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HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
BY BONNIE RUSHING | PHOTOS BY MISTY LEIGH MCELROY
We are pleased to welcome you "Home for the Holidays" in our second annual holiday feature section in Point of Vue! Each home is majestically decorated for the holidays, reflecting the traditions and personalities of our host families. Gather 'round with your own family and enjoy! December 2020 12 povhouma.com
Home of Mark & Kayce Danos • Home built circa: 1990s
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Kayce’s Holiday Style:
Our decorating style is more traditional. We have two trees, one in our formal living room and one in our family living room. In our formal living room, the tree is formal and matches the décor of that room. The decorations have more golds, creams, and a touch of pink. These colors extend into our foyer and staircase. The tree in our family room is our family tree that we decorate as a family. Our kids really get into it! The colors are traditional Christmas colors: red and green. It has handmade ornaments, family memories, pictures of our kids, etc. We get a new family ornament every year and a new ornament for each of our children so it’s fun to look back at past ornaments, along with the new ornaments and see how we have grown. One of my favorite souvenirs when we travel is an ornament. It makes for great conversation with our kids as we decorate and reminisce over some of our favorite vacations. Lastly, we incorporate ornaments from Mark’s and my childhood, which is fun for our kids to see. This tree is my personal favorite. It tells the story of our lives.
I also love the display of our nativity. It keeps the focus on what Christmas is all about. The kids have their nativity, too, that they like to keep out and play with.
I love how decorating for Christmas brings our family together. It is traditions like these that I hope brings our children home year after year when they are grown and have moved out of our house.
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Rachel’s Holiday Style:
Our holiday style is simplistic. We went with silvers, golds, whites and even some slight pink touches here and there. Our kids, Laura, Scarlet and Janie, love to bake cookies and bread with me, so we do a lot of that during the holidays. Our tree is very simple but fun. This year we let the girls so crazy throwing tinsel on the tree! We love letting them decorate with us. We listen to Christmas records, bake cookies, drink hot chocolate and decorate in our pajamas.
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Amy’s Holiday Style:
My style for Christmas is ever-changing, like creating a new painting or decorating any new space. My colors are different most years based on what I’m feeling or liking. We have had everything from a Charlie Brown tree cut out of the woods by Shannon, to dressy red ribbons and glass ornaments. I don’t necessarily buy a lot of new things each year. It’s easy to change things up with a few switches.
It’s our family’s tradition to pick out a real tree together. I love the smell of a real tree. I’ve collected ornaments from our travels and bought special ornaments each year to represent the kid’s interest or as a gift for them. So it’s another tradition for us to pull those out together and decorate the tree. Those things stay the same; things that change are the garland, ribbons and toppers. I saw the beige and blush pom poms, and that was all I needed for some color inspiration. I’m a believer in buying what you love, and it all works together!
I love the warmth Christmas trees and greenery bring into the home. The lights of the tree each night seem to always draw our family to sit together in that space more. These are sweet days to take time to do something special to point to the Reason we celebrate Christmas.
Danielle's Holiday Style:
I love the traditional colors of red and green. This year we purchased a flocked, artificial tree so it would compliment the colors of the ornaments. I love snowmen and have a considerable collection of older treasures, as well as newer ornaments, which is shown throughout the home. Some new items were added this year for an update. I like shopping locally to help the community. Special ornaments made by our daughters, Darian and Bri, find a place on the tree. Of course, we have the four stockings hung by the chimney with care along with a plate of cookies and a mug of milk for Santa. A friend, Kelly Weaver, did the decorating this year.
We also decorate the outside of our home with many items. Our family tradition has always been to have Christmas dinner on Christmas Eve with my parents and then exchange gifts. My dad passed away six years ago, but the tradition lives on with my mom. We all cherish these memories and the new ones to come. POV
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