Last Minute Christmas Decorations

 This is such an old idea, but a good one.  The smells are positively Christmas.  All you need is a few oranges, whole cloves and a tooth pick (or 2).  

To save your fingertips some pain, use a toothpick to poke the holes first.  Insert a clove.  These orange pomanders have historically been used to protect against infection and ward of foul smells (according to Google).  Mine are pretty plain.  You can look online and see some very elaborate ones.  Other citrus fruits used as well.  

Place them in a bed of cedar, balsam or pine needles or add a ribbon to them and hang them.  I put mine in an old crockery plate and added cinnamon sticks and cranberries.  Super easy.

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.