Use an attractive medium length of dry log with the bark
still on... Drizzle warm white wax onto what is to be the
top of the log (that’s the "snow"). Then add a
bit more wax as "glue" for a bed of flat evergreen
fronds (cedar or juniper is especially fragrant), and on top
of that some sprays of handy berries (holly? pyracantha?
dried rose hips?) and some cones and maybe cinnamon sticks.
All will smell wonderful when burned! (and the wax will help
the log to light).