We typically center our Christmas decorations around our tree. We have at times used an artificial tree, but very much prefer a real tree.

A big part of the fun of having a real tree is the trek out to pick it out as a family. We usually go out right after Thanksgiving, and often try to find a Christmas tree stand that is selling them as a fundraiser.

Once we have the best tree picked out, which can take a fair bit of time standing out in the cold North Dakota winter searching for a tree without too many bad spots, we bring it home and let it thaw out.

Decorating the tree is also a family affair. We use simple strands of lights and garland, and lots of ornaments. We have an ever growing number of ornaments! Read More »

I love to decorate for Christmas. I put up a 5 foot tree in my living room and hand many years of collected misc. ornaments on it.

Above it I hang a pine garland with lights above it across the top of the curtains on my sliding glass door.

I have collectible Hallmark ornaments, each being a different victorian house or store.

I place them оn shelves with lights around them covered with a light layer of white cotton so they just shine through. Very pretty. Read More »

For the last five years, my fiance, Melissa, and I have decorated our home together. She and I met at college, where would each put out a small three foot Christmas tree with very small, glass plastic bulbs and a single strand of tinsel.

Each of us spent maybe fifty dollars total and used the same decorations all three years we knew each other.

Once we graduated college and moved in to an apartment together, however, our decorations became more elaborate as our budget (and space) expanded.

We lived near a Hallmark card store, and we began a tradition of picking our a Hallmark ornament together each year, spending $20 – $30 each year. Read More »

In our home on the holidays we use several different types of Christmas decorations. We had purchased a pre lit tree last year and it makes all the difference in the world as far as putting the tree up. It makes life a lot easier.

We use all different types of ornaments, mostly ones bought from different places we have traveled to and ones given by family members, which is tradition in our family, we always buy the Hallmark Ornaments to keep it unified. The family ornaments always have the year and the family member such as mom, dad, godmother, aunt, sister, daughter, god daughter, etc.
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