Decorate your mailbox with peel-off letters that spell "CHEERS" or "NOEL."

Use round paper doilies as snowflakes to hang in front of windows.

Put together a basket filled with leaves, pine cones and small fruit such as tangerines, kumquats, lemons and limes. Add a few sticks of cinnamon and brush with egg white and sprinkle with sugar. It will attract the birds.

Wrap boxes with silver foil and outdoor ribbons and arrange on a child’s sled or in a little red wagon. Insert sprigs of evergreens as well. Place this charming container near the front door as a welcoming decoration.

Deep blue mussel shells make a lovely simple wreath. Use a flat Styrofoam or bristol board wreath form and hot-glue the mussel shells - with insides facing out, and narrow ends toward the inside center - in concentric circles around the wreath. Add a simple bow if desired.
    

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