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Now that the little holiday cottage has welcomed her second set of guests, my thoughts are turning towards Christmas, and more specifically, decorating. With bookings over Christmas and new year, I want my guests to feel at home and enjoy the festive period, whilst being away from their own homes.<\/p>\n

Decorations are a great way to bring the festive period to life, and hopefully with a holly tree behind the house, it should be possible for me to use a lot of holly inside. Other things I’m quite keen on include decorating the stairs (as I do in my house, below) and finding room for a Christmas tree. I think rustic and natural are probably the two words that I’ll be thinking of, so nothing too garish or plastic – more green leaves and wooden! It’ll be the first time I’ve decorated a holiday cottage though, so if you have any suggestions, then please let me know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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