One of the best family activities during the holiday season is decorating the Christmas tree and home together. When I was child, I remember the fun it was to decorate our 3-story home in Brooklyn, New York. Christmas music was always being played on the stereo, while my parents, older brothers and sister were climbing up ladders, hanging a multitude of colorful Christmas lights from the roof and setting up a lighted nativity scene. Being the youngest, I was always assisting to hang the lights on hooks, decorate the Christmas tree and helping my mother give out hot chocolate with marshmallows to my family.
Our neighborhood association often awarded our family home “The Best Decorated Home” during the holidays season. A funny holiday movie is National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, because it showcases the fun (and mishaps) that can occur when wanting to have the best decorated home during the holidays. Being a parent and homeowner, we are continuing the tradition of decorating our home with our children. Having the kids picking out decorations is a festive experience and we find everything we need from Christmas trees to lights at Kmart (and Sears).
Kmart and Sears recently conducted a survey and found that:
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1 in 4 Americans will begin to deck the halls one month before the holiday.
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41 percent of Americans defined their signature design as “classic,” followed by “colorful” (37 percent) and “vintage” (12 percent).
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More than half (58 percent) of participants felt the most essential decoration for the holidays was the Christmas tree.
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Nearly 25 percent of Americans choose decorating as their favorite holiday activity, with listening to Christmas music and shopping as other favorites.
As a K-Club blogger, I received a gift card to purchase holiday decorations and we really enjoyed picking the décor and setting them up in and around our house (as shown in the pictures above).
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If you’re into the latest in tree technology, then the seven-and-a-half-foot Color Switch Plus 49 Function Fraser Fir at Sears is for you. Create an amazing lightshow in your living room with the touch of a button. The tree offers 49 different lighting and color combinations.
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If you’re anything like me, you get frustrated when string lights go out. The new DieHard LED holiday lights at Sears come with a 5 year warranty, stay cool to the touch and never flicker. If one light goes out, the others stay lit.
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Your house will be the jolliest on the block with a wide selection of lawn ornaments, inflatables and more.
To celebrate the uniqueness of this holiday tradition, Sears and Kmart are launching the Best Dressed Home Sweepstakes to capture how you and others across the US are decorating
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Between 11/17-12/26, visit http://bit.ly/
BestDressedHomeSweeps answer the poll questions and upload a photo of your home decked out for the holidays for a chance to win Shop Your Way points. -
60 people will instantly win $50 in Shop Your Way points—you can enter daily.
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1 grand prize winner will win 1 million Shop Your Way points.
For more information about #BestDressedHome, http://bit.ly/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kmart
Twitter: @Kmart @KmartDeals
Happy Decorating!
Disclosure: As a Kmart K-Club Blogger, this is a sponsored post. However, all opinions expressed here are clearly our own.
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Joscelyn, Owner of Mami of Multiples & Mami Innovative Media
Joscelyn Ramos Campbell has more than a decade of experience as an award-winning former federal government public relations executive under the Bush and Obama administrations.
The “super-connected power mom“ was recently named by Latina Magazine as one of “The 10 Best Latina Mommy Bloggers on the Web“; by CBS News as one of the “Top Bloggers in the Business“; by NBC Latino Work-Life Balance series as a “Top Latina Mom Blogger“; an Empowering Latina in the Marketing Field; by CNBC.com as a Top Latino Social Media Stars and Leading Hispanic Bloggers.
She is the owner of Mami Innovative Media and founder of Mami of Multiples, one of the nation’s leading Latina American parenting and lifestyle sites offering resources and helpful tips for families. She is a nationally syndicated Parenting Columnist and co-hosts a Talk Radio Show.
Joscelyn is a public speaker, military wife and mother to a teen son and identical twin boys. Connect with Joscelyn at @JoscelynRC & @InnovativeTalk.
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