The Christmas Decor Trend In 2025 That Brings A Quiet Glow Into Your Home

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During the Victorian Era, dried fruits like apples and oranges became gilded Christmas tree ornaments, thanks to a little gold leaf. Tinsel, using real silver, became a thing not long after. Holiday dinners were often served on pewter plates and mead filled tankards of pewter or goblets of silver. And if a family happened to have a propensity toward collecting all of that shiny bling, then the holidays were very sparkly, indeed, even if the metallics were slightly mismatched. If anything, this Christmas 2025 decor trend that sees a return to mixed metallics as a motif has been centuries in the making.

On The Spruce, readers are encouraged to be bold and mix slightly tarnished metals, like copper or brass, in all of their patina'd glory with the shining glitz of gold in their living spaces and on holiday tables. However, the most ubiquitous place this trend is seen is on the tree. There are tons of videos pf TikTokkers showing off the glowing metallic pairings on their trees this year.

There are some guidelines you can follow to make the design of a heavily-metallic'd space look intentional versus thrown-together. Metals that are more opposite in tone and texture work well together because it's more obvious that you intended to mix things up. And paying attention to the metals' undertones helps you decide on a color scheme to go along with the metallics — this year, chocolate brown is a popular holiday hue. This is a color you can mix with copper, for instance, so practically speaking, a metal like copper with a green patina would create a striking contrast to the brown.

Let's kick things off with the tree since most home decorating aficionados build their holiday decor around it. In days past, ornaments made of silver wire gave the tree its glitter. Nowadays, Christmas ball ornaments are painted with metallic paint or covered with glitter or sequins to add the metallic glow. To make your own holiday display more interesting and intentional, choose ornaments not only of different sizes, but also different textures. In other words, it's perfectly acceptable to mix those vintage wire ornaments in with gold bulbs and tarnished brass tree trinkets.

Textured metallics, in particular, will prevent the tree and surrounding space from looking robotic, like it was something from the film "Metropolis." Instead, the textured decorations on the tree will look sleek and elegant, and when you do add a few non-textured items, they'll add balance to the overall visuals of the display. AuldHome Design Farmhouse Ball Ornaments offer good examples of textured ornaments in this context. Beside those, hang a poinsettia-shaped ornament with hints of copper surrounded by silver glitter. In turn, those items would contrast with the common silver and gold ball ornaments that have a smooth, almost mirror-like finish. Change up the shape of things by tying a delicate Ribbli Swirl Glitter Wired Ribbon into large bows for the tree. 

Finally, consider the tree itself. Your mixed metallics will look different on a plain green tree versus a frosted white one. While a green tree may look better with mostly gold, copper, and brown accents, a frosted white tree will better favor silver and pewter metallics with powder blue Christmas bulbs.

To really get a quiet glow and prevent the metallics from overpowering your space, you may want to begin with small touches. A good rule of thumb for a small space like this is to introduce only two, possibly three metals (if the space around the area you're decorating is a bit large, like a dining table in an open-concept living room or a dining room area). And forget about buying brand new Christmas decor this year. Instead, DIY an elegant holiday centerpiece that shows off candles on stands made of different metals surrounded by boughs of greenery adorned with Christmas ball ornaments of silver and gold and an occasional pine cone or berry here and there. Compliment this look by featuring cocoa brown linen napkins bound by the Cunhill 8-Piece Herb Napkin Rings Set. The result won't look so curated that the space seems impersonal, almost generic even. Rather, the DIY touches give the metallics an air of authenticity.

And since your decorating area encompasses more than just the dining table, consider decorative accents that you can display around the room's focal point, or nearby, as the case may be. For example, on your front door wreath, include metallic features like brass-colored RW REPLICA WAREHOUSE Rustic Cow Bells bound by ribbons. Metal lanterns made of steel garnished with holly leaves and berries and pretty bows replace lamps on an end table during a holiday party. And Desami Cast Iron Christmas Stocking Holders bring the delightful aesthetics of reindeer and snowmen to your holiday mantel this season.