Christmas is approaching quickly. It's time to start thinking about how you want to decorate the places in your home that beg for the holiday treatment. A common place for themed decorations is the fireplace. There are many types of decorations you can place in, on or around your fireplace. Just keep in mind the type of fireplace you have when considering decorations. Nativity sets are an excellent option, as are Christmas lights if your fireplace runs on electricity or gas.
In this article: Chloe Fireplace Screen, Elves Behavin Badly Christmas Elf Plush Toy and LeeSky Christmas Banner.
Christmas fireplace decor types
Christmas fireplace decor can be split into three types.
- Functional decor: This type mainly consists of things you need to properly and safely use your fireplace. Decorative fireplace screens, for example, or fireplace sets if you have a wood-burning fireplace.
- Mantel decor: This type consists of decorations you place on top of your mantel. An Elf on the Shelf doll is common, as are themed picture frames or tchotchkes.
- Hanging decor: The main decoration of this type is the stockings that get stuffed by Santa, but things such as banners are also possible.
Best functional Christmas fireplace decorations
Chloe Fireplace Screen
This beautiful stained glass fireplace screen is ready to scatter red and green Christmas-colored light across your living room as your fire crackles. It's 44 inches by 28 inches.
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Jetec Fireplace Screen
This wooden snowmen screen is the perfect addition to a gas or electric fireplace. It only measures 12 inches by 12 inches, so you may need two to cover your entire fireplace.
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Victorian Ambiance Snowman Fireplace Screen
If this snowman fireplace screen is plugged in, then the snowman's arms begin to wave hello while 20 lights flicker and gleam. It's best for non-wood-burning fireplaces.
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Best mantel Christmas fireplace decorations
Blossom Bucket Nativity Set
This nativity set shows the standard Nativity scene players, but they're attached to letters that spell "believe" for an extra decorative touch. Each letter is 1.75 inches tall.
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Brain Cage Designs U.S. Mantel Decoration
This handmade decoration shows a side view of Santa and his sleigh flying over a snowy village. You can place tealights behind the display to add flickering light.
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Elves Behavin Badly Christmas Elf Plush Toy
This is one of many "Elf on the Shelf" type dolls for you to entertain your children with during the lead-up to Christmas Day. The head is made of durable vinyl, and the arms and legs can move easily.
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Glintoper Christmas Decorations
These battery-operated Christmas trees are perfect bookends for your mantel because they can help draw the eye inward toward your chosen centerpiece. Each requires three AAA batteries and measures 4 inches by 4 inches by 15.7 inches.
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Happy Plywood Christmas Mantel Decorations
This mantel decoration stretches from one end to the other and comes in five Christmas-themed designs, such as "waiting for Santa" and "Christmas town." Place some tealights behind it to make it shine.
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Kurt S. Adler Nativity Set
This nativity set is the perfect mantel centerpiece. It comes with 10 figurines and a stable to place them all on. The stable is 6 inches by 9 inches by 3 inches.
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Lulu Home Christmas Snowman Decorations
These snowmen are meant to be placed on the edge of your mantel so their legs can dangle over. Use them to frame your centerpiece or place them around your Elf on the Shelf as bodyguards.
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Best hanging Christmas fireplace decorations
Coolwufan Christmas Stockings
This stocking set includes one each with a snowman, reindeer, penguin and gnome on the front. They measure 19 inches tall with a 7-inch long foot. They all have an easy-hang tab.
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Gex Christmas Stockings
This set includes six stockings, three of which are white and the others red. They bear designs such as reindeer, Christmas trees and snowflakes. They're 20 inches tall when measured from hanging tab to toe.
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Joyin Christmas Stockings
These six stockings are all 18 inches tall and have generic winter designs, such as snowflakes, snowmen, candy canes and reindeer. The set is affordable too.
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LeeSky Christmas Banner
This "merry Christmas" banner is perfect for hanging above your mantel if you have a wood-burning fireplace or in front of the fire if you have an electric one.
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Libwys Christmas Stockings
This set of stockings includes two red ones and two white ones. They measure 18 inches long and come with gift tags, so there's no confusion as to which belongs to whom.
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Rainlemon Christmas Banner
This generic banner is perfect for households where some people celebrate holidays other than Christmas but still want to feel the Christmas spirit. The banner is 8.2 feet long.
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Willbond Christmas Banner
This banner set includes four strings that are each 47.1 inches long with tassels that are 3.1 inches tall. It's perfect for homes with more than one fireplace or for those that want their decor to stretch across more than just their fireplace.
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