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Still can’t handle how much we love doing this…
After nine years, I am not sure I have much to say other than this is the one thing that continues to tickle my heart at Christmas. So come on in…
We went a bit graphic pop with paper from Poketo which we snagged last year from Sonic Boom (who always do the funnest selection at Christmas).
We hope the magic of Christmas is on the other side for you and yours, as always and with love.
The door to Christmas at Social Nesting HQ opens with a very special wrap job, and this year, some very special company stopped in to help…
Aside from the tree, the Christmas Door is the one bit of decor we border on giddy about. It just isn’t Christmas without the presence of an oversized present lurking in the corner of the room. So without further ado…
Out came the trusty tools, the wrap from World Market and some jute ribbon from Michaels, and the template we made to get the whole for the door knob and latch in just the right spot…
…and how special it felt to be able to have the episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show – the one that inspired this Christmas decor staple – on in the background as we did it.
So for those who missed the countless retellings of this story: it was the mid-70s, and a young boy was watching a rerun of a Christmas episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. The original airing, in December 1970, was while he was in-utero, but who’s to say it didn’t make its way to the womb then too. Just saying: one should never underestimate the power of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Anyway, back to the mid-70s… so, when he saw the most exciting decorating touch he had ever seen, Mary’s front door wrapped like a giant present, he vowed that one day, in a place of his own, he would do the very same thing.
And so it came to pass that we are on year eight of a wrapped door. And every year it is as thrilling to create, and to share with guests, as that very first sighting was.
Come on in, won’t you?
Having worked on “Christmas” in September at my day job, I have a strict rule when the holiday truly comes along. I ignore all retail and televisual manifestations (music, lights, decorations and cheesy ads) until the 1st of December… and then I let Christmas rip!
And every year, the first touch is wrapping the door.
This is the third time I have shown it off on Social Nesting (see the door from 2011 here and 2010 here), and this year, I decided to add a giant tag, just to drive the visual home even more.
So once again, take one plain door, one roll of cheap wallpaper (this one was £12.99 for 10 metres), a roll of double-sided tape and few metres of ribbon and step into Christmas in style…
My most vivid childhood Christmas memory… more than receiving a treasured toy or starring as Santa in the fifth grade Christmas play at school (fat kids of the world, it’s your destiny – embrace it) involved TV (as so many of my childhood memories do). Most specifically, an episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show that originally aired on December 19th, 1970 called “Christmas and the Hard-Luck Kid” – not exactly sure when I first saw it (I wasn’t alive when it first aired), but what stood out most was that plucky-gay-icon-trying-to-make-it-on-her-own Mary Richards had gift wrapped her front door like a giant present!
I swore from that moment that when I was old enough and had my own place, I would do the very same thing. I have been doing this for years now. So thanks to a patient husband, double-sided tape and a roll of wallpaper, may I present this year’s door…
