Christmas is a special and magic holiday, which makes everyone believe in miracles. The special atmosphere of Christmas time, when you see families hurrying up to buy the Christmas tree, decorating the house and yard and just having fun, provokes childhood memories and provides with cheerful mood.
The Christmas décor of your house must certainly be festive, sparkling and bright in order to create the necessary atmosphere. Decorate the house with lights, figures of Santa and snowmen, garlands, tinsels, candles and, of course, don’t forget about the most important – the Christmas tree.
In addition, one more way to create the cheerful and festive atmosphere is to decorate the house with Christmas posters. The main pluses of using them is that they are easy to buy and use; the selection is extremely wide and the designs can be chosen for any type of décor and any theme; and, of course, the posters are bright and make the boring walls look nice and cozy.
So, let’s see how to use posters for the Christmas décor and what images can be used for that purpose.
The advantage of poster decoration is that it can be used in any place of your house from living room to kid’s room. However, the images may differ for each location. While the kid’s room will probably be decorated with cartoon images of Santa, reindeer and snowmen, the living room design may have the bright party prints and movie posters.
Moreover, the posters are cool decorations for offices, cafes, restaurants, hotels and many other places. Their main plus is the convenience of use. You just need to attach them to the wall and that’s it.
There are many variants of how to place posters on the walls. If you have one large poster, it’s most likely that you just place it in the place, where there is much room. However, if you use smaller poster formats, there are much more ways for creativity. On the net, you can find different variants of original posters placement.
Besides, the posters can be hung not only on walls. They can be attached to windows, for example to change the window view, doors, furniture and, even, used as banner stands.
The use of posters for Christmas décor is also inexpensive and advantageous. A Christmas poster can be used for several years without losing its brightness and thus, you may save money on the décor. In addition, if you get tired of it, you may give it to your friends or neighbors, who, in their turn, may share their Christmas decorations.
The Traditional Christmas Prints
The posters, which are most frequently used for Christmas décor, feature the things, which are traditional for Christmas. They are the pictures of Santa, Christmas tree and its décor elements, snowmen, reindeer and gifts.
Christmas Tree Posters
A Christmas Tree Poster
A Christmas tree poster can be used as a real tree substitute in the places, where it’s impossible to place it. For example, it can be applied for office décor. Not every employer allows bringing a real tree to the office. However, it’s hardly possible that he or she will be against a simple poster, which will provide the employees with the Christmas mood. However, such a print may also decorate the room, where a Christmas tree stands.
Santa Images
A Santa Poster
How can we imagine Christmas without Santa? No way! Santa is the symbol of Christmas and so, we can’t go without him. The Santa posters are used everywhere on the Christmas Eve from our homes to streets and shopping malls. There can be photos of Santa as well as cartoon images. The both variants are rather widespread.
Snowmen Prints
A Snowman Poster
The cute snowmen are adored by both children and adults. However, the photos of real snowmen aren’t very popular. The images of toy snowmen are more actual at the moment. Such pictures feature various kinds of snowmen, dressed in different clothes. Moreover, the beautiful backgrounds also play an important role here.
Reindeer Posters
A Reindeer Poster
Reindeer are great Santa’s helpers, which pull his sleigh at Christmas so that he manages to visit all the children on the planet. These animals are the symbol of kindness and intelligence and that’s why their photos look very touching. But, at the same time, there are many funny cartoon images of reindeer, which raise the mood and bring positive emotions.
Gifts Images
A Christmas Gifts Poster
And, of course, it’s impossible to celebrate Christmas without gifts. The posters, featuring gifts, wrapped in bright and sparkling gift paper, are very colorful and all-sufficient. The gifts images can be used everywhere as Santa and Christmas tree pictures.
The Cool Christmas Poster Ideas
Besides the traditional Christmas prints, there are many other variants of what to print on posters for Christmas décor. We’d like to share some cool ideas with you.
Merry Christmas Posters
A Merry Christmas in Many Languages Poster
A Merry Christmas poster is also traditional for this time. However, now there are many original designs of them. They can be designed in many styles and variations. A Merry Christmas in different languages poster is one of the examples of how an ordinary print may be turned into something unique.
The poster may contain some other wishes as well. Such designs can be available at online poster stores. Or, you may take a Christmas poster template and create the poster yourself by adding the necessary words and images.
Christmas Movie Posters
Many of us prefer to watch movies about Christmas during the holidays. And what about placing a Christmas movie poster in your home? If you are fan of a certain movie, it’s a very good idea. Such a print can serve as decoration not only on Christmas but also after that.
For example, you can hang a Home Alone, A Christmas Story, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Christmas Vacation movie poster or the one to any other movie you love. If you know the basics of graphic design, you may also take a poster design of your favorite movie not related to Christmas, add some festive décor to it and order a custom print.
Vintage Christmas Posters
A Vintage Christmas Poster
If you decorate the house in retro style, a vintage Christmas poster will come in handy. It will help you to complete the design and add a special zest to it. Moreover, vintage prints also look nice in modern and traditional surroundings.
The images can be modern but specially aged, the designs may be inspired by real retro posters, which were in use many years ago, or the pictures can be printed in black and white or sepia technique.
Christmas Window Posters
A Window View Poster
The posters, featuring a nice winter window view look extremely cool. Thus, if the weather isn’t ideal or you live in the regions, where there are no snowy winters at all, you are free to create your own unique window view.
The window posters may look very realistic depending on the image you choose. It can be a winter forest or the dynamic New York cityscape in the snowy weather. There are also Christmas door posters, which create the illusions of doors on blank walls.
Funny Christmas Posters
A Funny Reindeer Poster
Christmas is the time not only for celebration but also for having some fun. Funny posters are a great way to decorate the walls and, at the same time, raise the mood. They can be used everywhere if the humor isn’t offensive.
Such prints may feature humorous images of reindeer, Santa or other symbols of the holiday, the jokes about the holiday etc. It can be even your own funny Christmas vacation poster, made of the photos, taken during previous Christmas celebrations.
Christmas Demotivational Posters
A Christmas Demotivational Poster
The demotivational posters, dedicated to the Christmas theme, are rarely used. However, if the situation allows, they may also decorate the walls. Such prints are most common for teenagers’ rooms and dorms.
Christmas Party Posters
An Ugly Sweater Party Poster
A Christmas party poster is a must have if you organize a party. If you are an owner of a club, cafe or restaurant and are going to have a party, you should print a nice poster, informing about the upcoming event, and place it near the entrance to your club or inside.
The party posters can be also used for home parties. You can decorate the walls of the house by the prints, dedicated to the party theme. For example, if you have an Ugly Sweater Party, a poster with the party title and the image of a funny sweater will be appropriate.
Keep Calm Christmas Prints
A Keep Calm Christmas Poster
Keep calm posters has gained much popularity recently. Besides the classic phrase “Keep Calm and Carry on”, there are much more variants for such prints, including the ones, dedicated to Christmas.
“Keep Calm and Merry Christmas” posters will look cool in home décor as well as offices or public places. If you seek for a more original phrase, have a look at “Keep Calm and Eat a Candy Cane” print.
Christmas Pets Posters
A Dog Christmas Poster
If you like animals, you will definitely love the Christmas prints of cats, dogs, rabbits and other pets. The photos of pets, wearing festive clothes like Santa’s hat or reindeer’s horns are very cute. If you have a pet, make a Christmas photo of it and print it.
We hope that you have got inspired by our article and see that posters is a great method to decorate not only your home, but also office and a number of other places. The varieties of Christmas posters are great and there are also many possibilities to order custom prints.
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