Christmas is a holiday shared all across the world. Families participate in embracing the festive holiday spirit by decorating their houses.
Sophomore Saura Aulakh said, “Christmas decorations brighten up the holiday and get everyone into the holiday spirit.”
Household decorations are not only for Christmas but are often used to show festivity for other holidays such as Halloween, 4th of July, St. Patrick’s Day, Valentine’s Day, birthdays, Thanksgiving.
Decorating for Christmas is something fun to do and bring together many families, and they are a way to honor Jesus’ birthday. Most families partake in this by playing well-known Christmas music by Mariah Carey and the Pentatonix.
Sophomore Owen Feury commented, “My family and I go out to get a Christmas tree. We do this to family bond and celebrate the holiday.”
People decorate their houses for the holiday by putting up and decorating trees, placing blowups in the yard, and hanging lights outside the house. We celebrate Christmas at JC by hanging decorations around the school. During the Christmas season, houses have their own unique decorations.
Sophomore Addison Sirbaugh said, “My family gets together every Christmas to hang Christmas lights and to decorate the tree.”
On Christmas Eve, people like to drive around with their families and close friends and observe other people’s decorations for the holiday. Christmas lights are a fun way to show your festivity for the holiday.
Some people go all-out with their lights and decorations and can set up a whole light show in their yard. They do this by hanging lights, making different holiday figures, placing trees and blowups in their yards, and timing their lights to Christmas music.
People enjoy the view with hot chocolate in hand and the comfort of loved ones around them. Another reason Christmas decorations are a great way to celebrate the holiday is for younger children.
To keep children’s spirit alive and get them excited for the holiday, people decorate their houses and even hide an Elf on the Shelf around their house every day.