Balsam Hill Denali White Wreath & Garland

This is not a $5 wreath you pick up at the drug or hardware store and festoon with all of the ribbon, bows, ornaments and knicknacks it can hold. Balsam Hill is a company that's exclusively in business to make holiday trees, wreaths and garlands. And they do a superb job. The Denali and other Balsam Hill wreaths are among the best-quality artificial holiday foilage I've ever seen or inspected up close.

If you have a designated budget for holiday decorations, I suggest going with a superior product like the wreath and / or garland rather than lots of other "stuff." It's a decoration that endures.

Through the years, I've made wreaths with evergreen cuttings I've wired to a metal frame, hot-glued ornaments to a styrofoam ring, and wired decorations to inexpensive green wreaths. And, through the years, I've also thrown away my fair share of wreaths, either because the lights have stopped working, decorations have fallen off, or the wreath itself looks like a vehicle rolled over it -- back and forth -- in the driveway.

That's why the old saying, "You get what you pay for," starts to have more resonance as the seasons go by.

Why not get an extra-nice wreath and garland from Balsam Hill for your front door to enjoy year after year? Buy a few less Christmas sweaters or forego those inflatable lawn elves. A year from now, you'll forget these things were even on your "Wish List."

Why is this particular wreath and garland such a knockout combination? White is striking, especially from a distance and against a dark door. If you live in a snowless part of the world, white may give you a much-needed snow fix. I like the Denali combo because it gives me that bright, twinkling, indescribable something everytime I see it.

Balsam Hill has developed True Needle™ technology which, they say, allows them to offer the most realistic Christmas trees on the market. True Needle™ evergreen foliage is created with injection-molded PE plastic and many colors of pigment to mimic the structure, texture and color of natural needles. The Denali collection features sprigs of True Needle® branch tips along with Classic Needle PVC tips to provide that realism and beautiful texture. All wreaths feature strong, supportive wire frames, and the 48-incher is hinged to fold for easy storage.

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