Christmas Decorating & 'Must Haves' for Christmas Morning

This is a sponsored post for SheSpeaks/Duracell. All opinions are my own.

In addition to egg nog, sausage balls and old-fashioned fudge, there are a few other things that are a requirement for Christmas at my house. Can you tell me what all of these things have in common?

If you said bourbon BATTERIES, you get an extra piece of fudge. Just kidding, I'm sure I have eaten all of that. Yes, all of these Christmas decorations, plus a few more, require batteries. Multiple batteries. 

With three kids, I can't even tell you the multitude of batteries we go through...Wii remotes, remote controlled cars, things that makes LOTS of noise...it's a long list. Therefore, I am very familiar with bourbon Duracell. We're practically BFFs. But seriously, if you're house is anything like mine, 

and you want to hear the Hallmark angels sing (in unison!) this Christmas season...better stock up on those batteries. And yeah, and those angels...we have a set for each child. Thanks Grandma. Where is that egg nog?!

Avoid the Christmas morning meltdown caused by not being able to play with new toys by stuffing those stockings with batteries. Duracell (as most of us probably know as the "copper top" battery), is a dependable brand with a 10-year guarantee in storage with Duralock Power Preserve Technology - which is great because I got smart last year and stored our Polar Express Train WITH all of it's batteries (they were removed and placed in a paper bag, but stored in the same container with the train. Do not keep batteries in an item that is in storage.) That way, when time to set it up this year, we had everything we needed. Nothing like getting a 6 year old all excited about the train, just to say, 'nope, can't play with it yet, gotta go get batteries!'. 

Full disclosure: storing the batteries with the train may have been my husband's idea..but I'm going to take credit for it since it worked out so well. *wink*

Check out Duracell on Facebook, and give a shout out on Twitter to Duracell and Walmart, letting them know how you will use Duracell to #PowerTheHolidays! 

What's your favorite Christmas decoration? Do you have any really loud ones that drive you a little crazy when your child insists on playing it over and over again? Okay, maybe that's just me...

But this guy's batteries might get "lost".