Here are some ways to complete your Christmas decorating by filling your home with a wonderful Christmas scent.

Cut a 6" square out of cotton Christmas print fabric. Place a vanilla bean, 2 whole nutmeg, 10 whole cloves and 4 cinnamon sticks in the center of the fabric. Gather the fabric up to enclose the spices and tie with one end of a 2' long gold ribbon. Tie the other end of the ribbon to a doorknob. Whenever the door is opened or closed, scent will be released into the room.

Stud oranges, or pomegranates with whole cloves. Display them in a pretty glass bowl.

Fill a small decorative bowl with spices: whole cloves, whole nutmeg, vanilla bean, cinnamon sticks and strips of orange peel. Tie a ribbon around the bowl or place a bow inside the bowl and place it on a shelf or coffee table.

Cover the outside of a large coffee tin or other large tin with wrapping paper. Tie a ribbon around it. Fill it with spruce or pine boughs. Place the tin on the floor. Remember to water the branches regularly to keep fresh. You can even decorate the boughs with Christmas ornaments, lights, ribbon, popcorn strings, etc.

Place a collection of assorted scented candles on a serving platter. Choose candles of different heights and diameters. They can all be the same color or you can vary the color. Once the candles are arranged, tie a ribbon around them. If you light the candles, be careful not to catch the ribbon on fire.

Throw a handful of spices directly into the fire. Use whole nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and vanilla bean.

Simmer spices in a pot of water on the stove. Use whole nutmeg, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves and vanilla bean.

Hang very spicy Christmas cookies on your tree. Or, create a spicy cookie garland to hang over a doorway, on a mantle or anywhere else it fits. To create a garland, roll your cookie dough, cut out shapes. Place shapes on baking tray and using a toothpick, poke two large holes at the top of the cookie (the holes should be side-by-side). When the cookies are cooled, string ribbon from the back of the cookie through one hole and then push it through the other hole, proceed to string all the cookies on the ribbon, then hang your garland. Cookies don't even need to be iced to be decorative.