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BLUES-Y CHRISTMAS DOOR


2018
12.07

Tags: Christmas, Christmas decor, Christmas decorating, Christmas door, DIY wrapped door, door, gift wrap, Gift wrapped door, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary Tyler Moore Christmas episode, Michael's, ribbon, WORLD MARKET
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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?

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MARY. CHRISTMAS.


2017
12.18

Tags: Christmas, giant present, Mary Tyler Moore, Social Nesting Christmas Door, wrapped door
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Dear friends, we unveil the Social Nesting HQ Christmas door with a delight peppered with sadness…

Social Nesting Christmas door 2017

The whole idea of the wrapped door, in all its glory, came from a very special source of inspiration: The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

Somewhere in my childhood, I spotted Mary’s front door wrapped for Christmas…

Mary Tyler Moore's wrapped door

and thought “when I get old enough, I am going to do the same.”

So for many years, Social Nesting HQ has been decorated as such, and always in honour of Mary.

The sadness this year is that Mary is no longer with us. The gift she gave us will forever be cherished and in appreciation, this year, the oversized present that always brightens up our Christmas and makes visitors smile includes a special note…

Christmas door 2017 note

Thanks Mary.

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