It’s Christmas Time

Now that Thanksgiving is over Christmas is up – it is time to put away the pumpkins and put up the Christmas tree, our stockings, the lights, the village stores and so forth. This year, however, we have an unexpected helper. Wondering who that might be? Well, let me help you – she lives at the North Pole and her husband is an all-times children’s favorite. Yes, you guessed correct, I am talking about Mrs. Claus, Santa’s best helper.

This year, thanks to The Home Depot, Mrs. Claus will be helping us decorate our houses. Want to know how, then go to http://www.thddecorations.com/. There guided by the competent advices of Mrs. Claus you can check how different decorations would look on your house. For the exterior, you have a choice of four different types of houses – Victorian, Colonial, split-level and a ranch. Choose the one that looks most like your own house and go ahead and try putting on it different types of light sets. You don’t have to wonder any more whether or not a garland would look nice on your porch. Now with a little imagination and Home Depot’s help you can give it a try – virtually, without spending any money on decoration you later figure you don’t like. On the website you can play around putting up and down different types of light sets, you can also see how they would look together. In addition, there is all other things that you might need to decorate your yard – pre-lit pine wreath, pine garland with clear lights, all different types of inflatable Christmas characters, illuminated candy canes, and so forth, and so forth. You can as well decorate the interior of your virtual house. Here you can choose between several different Christmas trees and of course, such Christmas classics as the Poinsettia, stockings, lights and lots of different little figurines that bring the holiday in the house. The rooms you can play around with are the foyer, the living room and the dining room or, in other words, the ones that are usually exposed to the most Christmas decoration.

If you love the way your newly decorated “house” looks and you already started thinking of all the stores you’ll have to visit before you have everything you need to turn your real house into a holiday fairy, you don’t need to worry any longer because you can find all decorations you have used for your virtual house at The Home Depot stores. To make things even easier, the creators of the site have included the option “Print Shopping List” so that you don’t have to take the risk of forgetting some of the items you will need to turn your house into a Christmas wonderland. To make things even more viral, you are also able to send your favorite masterpiece (from the interior or exterior of the house) to a friend. The site also provides visitors with a link to The Home Depot Web site, a store locator tool and the opportunity to purchase a gift card. You could as well take a sleigh ride with Mrs. Claus or read through her holiday classics on how to prepare your home for the holidays without spending a lot of time, effort and (of course) money.

This site is not only a great complement to The Home Depots TV spots featuring Mrs. Claus, it is a wonderful marketing tool on its own because it is interactive, relevant to the visitors’ needs and timely. It is also very entertaining and fun to play with.

And just in case you get sick of Mrs. Claus’s sweet talking all the time – you can always mute the sound. Enjoy your decorating.