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Here are some ways to complete your
Christmas decorating by filling your home with a wonderful Christmas scent.
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Cut a 6" square out of cotton Christmas print fabric.
Place a vanilla bean, 2 whole nutmeg, 10 whole cloves and 4 cinnamon
sticks in the center of the fabric. Gather the fabric up to enclose
the spices and tie with one end of a 2' long gold ribbon. Tie the
other end of the ribbon to a doorknob. Whenever the door is opened
or closed, scent will be released into the room. |
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Stud oranges, or pomegranates with whole cloves.
Display them in a pretty glass bowl. |
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Fill a small decorative bowl with spices: whole
cloves, whole nutmeg, vanilla bean, cinnamon sticks and strips of
orange peel. Tie a ribbon around the bowl or place a bow inside the
bowl and place it on a shelf or coffee table. |
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Cover the outside of a large coffee tin or other
large tin with wrapping paper. Tie a ribbon around it. Fill it with
spruce or pine boughs. Place the tin on the floor. Remember to water
the branches regularly to keep fresh. You can even decorate the boughs
with Christmas ornaments, lights, ribbon, popcorn strings, etc. |
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Place a collection of assorted scented candles
on a serving platter. Choose candles of different heights and diameters.
They can all be the same color or you can vary the color. Once the
candles are arranged, tie a ribbon around them. If you light the candles,
be careful not to catch the ribbon on fire. |
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Throw a handful of spices directly into the fire.
Use whole nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and vanilla bean.
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Simmer spices in a pot of water on the stove. Use
whole nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and vanilla bean. |
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Hang very spicy Christmas cookies on your tree.
Or, create a spicy cookie garland to hang over a doorway, on a mantle
or anywhere else it fits. To create a garland, roll your cookie dough,
cut out shapes. Place shapes on baking tray and using a toothpick,
poke two large holes at the top of the cookie (the holes should be
side-by-side). When the cookies are cooled, string ribbon from the
back of the cookie through one hole and then push it through the other
hole, proceed to string all the cookies on the ribbon, then hang your
garland. Cookies don't even need to be iced to be decorative. |
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