Decorate Your Home for the Holidays, Northwoods Style
With a bright white blanket of snow and dense clusters of emerald evergreens, the Northwoods region is all dressed up and ready for the holiday season! Have you begun to decorate your home for the holidays? Here are five places in our region that offer unique holiday decor and home accessories to make your home merry and bright all season long.
The Christmas Chalet – Minocqua
The Christmas Chalet has been a landmark retailer in Minocqua for more than 40 years. This shop is open from May to January and specializes in Christmas gifts and seasonal interior decor. You’re sure to find holiday decorations to suit your style there.
Exclusively Christmas – Wausau
With a beautiful collection of timeless glass ornaments, intricate crystal snowflakes, candles, holiday greenery, and elegant trimmings, Exclusively Christmas is the place to go for fine Christmas decorations. Exclusively Christmas has been providing the region with high-quality seasonal decor for more than 30 years.
Swanson’s Big Red Barn – Niagara
Spending the day at Swanson’s Big Red Barn is a wonderful holiday tradition for you and your family. The Grand Opening Event will be Saturday, November 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. After that special event, the Big Red Barn will be open for the season on Black Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and then Saturdays (9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and Sundays (10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.) until Christmas. The charming, heated barn has a gift shop and Santa’s Loft filled with holiday decor and gifts galore. There are also children’s activities and delicious treats in their new Sweet Shop.
Wink’s Woods – Crystal Falls, MI
With over 400 consignors, Wink’s Woods has thousands of interesting items for sale throughout the year. But the holiday season is an especially delightful time to explore Wink’s Woods, as they offer an enormous variety of holiday home accessories and decor. The holiday open house will be taking place this weekend, November 15 to 17. Santa will arrive on November 16 and will be in the shop from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Kids’ crafts and horse wagon rides will make this a fun shopping experience for the whole family.
Annie’s Woolens – Eagle River (Online Shop)
If you are looking for personalized Christmas stockings to hang on your mantle or fine tree skirts, visit Annie’s Woolens online shop. Each personalized wool stocking is hand-knit or hand-sewn with the finest materials and a great level of care to create a special decoration that will last for generations.