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December 03, 2011

How to Make Your House Smell Like Christmas

There have been quite a few tricks to try to make a house smell yummy and get one in the Christmas spirit.  There are great air freshener sprays, scented candles and aroma melts, and even plug in room fresheners that do a great job.
There is also a trick of simmering some drops of vanilla in a small amount of water on the stove top along with a few sticks of cinnamon.
What I have found to work best is simmering a pot of water with 'Christmas' potpourri.  This fills the house quickly with the wonderful smell of pine and cinnamon (mostly cinnamon with a pinch of ginger).  It is a quick way to fill your house before guests arrive with the Christmas spirit or just to have your house begin to feel a lot like Christmas.
I've had a small pot on my stove for the past 3 days and just turn it on whenever we want that smell in the house.  We also have a live Christmas tree up in the house that smells wonderfully pine'y' but the potpourri adds that extra cinnamon in the air. 
Merry Christmas!

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousDecember 9, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Great idea! Where can we get the Christmas potpouri?

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  2. Lydia L.December 10, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    We got our potpouri as a Christmas gift last year, but you can pick some up in the candle section in Walmart and Michaels arts and crafts/hobby lobby always carries it. Smells so good!:)

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