2025 Christmas Decor Trends: Cozy, Elevated, and Timeless
Christmas decorating in 2025 is less about red-and-green themes and more about warmth, softness, and designer-inspired simplicity. The look is cozy without clutter, elevated but livable, and timeless enough to reuse year after year. I’m seeing soft glow lighting, natural greenery, vintage brass, flowy velvet ribbons, warm neutrals with a mix of deep red and slow decorating. Effortless but collected to create that timeless look.
Below, you’ll find the top Christmas decor trends for 2025, plus curated budget-friendly finds from my favorites like Studio McGee Collections, Hearth & Hand , Target, Walmart, and Amazon you can shop right from here, no matter what your budget!
Trend 1: Soft Glow Lighting
In 2025, lighting is doing the decorating for us. Instead of piling on themed decor, focus on lighting layers that make the home feel warm, cozy, and magical this season!
Designer-approved lighting ideas for Christmas:
✔ Battery Operated Candles (like the ones seen here) - I’ve used them on my tablescape, coffee table and mantel this year.
✔ Warm white fairy lights woven into wispy garlands - These are my favorite and I used them on my mantel & stair garland.
✔ Tealights and votives on consoles and tablescapes
✔ Brass battery-operated picture lights over shelves and mantels
Trend 2: Layered Greenery for a Luxe Look
This year’s greenery trend is wispy, drapey, and natural-looking, not overly full or perfectly symmetrical. Instead of one thick garland, designers are layering two different textures (cedar + pine, magnolia + eucalyptus) and adding real stems for depth (and color, like these berry stems).
Designer-approved Christmas Garland ideas:
✔ Deluxe Artificial Cedar Garland - I used as my main 9 ft piece draped on my mantel
✔ Norfolk Pine Garland - I used two to wrap around the main piece, and another to create the swoop
✔ Amazon Cedar Pine Garland - I wrapped around the swoop for the fuller look
✔ My Texas House Cedar Green Garland - I used to drape my stairwell
Trend 3: Luxe, Flowing Velvet Ribbon (Not Tight Bows)
Ribbon is the statement styling item this year, used minimally but intentionally. Instead of tight bows, ribbons are now trailing and draped, giving a designer, classic, and effortless vibe. I like to use these draped bows on mantels, looping loosely throughout my tree, attached to brass bells, vases, or candle holders, and hanging from my stairwell garland.
🎀Trending ribbon colors for 2025: Burgundy • Linen White • Camel • Olive Green
Designer-approved Christmas Bows:
✔ Amazon Burgundy & Camel colored Velvet Bows - I used these on two different trees in my home this year
✔ Smaller Burgundy Velvet Bows from Amazon - I used these on my tablescape napkins and candle holders
Trend 4: Aged Brass Accents (Not Shiny Gold)
Shiny metallics are out, aged brass is in. Think vintage-looking bells, brass frames, tarnished candle holders, and brass hanging lights that look collected, not brand new.
Designer-approved Brass Christmas Decor:
✔8" Flameless Christmas Window Taper Candle Brass
✔Christmas Metal Gold Star Decor
✔5 Wick Large Scalloped Brass Footed Candle
✔Christmas Lit Metal House Decor
✔Brass Tabletop 'Letters to Santa' Mailbox
✔Small Brass Fireside Spruce Bell Candle
Trend 5: Warm, Neutral Christmas Color Palette with Deep Red
2025 Christmas colors are softer and warmer, think linen, camel, olive and burgundy. These tones pair beautifully with brass, greenery, and natural woods.
Trend 6: “Collected, Not Decorated” to create a timeless, effortless look
The biggest trend I’m seeing this year? Homes that feel collected, not decorated. Rather than full themes, homeowners are adding cozy layers that feel natural, meaningful, and lived-in.
Designer Styling Ideas:
✔ Mix wood with ceramic and brass
✔ Use seasonal accents (not decor-only items)
✔ Display framed holiday photos from years past
✔ Add cozy blankets, warm wood cutting boards, metallic candles & mixed greenery
2025 Christmas decorating is all about soft glow lighting, layered greenery, flowing ribbon, aged brass, and warm neutrals. It’s cozy, elevated, and timeless, without looking over-the-top.
