decorate for any other holiday you tend
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to decorate for Christmas but it can be
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emotionally drained if you have other
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stuff happening in your life the last
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thing you want to do is sort through a
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bunch of bins for ornaments and lights
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and things like that it's very
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physically tasking lots of things are
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big the trees are big the garlands are
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long the string lights you've got to get
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up on a ladder it's physically tasking
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and of course it's expensive even if you
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have all of your decorations you still
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have holiday dinners and you have
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presents and then you have New Year's
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and you have end of the year parties
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it's a very expensive time of year and
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sometimes you just need that paired down
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simple holiday decorating so let's jump
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into these five simple Christmas
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decorating ideas starting with number
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one number one is to put up a wreath and
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a doormat a Christmas wreath and a
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Christmas doormat are the perfect
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welcome home for the holiday season you
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get to see that every time you come home
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your guests get to see it and experience
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that holiday feeling when they approach
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your door it's the perfect way to start
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out with a simple decorating plan
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inexpensive now of course you can use a
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wreath that you already have if you
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don't have one you can DIY wreath really
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easily it's only going to cost you maybe
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five or6 dollars in supplies from the
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Dollar Tree you can get a wreath form
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you can get a pool noodle whatever you
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need you can wrap some G around around
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it put some ornaments on it and you're
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done door mats are also very inexpensive
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you can find them at Dollar General Aldi
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always has seasonal doormats of course
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Walmart Amazon Big Lots all of these
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places will have really inexpensive
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seasonal door mats number two is to put
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out your holiday pillows and your
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blankets so if you have some holiday
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themed blankets or pillow covers that
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you like to swap out on your sofa or
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maybe you have holiday bedding that you
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like to swap out on your bed I wouldn't
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skip this part it's not going to take
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you long to do and it's going to give
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you that cozy warm fuzzy holiday feeling
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you're going to have those nice whether
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it's a faux fur blanket or a sherper
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blanket or a fleece blanket whether you
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put it on your sofa or your armchair or
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drape it over the edge of your bed it's
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going to put you into that holiday
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festive mood and it's easy to unpack
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those wash them up and drape them over
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your sofa and get them set up as this is
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a part of the holiday decorating plan
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that I wouldn't Skip it's simple it's
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easy it's inexpensive if you don't have
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these items you can always get a holiday
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throw blanket from Target or Aldi or you
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know even the grocery stores will have
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little holiday seasonal blankets all
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tied up with a ribbon and they'll be
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marked down around this time they're
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going to be inexpensive this is an easy
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cheap way to decorate your home and give
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you that warm and cozy feeling number
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three is to put out a few decorative
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kitchen towels so the kitchen is a place
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where we spend a lot of time normally
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even more so during the holiday season
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and just draping over a few holiday
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themed kitchen towels or even pot
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holders is a really great way to get
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those festive designs into your home and
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really put you in the mood for Christmas
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now again this is something that's very
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inexpensive they sell them at Dollar
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$125 get yourself a couple of hand
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towels get yourself maybe a pot holder
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and that's all you really need drape
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them over you know your stove or your
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dishwasher or wherever you like to lay
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them out um so that they can be seen in
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your kitchen and it's going to help
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decorate the space and give you that
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warm and festive feeling next I would
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create just one h Hol cent piece so you
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can start with a tray or if you have one
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particular item that you really love to
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put out so maybe you have like a
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Christmas Village or you have these two
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little mini light up trees or you have a
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giant snow globe that you like or a
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little collection of snow globes just
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put out one thing that's going to create
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a centerpiece and put it in a hight
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traic area so that may be on your
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kitchen countertop or maybe it's your
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coffee table or maybe it is your dining
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table if you frequent that area during
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the holidays some place where you're
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going to see it and you're going to kind
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of walk by and smile and like the look
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of it something that lights up is all
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the better because it's going to get you
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into that sort of twinkly light season
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that we're in um but just one
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centerpiece you don't have to have
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something for your coffee table and your
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dining table and your kitchen counter
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and your bathroom counter you don't have
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to do all of that just pick one and put
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it in a hight trffic area area last but
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not least do a tree with just lights or
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if you really can't bring out the tree
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then get some mini countertop trees like
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they sell at Dollar Tree and put those
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in a hight traffic area so maybe you
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have one in your kitchen or by your
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entryway or you may have one in your
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bedroom you can put it on your dresser
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you can put it on a console table or a
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sofa table or a countertop
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just let yourself have that little
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Christmas spirit with the tree strink a
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few lights on it put a few ornaments on
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it and it will really help create a
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beautiful look it's going to be sweet
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and festive and it's easy to do again if
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you go with the big tree just put the
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lights on it you can put colored lights
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you can put flashing lights you can put
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just the plain white lights I like to
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put just plain white lights on my tree I
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don't have them flashing or blinking or
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anything like that but I do have two
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different sizes of Lights which makes it
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give it it gives it like a little bit
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more of a dynamic look so I have one
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that has a larger bulb string and I have
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those and then the standard you know
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light that we always see at Walmart or
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Target or wherever you buy your lights
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that like standard size we have those
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all over the tree and sometimes it's
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just a lights year this is something
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that I learned from my mom when they
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first became became empty nesters she
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would say okay I'm just I have a tree
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it's just the lights though like before
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before anyone could make any commentary
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she says it's just the light and it's
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just because you know they wanted an
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easy Christmas it's after years and
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years of decorating with the kids and
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putting up all the ornaments and the
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little pictures from all the years it's
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a lot and over the years you collect a
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lot of ornaments and I remember we had
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hundreds and so you know one year they
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said you know we just want an easy
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Christmas we like the tree we like
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looking at the lights but I don't need
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to break out 10 boxes of ornaments you
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know so it's it I learned that from her
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and sometimes we do it here I just do a
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pair dog Christmas and it's just the
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lights or if you want to hang a few
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featured ornaments that you like to have
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or you have kids right that really want
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to play with the ornaments just do a
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mini tree for them and let them decorate
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it the way that they want and this makes
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it a really simple and easy decorating
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idea for Christmas that's it for this
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