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The yuletide season is just around the corner, and what perfect time it is to bring out your Christmas tree and decorate it for the most awaited holiday of the year. Christmas tree decoration is undoubtedly one of the best bonding moments that you could do with your family. However, there are certain guidelines that have to be followed in order to make this activity a meaningful one instead of transforming it into a huge catastrophe.
The traditional items that are needed in designing a Christmas tree are lights, ornaments, trims, tree skirt and the quintessential topper, the Christmas Tree Star. This is a piece of ornament that has become a major symbol of the season’s festivities all throughout history. Christmas tree stars can come in various materials, such as ceramic, crystal, and glass. They can be small or large, homemade or bought at a shop. If you are feeling a little adventurous, you can look for a Christmas tree star pattern or clipart and make a cutout craft out of it.
Non-traditional and Western methods of decorating a Christmas tree would include replacing the top with either an angel or a gingerbread man. You can also set up the Christmas tree in an outdoor setting. Whatever your plans are, just make sure that you keep up with the plan that you have in mind. It would also be helpful if you take into account a few tips that would make decorating a Christmas tree organized.
First are the lights. Perhaps these are the most important features of a Christmas tree for no one can ignore the magic that they could bring when the they are lighted up, glowing and glittering all over the tree. With that, make sure that you have more than enough lights for you to be able to balance the decorations that you intend to place on the tree. A tree that is less than three feet would require at most 80 lights, and for those which are four feet above, allot 100 lights per foot.
When you have the lights with you, start putting them from the bottom. Tossing them around could be disastrous and it could also damage the electrical circuits of the lights. Do not forget to verify that all the lights are working and if there are some that are not lighting up properly, dispose them.
After the lights come the garlands. These could be beads, ribbons, or tinsel. However, you can utilize other materials for this matter. It all depends on the theme that you have for your own Christmas tree. Just make sure that you have enough of these so that the tree would not look bare. It is better to have more than enough of these since the excess can still be used in decorating other things, such as wreaths. You can also combine different materials for a special effect.
After that would be the ornaments. Take a look at their number so that you can have an idea on where to hang them. Also, you might want to check out these tips for decorating a Christmas tree. Remember, the key here is not the quantity but rather, it is the correct amount of spacing that you put in between the ornaments. A good tip would be to place at least ten ornaments for every two feet of the Christmas tree. Do not hold back though, because one can never have enough of decorations as long as one is talking about a Christmas tree.
Finally, there is the skirt and the topper. The skirt is used to cover the stand while the topper is to be placed at the top of the tree. As regards to the skirt, it should be large enough to cover the whole stand. The topper can be of any material, but the most popular one would be a Christmas Tree Star.
Anything will do, as long as it matches the theme of your Christmas tree and as long as it is beautiful. Now that the decoration is done, you can now put the gifts under the Christmas tree. The gifts that would be placed would be the ones that would complete the whole picture. The perfect picture would be achieved with gifts that are given straight from the heart. Opening them under a Christmas tree that was designed and decorated by the whole family would be a magical experience, so make it a point that you do this whole activity with all of them.
Hey, you’ve got an interesting theme to your site….can you tell me what the symbolism is behind the star a top the tree. Is it supposed to be the star that guided the wise men to the stable or does it have some other meaning ?
I need a new christmas tree star. I like these unique tree stars. Last year my wife broke our glass santa claus star. I am definetly looking into purchasing one of these.
Definitely, the star or whatever you choose to put on the top of your tree is the crowning glory. It is probably the first thing people will look at when they enter a room that is dominated by a well decorated Christmas tree, from the looks of this site, you have a few ideas to choose from too.
Although in most cases Christmas lights will come to peoples mind when talking about Christmas trees, the Christmas tree topper is still the most important part of it.
We’ve never had anything to top the tree with. How sad is that? This year my daughter made an advent candle out of paper and we put that on top.
Christmas tree toppers are always fun to pick out and place on top of the tree with your family. I didn’t have one last year because all the good ones were too expensive but for next year I will definitely get a topper.