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Christmas Home Tour

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Christmas home tour featuring cozy style with classic touches of blue and white with plaid ribbons and easy going style.

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You can get all the details on this holiday look in the latest edition of Saturdays on the Porch. It's a regular weekly segment that I started in 2021. I just completed week #32!

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You'll find a SHOP THE POST at the end for like and similar decor from our home!

I'd like to give a huge thank you to Marty from A Stroll Thru Life for organizing yet another festive Christmas tour of homes to inspire your holiday home.

christmas front door graphic

Welcome, if you are visiting from Up To Date Interiors. I actually discovered Kathy from this very tour several years ago. I love her classic style, and I am sure you will as well.

Christmas Home Tour

front door with garland

Welcome to Our Southern Home!

front porch decorated for Christmas

You'll find a SHOP THE POST at the end for like and similar decor from our home!

dog in a foyer

I am so excited to finally be saying Merry Christmas at the top of my lungs. Bentley is pretty excited as well!

This time of year is just magical.

Christmas foyer with tree

I love all things Christmas! I've discovered some great Christmas playlists on Spotify and with Amazon Music. I have our Alexa going all the time with tunes.

Dining room tree

I love all the lights, the scents, and the traditional colors. News flash…..red is not a favorite color, but I love it in December. I'll even wear some red lipstick! See more my artificial trees this year HERE.

Christmas dining room

I love getting a jump on holiday decorating to get all the Christmas feels for the month.

nativity scene with mirror above

You can see all the details on this thrift store nativity HERE.

white nativity scene

December is a big month of celebrations around here. Of course the most important is our celebration of the birth of Jesus.

We also have my birthday on Christmas Eve.

As the kids grew up, I never wanted to make a big deal of my birthday on Christmas Eve. I always wanted it to be about Christmas Eve.

christmas family room

I even stopped celebrating with my extended family the day of. It was just too much with seeing everyone again on Christmas Day.

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I started coordinating with mom to pick a day for a family dinner about a week out from Christmas. Spread out the holiday cheer a bit.

Christmas tree

A new Christmas Eve tradition was born from this.

My husband and kids would have no part in NOT celebrating my birthday. Honestly, I think they go to more effort since it is on the 24th.

Christmas Eve ends up being what memories are made of.

family room tree

We leisurely get up. They used to fix me a light breakfast, but I've been intermittent fasting for a couple of years now. I ignore all of that on Christmas Day though!

christmas ornaments on tree

We go out to a nice lunch……it's usually a chain of some sort or whatever is open that looks good.

We then go to a movie…my choice. Last year we did not go with Covid. Not sure about this year. If we do go, I'm always crossing my fingers that a new Christmas movie has hit theaters. There just aren't as many as there used to be. That's a shame.

family room decorated for Chrismtas

We come home and work together to prep our Christmas Morning Breakfast. We host a family breakfast each year. This favorite menu is the tradition. It is make-ahead so makes Christmas morning a breeze!

family room at christmas

We then put together a quick charcuterie board or frozen pizza for dinner that we eat while enjoying a fire and settling in for a Christmas movie! We've even done a similar Brunch Board for dinner.

It truly is the most perfect birthday!

Christmas family room

Before Covid, for 2 years in a row, my husband planned a little getaway. One year we went to Charlotte, NC just for the night with the kids and saw a Charlotte Hornets basketball game. It was so much fun!

pillows on couch

The year before that it was my 50th birthday and we went to the Biltmore House on Christmas Eve! It was absolutely perfect. It had been many years since we had visited at Christmas. Even Woods sucked it up for his mom and didn't complain one bit.

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It's always a fabulous Christmas Eve and birthday! They go above and beyond to make a holiday birthday special.

Christmas Day is like a whirlwind!

lamp and decor with tree

We get up way before the kids now (college) and get the coffee started. I set out the casseroles to get to room temp before baking them.

I snap some daylight photos of the family room and stockings before it becomes a sea of paper and debris!

christmas tree

My hubby starts a fire, making no point of being quiet….on purpose.

The kids come down and the fun begins while Christmas carols play in the background.

We each take turns seeing what Santa left in our stockings. I snap many photos.

We sit and enjoy the fire while the kids divvy up the gifts at each person's seat. We've kind of declared the spot we each sit in each Christmas to unwrap gifts.

Christmas kitchen

We then take turns unwrapping gifts while the rest of us watch. I love doing it this way. We get to appreciate the gift and give a proper thank you. It also drags out the event for this sentimental mom.

We usually have all of this done for the company to arrive around 10 am for breakfast.

We are usually done by 12:30.

christmas kitchen

While everyone is on their merry way playing with gifts or napping…I start prepping for Christmas dinner. I've been taking over the hosting duties from my mom for the last few years.

Thankfully, I like to prep in advance so it's not too bad. I usually get in a little Christmas movie time on the couch before 6 pm dinner.

breakfast room

Our celebrating isn't over with Christmas Day.

I'm not sure what we were thinking, but we thought we'd need more merriment in the month of December. Our wedding anniversary is December 27th! Ha, ha!

We do usually go out for dinner to celebrate but stay in on New Year's Eve. It will be 32 years soon.

All in all, it's the most amazing month! I cherish the memories! I'm holding them close to my heart this year in that it may be the last time that we are all living under the same roof for Christmas. New traditions may have to evolve as Ashlyn will be married this time next year, and Woods will probably be on his own by then.

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I'd love for you to share with me in the comments how you have navigated the holiday with your adult children.

Merry Christmas, dear friends! I cherish yet another year of having you here at Our Southern Home.

Up next, you have to visit my southern friend Rhoda and her blog Southern Hospitality! Her home is absolutely stunning.

Below you will find the entire tour lineup for the week. Be sure to bookmark my site. I'll be updating the links daily to make it easy for your to get some daily inspiration!

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18 Comments

  1. I always look forward to your tours Christy and enjoyed hearing about your traditions! Your home looks lovely and it sounds like you do lots of celebrating in it! Merry Christmas to you and your family – and Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary! 🙂

  2. Hi Christy, I love your home…it brings back memories of my childhood living in the Clemson area. As an ex-pat living in Australia now it is exciting to see that ‘Southern Hospitality’ has lost none of its charm. Look forward to seeing more of your creativity on your blog…God Bless and Merry Christmas

  3. Everything is so lovely…thanks for sharing!! Love it all. Our daughter-in-law has her birthday on Christmas Day which I initially thought was wonderful….but she once confided in me that she never felt she had a day that was “my own.” So I always make a point of separating the two events by wrapping her birthday gifts in non-Christmas paper, and delivering the gifts on the 25th and emphasizing “birthday”!!!!! She adores butterflies so I keep my eyes peeled for butterfly themed paper, bags, etc. She and my son were married on December 10th, so they sometimes celebrate her birthday then. Merry Christmas.

    1. Wow! Your daughter and I have a lot in common. So great of you to make that extra effort and remember her love of butterflies on her birthday.

  4. Hi Christy! You have a beautiful home decorated for the holidays! I have a thing for nativities and I just love the one you displayed. Happy to join the tour this year. Blessings, Lori

  5. Your home is lovely and I enjoyed hearing about your traditions. We used to love going to the movies as well. I love the Christmas movies! Hope y’all get to go again this year. Let me know what you plan to see. Glad we’re hopping together this week. pinned

  6. Your home is gorgeous with all the Christmas sparkle and traditional holiday decor! I’m with you on the red – it just feels right this time of year. Thanks for the lovely tour!
    Cheers!
    Shelley

  7. Another Christmas baby! My twin and I share a Christmas birthday with a grandma and our cousins is on the 27th so there are always a few cakes at Christmas. lol I’m glad your family makes it special for you. Your house is so beautiful. I really love the green plaid ribbon on one of the trees but all of them are stunning! Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas and Happy Anniversary.

  8. HI, Christy, your home is one of my faves, so pretty and classic and you sure know how to decorate it for Christmas. Just stunning! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

  9. Oh i love all your Christmas decor, your home is totally amazing. I loved hearing your family traditions too, sounds like the perfec time with family. Now that the children are grown and probably moving on, you will have new traditions to start and enjoy. Each year gets better. Thanks so much for joining the tours again this season.

  10. Oh my goodness, touring your home is a feast to the eyes! Absolutely beautiful! Love reading about your family’s Christmas traditions and your birthday celebration!

  11. Wow beautiful! Loved the tour as always. That armoire with the stunning dining room chandelier in front of it has my entire heart. Merry Christmas!

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