Celebrate : Christmas The Green Guide to Tree Decorating

Classic tips on decorating your tree from the Green Family.

1. Make sure your lights follow the branches.  They go on the inside and out side of the tree.
2. Small ornaments at the top.  The ornaments get bigger as you move down the tree.  Biggest ornaments at the bottom.
3. Ornaments go on the inside and outside of the branches and, of course, all the way around.
4. Lots of ornaments.

If you are choosing a fresh tree, don’t forget to check out the Balsam Pines.  They are gorgeous.

At first when I heard these guidelines I thought it was a little crazy.  We always just grabbed an ornament and hung it where ever.  Now we implement the guidelines and I must say I think our tree looks more beautiful and balanced.

I have two trees.  One that is covered in child friendly ornaments.  The child friendly tree was made after my daughter at 2 bit into a football glass ornament, my sons repeatedly throwing glass balls and I gave up.  One year I moved all my glass ornaments (okay, all my ornaments to above my children’s reach.)  That year my tree was VERY TOP HEAVY.  Does that sound like a tired mom of young kids or what? I know if Hilary reads this she is laughing.  She still makes fun of me for how ridiculous my tree looked that year, bare on the bottom, full on the top.  I have barricaded my tree behind tables.  I just went to my friends house and hers was being guarded by a baby gate from the dog and kids.  Hilarious!  So, now have a kid tree with toddler friendly ornaments and our original tree with the glass ornaments is welcome again now that my kids are older!

Happy decorating!  What do you do with your tree?  Do they have themes?