| There are many advantages that you have when | | | | include organizing a Christmas town such as |
| owning a fireplace with the beauty and warmth | | | | Thomas Kinkade's Christmas scenery, sitting atop |
| that it gives along with a wonderful decor focal | | | | a cotton skirt with Christmas lights enter-twined |
| point that it brings to the room it is located in. But | | | | to light up the houses of the town. |
| you can also add to the rooms decor by taking | | | | Some people also put small Christmas trains that |
| advantage of the decorative fireplace mantel and | | | | run from one end of the decorative fireplace |
| mantel shelf from many brands such as Linden | | | | mantel shelf to the other end in a very thin oval |
| Street, Chris Madden, Studio, and Dale Tiffany | | | | circle with a similar Christmas town scenery in the |
| that surrounds your fireplace. | | | | middle. There are so many possibilities for |
| There are many ways that you can add | | | | decorating the fireplace mantel for the holidays. |
| accessories to this area in order to make your | | | | These decorations will put a twinkle in the eyes of |
| fireplace stand out and get noticed. The most | | | | your children who are not only engulfed in the |
| popular use of the decorative fireplace mantel and | | | | wonderment of the flickering fire below in the |
| mantel shelf are around the holidays when | | | | fireplace, but will excite them even more with the |
| everyone is hustling and bustling around to | | | | idea of their visitor bringing them their special gifts. |
| decorate their homes and bring the beauty of the | | | | The decorative fireplace mantel can give a warm |
| season out in their decor. | | | | feeling of memories even during normal times of |
| There are many decorations that are on the | | | | the year by placing family pictures in very special |
| market today that are specifically made for the | | | | frames on the shelf surrounded by flowing ivy to |
| mantel piece such as pine garland that is used for | | | | accent the framework of the mantel itself. |
| Christmas. It hangs from one end of the mantel | | | | Mantels can start at $200.00 and can be as much |
| shelf to the other end in any type of swag form | | | | as $1500.00 or even more but the style and |
| that the owner wants. | | | | decor that they give the house rather it be during |
| The mantel shelf is usually 7" to 8" wide which | | | | the holidays or not, are well worth the price that |
| gives plenty of room for the decorations. Other | | | | you pay. |
| popular decorations for the Christmas holiday | | | | |