From the choice of tree to the decorations, putting up the Christmas tree involves more rules than one might expect. This article discusses the unspoken guidelines for holiday decorations, emphasizing safety and style.
At this very moment, thousands of people around the country are partaking in one of the great festive rituals: putting up the Christmas tree. Depending on your style, this means either an annual trip into the crawlspace to retrieve the dusty box that houses your plastic monstrosity or a visit to a Christmas tree farm where you will buy a real tree that will inevitably end up rotting on the street by early January.
First, less is more when decorating the tree, especially when discussing tinsel. Tinsel is made from PVC, a highly flammable material that, once lit, is consumed by fire in seconds. Naturally, this was a popular choice for tree dressing in the 1980s and ’90s, when people didn’t care as much about perishing in a house fire.
Go minimal if you must, but give the shiny stuff a rest and settle on fairy lights for your tree instead.Ultimately, this is a judgment call based on what suits your aesthetic. If, like me, your house is already tainted by kids’ stuff, then you may as well go nuts with the colour scheme.thread posted by someone with the username Winter Snowman: “All white looks a little fancier or classic, but multicolour seems more fun, but either looks great.
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