Two colors that are rich and go well together are burgundy and gold and it is a color combination that works with almost any interior color scheme. If you're of the opinion that Christmas is for kids, then you should let them take an active part in decorating. Mary and I set up a child-sized tree just for the nieces and nephews and let them decorate it any way they want. We pop corn and buy gooey gumdrops and let the kids string yards and yards of edible garlands. When Mary does her Christmas cooking, she makes sure some of the kids are visiting and they help her decorate cookies and then hang them from their own tree.
Kids love painting with the bright, stained-glass colors.
And no matter how they turn out, in the kid's eyes they're masterpieces. Homemade crafts always add a warm, personal touch to the holiday. For example, cutting snowflakes from white paper may have been your first project as a child. Called Scherenshnitle, the folk art of paper cutting is centuries old and is still used in many countries for holiday decorating. When the holidays are over, plan on keeping at least one of your decorations prominently in place.