Christmas flags are a fun way to make your home, office, church or business feel more festive around the holidays. Traditionally, Christmas flags take the same shape as patriotic flags, but if you are feeling decoratively stifled with that shape or design, there are other options. Here are seven super styles to consider:

1. Christmas Flags With Grommets

While traditional Christmas flags need to be hung on walls or with the help of a flagpole, flags with grommets offer more possibilities. If you do not have a pole or any wall space, you can hang flags with grommets over your windows.

The grommets allow these flags to slide easily over a curtain rail, and you can mix and match Christmas flags with solid-coloured window panels for a fun and festive effect.

2. Christmas Windsocks

A windsock is essentially a flag sewn into a cylindrical shape. Rather than a large rectangle flapping in the wind, you get a beautiful windsock streaming out brilliantly.

Rather than taking a pure cylindrical shape, many Christmas windsocks take the shape of a particular object. Imagine a Santa or penguin-shaped windsock filling with air until it reaches its full size.

3. Burlap Christmas Flags

When you think of flags, most people think of polyester flags or flags made out of other synthetic materials. However, you can also buy flags made out of natural materials such as burlap. Also called Hessian cloth, burlap is most commonly used for bags to store rice, grains, potatoes and coffee beans. However, bags are not the only application for burlap.

Once used for war uniforms, this sturdy material holds up well to long term wear and tear, and it resists moisture. You can look forward to using your burlap Christmas flag year after year without sacrificing quality. However, if you change your mind and decide you don't like your flag, you can easily throw it out, and that is a completely guilt-free decision as burlap disintegrates easily.

4. Mailbox Covers

Christmas flag makers now make flags to fit in a variety of small but fun spots. For example, a mailbox cover is essentially a small flag cut to fit the outside of a mailbox. As your mailbox fills with holiday cards, these flags make the outside of it festive as well.

5. Christmas Feather Flags

Feather flags are not made from feathers – although covering a flag in goose feathers might be a super fun DIY project. Instead, these vinyl flags feature an oblong, feather-like shape. They attach to short flagpoles that can be stuck into soft ground.

Feather flags make great accents around homes or business, or they can be used to line a walkway in a fun and festive way.

6. 3D Flags

The phrase 3D Christmas flag can be used to describe two different types of flags. First of all, you can buy Christmas flags printed with a 3D picture. When friends, visitors or passersby look at your flag, they will see the snowmen or other elements pop out from the flag as if they are really three-dimensional.

The other type of 3D Christmas flag is a flag that is literally three dimensional. Instead of a flat flag that flaps in the wind, you can buy a box-shaped or wave-shaped 3D flag that sits on your floor or countertop.

7. Homemade Flags

Instead of buying pre-made flags, many people enjoy making their own. Making your own Christmas flags allows you to capture the theme you want in the colours and patterns you prefer. You can make anything from a large burlap flag to a windsock, but first time flag makers may want to start small with some Christmas tree flags.

To make a Christmas flag garland, cut a bunch of diamond-shaped pieces out of some felt. Then, grab a long piece of twine. Fold the diamonds over the twine so that they form triangular flags. Finally, hang the string of flags on your Christmas tree as if it is a strand of garland.