The Christmas season is fast approaching as the weather gets chillier and the days get shorter and darker—and with the annual holiday season come the annual holiday decor around your home. But battling seemingly endless crowds of shoppers all looking to get the best deal can be a pretty daunting task. So why not take your Christmas decor shopping online? If you're a bit confused where to begin, here are three Christmas home decor items you should definitely buy online.

The Tree

The biggest centerpiece for your Christmas-Decorated home, if you opt for plastic over pine, it's probably best to make your choice from trees online rather than in your local stores. There are thousands of options in every thickness, height, color, and lighting that you can imagine on online retailers. This can ensure that your choice is perfect not only for your home but also for all the Christmas decorations you've acquired over the years. 

The Beads

A home isn't completely trimmed without shining beads hanging off branches, counters, and cabinets, softly reflecting the tree lights in sparkling bits of color all over the room. However, buying these beads in stores is always a mixed bag of attributes—some are long enough but not in any colors that match your decor, some match perfectly but come in 1-foot lengths for your 13-foot tree, and most of them are scuffed by anxious holiday shoppers looking to find exactly what they need.

Online shopping comes to the rescue here as well. Not only will you be able to sort through the equivalent of hundreds of stores' stocks at once, but you can carefully take your time to consider what you need rather than grabbing a few strings and making a break for the check-out station with the shortest line. 

The Candles

Nothing makes a home feel more like Christmas or more cozy than a nice holiday-scented candle or two. But it can be really hard to shop for candles at your local outlets; they might not have the scents you like, they might have scent combinations where you only like part of the smell, and they'll probably be crowded and picked over with everyone else stocking up on candles.

That's why it's best to buy home decor items online: you have a much wider selection to choose from and some sites will even allow you to pick your own scents to mix to make the perfect candles for you and your home.

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