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Not only do I have this Free Joyeux Noël Banner Printable for you below, I'm also sharing coordinating reindeer prints, along with Christmas living room for this year. Join the festive fun and download all of the freebies below.

You may already know this, but Joyeux Noël is French for Merry Christmas. Since I am a bit of a Francophile (and 22% French according to my ancestry DNA test), I thought it would be a different spin on my living room holiday decor this year. Since the fireplace is the focal point, that's where this banner was destined to hang. Check out all of the fun below.

Free Joyeux Noël Banner Printable

Not only did I want to put a French twist (pun intended) on things this year, I was also going for some over-the-top color that's perhaps a bit non-traditional for the holiday season (because why not, right?). In addition to that, I wanted it to feel like a party in here...even if it's just our little party of five most days.

Adding the smaller-print polka dot pennants added another layer of color and fun to the banner. Since our mantel is so large, it really anchors everything visually, too. 

Using these Christmas Printables

Smaller Pennant Banners

All of the free downloads are available towards the end of the post. Download either the aqua or pink banner for this (I only used the pink in my particular decor, but feel free to get creative!).

Supplies

• Print your banner onto white letter-sized cardstock (regular paper will curl up on the edges). 
• Grab a pack of white, letter-sized cardstock here on Amazon.
• You'll also need twine to string your banner. 
• I like this aqua and white baker's twine from Amazon.
• Grab a hole punch (the smaller, 1/8" size is preferred, if you don't already have one, I use this one from Amazon).
• And I like to hang my banner with these Command Hooks. 

Directions

• Follow the directions on the hooks and get them set up while you cut your banner and string it up (sometimes they need an hour to "cure").
• After printing your banner (print as many copies as you like for your desired length), cut out each pennant (I use my paper cutter to make it faster, and then snip the points with scissors). For reference, I used 24 of the smaller pennants on my mantel.
• Punch holes in the top two corners of each pennant and string with twine.
• Once the hooks were ready, I tied my banner to each one, using the twine. Snip off the extra length of your twine once your banner is securely in place.

For a decorative touch, I also tied a pink satin ribbon on top of the hook (it camouflaged it perfectly). I repeated this on the other end, as well. 

Joyeux Noël Banner Printable

Supplies

• You'll be using the same supplies as you used in the pennant banner for this one.

Directions

• Again, follow the package directions for securing your clips into place.  
• After cutting your banner pieces out, string them into place. I did my Joyeux Noël Banner on two lines, so I needed a total of four clips (one for each end). 
• You'll notice that on the bottom line, I incorporated two blank pennants as well. Those are basically to give my second line more pennants than the top line. I included blanks in the printables section, if you're interested in using this method to display your banner.

I do want to add that we're in Texas and it doesn't really get too crazy cold. So, our fireplace can be more decorative in nature. However, when we do burn a fire, I lift the pennants onto the mantel, just for safety. They're truly not anywhere near the fire, but safety first. Use caution if you hang paper banners off of your mantel, too.

I've got more information on the rest of the mantel decor below. But, the mirror on the back is an old antique that rarely leaves the mantel. It's a great anchor piece.

In the above photo, you can see how the whole space works together, from the drapes to the mantel to the tree tucked into the corner.

Once again, my little hearth tree in the corner is in honor of my mother. All of the gold ornaments on its branches were hers...and they were her absolute favorites. She collected them over many years and I always remember how special they were to her. The tree became even more hers this year with the addition of the hot pink ribbon (to continue the theme we have going in here). I used this helpful Christmas Tree Ribbon Tutorial from Michael over at the blog, Inspired by Charm. I love the way the ribbon isn't as uniform with the way he tucks it in here and there.

There are hot pink ornaments tucked in amongst mom's gold ones, too. I think they really pop against the flocked tree, too! I bought my flocked tree a couple of years back...it seems to be a bit less flocked each year. Ha!

I had enough pink ornaments left to use them in two glass hurricanes over on the mantel, to tie the entire look together with the tree.

I had enough pink ornaments left to use them in two glass hurricanes over on the mantel, to tie the entire look together with the tree.

I included my "jumping reindeer" printables below as an additional free download. This is an 11x14" frame matted with an 8x10" opening for the print. I actually have two of them on the mantel. There are two designs of the reindeer printables...each facing the opposite way for a bit of symmetry. Their polka dots coordinate perfectly with the pennant banners.

Download All of the Free Printables:

• Download the Joyeux Noel Banner Printable (it downloads in one six-page file).
• If you'd like extra blank pennants, you can grab them here.
• You can also grab both of these in this folder on Dropbox.
• They're available in this folder on Google Drive, as well.

• Download the hot pink banner pennants.
• Download the aqua blue banner pennants.
• You can also grab these in this folder on Dropbox.
• They're available in this folder on Google Drive, as well.

• Download the right-facing reindeer.
• Down the left-facing reindeer.
• You can also grab these in this folder on Dropbox.
• They're available in this folder on Google Drive, as well.

More Christmas Mantel Ideas

• Be sure to check out my Christmas Mantel Decor from 2017. It's one of my favorites...filled with a different style of printable banners and a BUNCH of wooden Christmas trees.
• My Gold and White Snow Tree from 2018 also showcases my mantel that year, as well...with a trio of nutcrackers.
• And in 2016, my hand-painted Christmas Tree Sign was the focus of my Holiday Mantel and living room.
• I really love this Christmas Home Tour (especially the mantel) from Live Oak Nest. Such soft pretty colors!
• And this Elegant Christmas Mantel from Craftberry Bush is truly stunning.