There is perhaps no time like the holidays for bringing out the warmth and feeling of home, especially an old home. Many old-style treatments are geographically specific and often incorporate regionally indigenous flora.
Many traditions are also specific to certain ethnic or religious groups.
Take time during the holiday season to explore decorative treatments specific to your own region, ethnicity, and religion through local libraries, historical societies, and museums. In preparing for the holidays, keep in mind that care needs to be taken in placing your decorative treatments so they do not pose even the slightest risk of becoming a fire or health hazard. So take care in decorating for a safe and healthy holiday season. Many of what we today think of as old-fashioned holiday decorations have their origins in centuries past. During the Victorian era, 1837-1901, these decorations were brought together and began to resemble Christmas as we know it.