5 Holiday Decorations To Buy NOW (Before They Sell Out)!

With summer behind us, your thoughts have likely turned to pumpkin patches, changing leaves, Halloween decor, and other joys of the fall season. As they should! Let’s enjoy the seasons as they come and not skip ahead to Christmas, right?!

Well.. as you’re sipping that pumpkin spice latte and enjoying all things fall you might want to also take a quick look ahead to the holidays and snag the few Christmas decorations that sell out super early every year. Today I’m sharing the five holiday decorations that would be a good idea to grab now! Then once they arrive, put them away in a closet until November when it’s a more civilized time to talk about the holidays – ha! (post includes affiliate links; full disclosure statement available {here})

1. Artificial Christmas Trees

Retailers never want to be left with extra Christmas trees at the end of the holiday season so the best ones often sell out early. If a new artificial tree is on your holiday must-have list, don’t wait too late to get one! I’ve been happy with both of our Balsam Hill trees including their prelit 6.5′ Noble Fir tree:
and their 7.5′ frosted fraser fir:
They’re both gorgeous, realistic trees but they’ve not cheap! If you’re looking for a tree that looks beautiful with nothing but lights, either of these two trees might be worth the investment because both are beautiful even when bare. But if you’re going to be loading on plenty of ornaments, ribbon, garlands, etc. (I share my step by step of how to decorate a Christmas tree {here}), you can get away with buying a less expensive artificial tree since the ornaments and ribbon fill any gaps.

As a mid-priced option, you can actually get Balsam Hill brand trees as Amazon exclusives at a much lower price than the ones sold directly by Balsam Hill. For example, {this Amazon exclusive 6.5 ft. Balsam Hill tree} is similar to my noble fir but about $400 less!

Best Choice brand trees on Amazon are also great trees and super well priced too! Last year I put up {this 7.5′ flocked Christmas tree} in our family room and was really happy with how nice and full it was:

It’s also available in 6′ and 9′ options. My favorite star tree topper is from Amazon too – you can snag it {here}.

2. Tabletop Christmas Trees

There are two specific tabletop trees that I LOVE that go fast each year. One is {this 2.5′ tabletop tree} from Target that’s super cute and the perfect size for an entryway console, on top of a dresser, or on a media console or dining room sideboard.

Another early sell-out each year are {these pre-lit Birch trees} that I bought 3 years ago and Pottery Barn has brought back every year since:

They would look great on a fireplace mantel too!

3. Christmas Tree Collars

I first tried using a Christmas tree collar instead of a tree skirt about five years ago and have never looked back! I love that tree collars don’t take up nearly as much floor space as tree skirts. And I especially love them for artificial trees because they cover the trunk of the tree which is the biggest giveaway for whether your tree is artificial versus real. If you have a real tree, I’ve had some readers tell me they love them because it keeps their pets from drinking the tree water. I’m not sure why but Christmas tree collars sell out well before the holidays every year so the time to snag one is now.

One of my first Christmas tree collars is {this woven tree collar} – I love the look of it! It’s completely neutral so goes with any colors that you use on your Christmas tree and it adds great texture to the room:
Other natural weave options I love include {this open weave zig zag tree collar}, {this chevron weave tree collar}, and {this chunky braided seagrass tree collar}:

I also have and love {this white rope tree collar} that I’ve used around the base of the Christmas tree I decorate in my girls’ room (mine looks slightly different because it’s the 3-years-ago version):
While this one’s a little harder to see with the presents piled around it, I also have a hammered silver tree collar (a HomeGoods score) that looks identical to {this tree collar}:

You can find collars in a variety of other metallics too like copper or brass or you can choose a painted color such as one in classic Christmas red. There are so many beautiful options:

Christmas tree collars - love these instead of skirts!

If you’re a tree collar newbie, here’s a quick tip – some tree collars have an opening allowing you to wrap the collar around the base of the tree but most are a solid circle. If you get one that’s a solid circle remember to put your collar over your tree stand BEFORE you put your tree in it. The first time I used one, I got my whole tree decorated before going to put the collar on and realizing my oops! 🙈

4. Flocking Powder

If you make a product that is pretty much only bought around the holidays, you would think you would stockpile the heck out of it so you had plenty to sell all the way up to the end of the year right?! For whatever reason, that doesn’t seem to be what happens with flocking powder which commonly sells out as we approach the holidays. Two years ago, I used it to give my Christmas tree a new snowy look:
Flocking is a great way to give new life and a new look to an artificial tree that you might’ve had for years. Adding flocking powder to our tree was easy to do (see {this post} on how to flock a Christmas tree for the step by step!) and I love that by doing it yourself, you’re able to control whether you want a lightly or heavily snow covered look. I wanted just a light flocking of snow and was so happy with how it turned out:
You can use flocking powder to add the look of freshly fallen snow to things other than Christmas trees too, such as wreaths and garlands. The flocking powder that I recommend is SnoFlock which you can find {here}. Just don’t wait too long to buy it because if you wait until it’s time to put up your tree, there’s a good chance it will be gone.

5. My Holiday Bells

If you’ve been following my blog for any length of time, you know that {this set of three bells} is my favorite holiday decor piece:
I’ve used them every Christmas we lived in CT as part of a greenery swag for our front door (see my Christmas swag tutorial {here}). And last year I used two of the three bells on the twin wreaths on our front doors:

along with {this Moravian star} hanging from my front porch ceiling:

You can use them in places other than your front door too such as tied to the post at the bottom of your staircase or added to shelves in your home or your fireplace mantel. You can snag your own holiday bell trio {HERE} (mine are the cylinder bells – 10″, 8″, & 6″ in bronze) before the price goes up (which has happened in past years as we get closer to the holidays) or they sell out.

As far as holiday gifts go, I always share my family’s favorite things in an annual post to give you a few gift ideas – look for my 2023 version soon! Until then, you can check out my Christmas Wish List Ideas post from last year {here}.

And with that we’ll get back to all things fall! 😊 Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!