Reuse last year’s Advent and Christmas decorations or make new ones?

Dear community,
will you reuse your Advent decorations and Christmas decorations from 2024, or are you making everything new?
You’re welcome to upload your own photos of your creations from last year here if you’d like. Have fun crafting. 

I’m just like Veronika.

I add a little something to my decorations every year. Because you always find something new that you like, and then you add it to what you already have. 

If you made everything new every year, you’d eventually have to expand to make room for it all. I use my decorations as usual, and I rarely add anything new—it would have to be something from the old set that’s worn out before I’d buy a replacement.

Best wishes, Inge

I hardly ever buy new decorations. Something would have to break first.
I’ve been using mine for years.
Some of them even belonged to my grandma and my mom—so they’re about 40 or 50 years old.
Some things are just indestructible. 😍

I’ll chime in here too. I’ve been using the same Christmas decorations for years now. The last few years, I haven’t bought anything new and have barely decorated at all because the effort just felt sooo overwhelming for me to handle alone. It turns out I’ve probably been suffering from sleep apnea for years—that explains so many other things, too. Right now, I’m waiting for a spot at a sleep lab, which will probably take weeks.
My highlight this year is participating in the local Christmas market with my knitted items. I’m in the middle of a knitting frenzy—there’s no room in my schedule to buy Christmas decorations.

Christmas decorations should be a tradition!
You should cherish them like a treasure, because every piece brings back fond memories of loved ones and the Christmas season. Even today, my Christmas tree is still adorned with many homemade ornaments that our children made. Each one is special and filled with love.

My grandchildren have long known which special Christmas ornaments their dad made when he was little. And today, they give me their own creations. It really warms my heart. No new decoration can do that.

Sometimes—though very rarely—a new piece is added. But only if I really, really like it. But it can never be as precious as the things I already have.

I don’t believe in chasing after the “latest Christmas tree trends” that are proclaimed every year by whoever happens to be in the mood. That just piles up boxes of new stuff and rings up the retailers’ cash registers. Not for me!

Warm regards—Ina

I have to agree with Ina: the traditional items are priceless! I, too, have many homemade decorations—made by me, by the kids, and now by the grandkids. And every piece has its own story. When my children were born, I made a nativity scene with figures I sculpted myself.  That was 48 years ago. In the years that followed, I’d add one piece or another every now and then.
In recent years, I’ve added quite a few crocheted Christmas decorations, so now I can decorate every room lavishly.
But I definitely keep using the old items over and over again, even if one or two of them might be a little worn out.