Tips for Decorating Your Christmas Tree

It can generally take an entire day to decorate a Christmas tree. If you follow our quick-start plan outlined below, however, it is quite possible to decorate the tree and still have some time left to spend with your family. Here are some time-saving tips you can easily adopt as you put up your Christmas tree decorations.

One of the key factors that will help you in decorating your tree very quickly is to use an artificial and not a live tree. Just for now, lets ignore the usual arguments about which tree looks better or which is more traditional. The fact is that with an artificial tree, you can string your Christmas lights together in such a way that when you disband the tree, you can still leave the lights on. This is really very important if you are using a lot of lights. With a fake tree, even if you are using a thousand Christmas lights, all you have to do is put the pieces together and plug in the lights. This is far easier than wrapping lights around a real tree.

Once you have set up your tree, you are ready to add your ornaments. Ornaments are generally categorized as "decorative" or "fillers". A decorative ornament might be a collectible ornament like a Hllmrk ornament or it could simply be a hand painted ornament that your child made in kindergarten. Filler ornaments, on the other hand, are plain round balls that come in bright colors. Single colored and basic ornaments like apples (in miniature or regular sizes that may be used to complement other ornaments) will also fall under the filler group too.

The first ornaments that you should use on your tree are the decorative ornaments. You should use the decorative ornaments at the tips of your Christmas tree branches where they are likely to be more visible. You should then add some monochrome fillers to your tree. Monochrome fillers are solid colored balls that can provide your tree with some additional colors and depth. If you store your Christmas tree ornaments by type when you box them up, you will be able to decorate a lot more easily since you will not need to open all your boxes while you are decorating.

After you have added some ornaments to your tree, you should then add your garland too. The best way to do this is to start draping it from the top. If your tree is in a corner, your garland does not need to get to those parts that are not visible to others. You can therefore string your garland across the front of the tree and then loop it back. This will reduce the amount of time you may have to spend on decorating.

You can wrap a tree skirt around the stand, too. You should ensure that the skirt covers the power strips of your lights. Now that you are finished with your decorating, you can put your Christmas tree decoration boxes away.