Use what you have in decorating for the holidays. In your emergency stores, you might have candles and/or oil lamps. Pull them out for the holidays! You might have brass or glass candleholders, or old wooden spools which can act as candleholders. Craft stores usually have some wonderful ideas of how...

Watch the thrifts starting now for items for the holidays. I already saw a red/white tablecloth with holly theme. (Leaves is a year-round theme in my home so holly fits right in; red/white is my kitchen theme.) Every year I find lots of little ornament kits for stitching as well as small round embroidery...

The holidays can take a cue from Mother Nature. Now might be the time to be picking up pine cones to later put in pine cone wreaths or in bowls around the house. You can boil them in hot water or put in a low oven for about 10 minutes to get rid of any bugs. Picture frames can be wrapped like presents...