‘The Pioneer Woman’ Star Ree Drummond Shares Favorite Christmas Decorations Trick: ‘More Is More’
The Pioneer Woman star Ree Drummond loves to go over-the-top with her Christmas decorations, but it wasn’t always that way. Drummond shared why she’s changed her perspective on decorating, especially now that her kids are grown.
Ree Drummond decided to go big with Christmas decorating
In a December 2021 interview with Mashed, Drummond shed some light on why she made the jump to “more is more” when it comes to Christmas decorations.
When asked, “What are some of your favorite holiday decorating tips and decorating hacks?” The Pioneer Woman star shared just a taste of how her style changed from being “understated” in years past.
“It’s funny because I used to be so understated with Christmas decorations,” Drummond answered. “I would’ve put myself in the low percentile in terms of how much I would do. I always have had a big tree, but I just never really had filled my house with much decor.”
Things changed, however, when her kids grew up. “In the past five, six years, I have decided that more is more. I think when my kids left home, I wanted them to come home from college and beyond, and really walk in and see that Christmas exploded in our house,” she explained.
‘The Pioneer Woman’ star’s favorite holiday decorating trick is to ‘have fun’
As for Drummond’s tips, she said not to worry about Christmas decorations looking too cluttered because it’s temporary. “I think one thing I’d say is have fun with it, don’t take it too seriously,” she explained.
The Pioneer Woman star continued, “I definitely am more in the fun holiday decorating realm. I like things that have bright colors and fun, little sentiments and sayings. I used to be a little bit afraid of cluttering things and making things look like too much, but now I’ve totally turned over a new leaf. I’ll put little holiday signs on basically every table.”
Drummond has the best outlook on holiday decorating now. “It’s such a short time of the year that I think I would encourage people just to go for it and have fun,” she shared. “More is more.”
Drummond has the perfect way to keep holiday stress low
Putting up Christmas decorations is a fun and relaxing way to celebrate the season but the big family holiday meal sometimes stresses people out. Drummond told Mashed some of her tips for making the meal as stress-free as possible.
The Pioneer Woman star is a big fan of planning and prepping things in advance so a big meal goes smoothly. “What I do when I’m planning a big meal is I have the recipes in front of me, or at least the list in front of me, and I go through each one and determine what can be done on day three ahead of time, day two ahead of time, and I map it out,” she explained.
Having everything organized, Drummond said, “makes the holiday meal and holiday gathering not just pleasant for me, but pleasant for my guests because I can talk, I can visit, they can help with simple things.”
Drummond also advised letting go of anything that might go wrong during the holiday gathering because it’s not a big deal in the grand scheme.
“Sometimes if something goes wrong, if you overcook the prime rib — I mean, that’s sad actually, I’ve done that before and it’s not good — you can always laugh about holiday food mishaps,” The Pioneer Woman star said. “And baking the giblet bag in the turkeys is always a classic one, but don’t stress yourself out.”
She continued, “Have fun, not everything has to be perfect; being together, as we all would probably agree, is what it’s all about these days.”
