Peppermint Swirl For Artificial Christmas Trees
Peppermint Swirl Artificial Christmas Trees: Spreading Holiday Cheer with Style!
Did you know that the peppermint candle has a rich history of being associated with Christmas? It is believed that candy canes were invented to symbolize many different things associated with Christmas. One theory is that these were first designed in a stick design with a hook in order to symbolize what the shepherds were carrying when they made the venture to see the baby Jesus. The other theory is that the red and white are meant to symbolize the Lord with the red symbolizing the blood he shed when he died on the cross, and the white showcasing the purity of faith. In addition, many people say the peppermint flavor even was created with Christmas in mind. After all, overeating at Christmas is common and peppermint has always been known as a natural way to stop the stomach pains associated with overeating and other issues. Therefore, it makes sense why peppermint is something that makes its rounds every year on artificial Christmas trees throughout the world.
With this being said, how can you put peppermint into your artificial Christmas trees? There are several ways that people are doing this. There are several people who make their entire tree look like peppermint. They evenly hang white and red ornaments throughout the tree to create thick lines. When first seeing the tree, the artificial Christmas trees will look like a giant peppermint! This is a super fun way of doing this!
Another way is to think about including all things peppermint into your tree and home.
For example:
1. Find the traditional bulb ornaments that are striped to look like candy canes to hang onto your artificial Christmas trees.
2. Use red and white garland twisted together to get the peppermint swirl look to the tree.
3. Find wrapping paper that looks like candy canes to wrap all your gifts in so that the peppermint theme is alive and well.
4. Go with peppermint desserts to keep the festivities going, and who knows, if you do serve a large dinner, many people may appreciate those peppermint desserts!
5. You can’t go wrong with hanging real candy canes on your tree…just be sure that you don’t eat all of these off the tree when the need for some sugar hits you.
6. Find red lights to string onto your tree with the regular white lights that may already be on your artificial Christmas trees. This is a super easy way to get red and white throughout the tree with very little work on your part.
7. Go with solid red and white ornaments to hang throughout the tree to create the candy cane look.
While candy canes have a super rich history when it comes to Christmas, they are also considered very traditional. While this may be a fun theme to use on your artificial Christmas trees, you will also find it easy to find the type of ornaments that you are looking for because it is considered such a mainstream type of theme to use.