Disclosure:  Savings in Seconds received the following product for review. All opinions expressed are mine and were not influenced by the company.

My husband and I are transplants to Northeast Tennessee.  We both attended Milligan College (go buffs!) and got jobs in the area immediately after graduation.  We bought our little house and ended up staying here.  We feel so blessed to live in the Appalachian Mountains.  For one thing, we have four amazing seasons.  The fall is probably my favorite time because the tree-filled mountains just explode with color in late October.   We have made lifelong friends here and both have wonderful jobs that we absolutely love.  Our children have grown up in this area and call it home; now we do, too.  The thing is that our families both still live in our home states.  The six/seven hour drive can be daunting with the kids and home responsibilities.  As a result, we don’t get to visit as often as we’d like.  We try to make sure our families know we’re thinking of them by keeping in touch.  At Christmas we always send home a little something since we don’t get to go home for the holidays.  My husband used to tease me when I complained about the cost of mailing packages, but when he helped me take some boxes to the post office one year he realized that we sometimes spent as much in postage as we did on gifts!  Since then, we’ve been cognizant of the online community and often purchase our gifts online, simply because it’s easier and less expensive.  Unfortunately it can also be rather mundane to send a gift directly.  When Christmas Forest contacted me, I considered the idea of sending my family a Christmas wreath and wondered if it would arrive just as fresh and beautiful as it looks online.

What do you think?

The wreath arrived so well packaged that there was not one pine needle loose.  NOT ONE!!   That’s more successful than bringing one home in my car, I tell you.  The bow was wrapped separately from the wreath.  Because of that, it was also in pristine condition.  The wreath looks amazing on our front door.  My daughter selected the Jazz-A-Tazz wreath because blue is her favorite color.  It’s a brilliant choice; the blue will help transition into the New Year without looking too Christmas-y.  The wreath has now been on our front door for almost three weeks and looks as fresh as the day it arrived.  Sometimes the scent of fresh evergreens bothers me.  This one wasn’t too heavily scented so I didn’t have any trouble.  One thing I do miss on my wreath is a little string of tiny white lights.  Yes, I can probably string those myself….I’m just a bit on the lazy side when it comes to holiday decor.  I’m thrilled with the wreath we received from Christmas Forest.  It would make a thoughtful and useful Christmas gift for everyone on my far-from-home list!

Which of the Christmas Forest wreaths is your favorite?  

Thanks to Christmas Forest for sending me this wreath!