It’s a fake tree, and it’s probably 10+ years old, but it still is holding up at least as well as I am, so who am I to judge?
Stack the three sections. I don’t remember this many of the built-in white lights being out last year. I would love to troubleshoot and repair them, but fixing these light strings is the bane of my existance. Probably more on this some other day.
Start putting on strings of colored lights. Six strings of mini incandescent lights is something like 450 lights. Nice!
Add two strings of bubble lights. I do so love me some bubble lights! Reminds me a lot of when I was a kid. The ones today are (fortunately) far less flammable than the ones we used in the 1960’s.
Finally, put up the stockings and the skirt, and add literally HUNDREDS of ornaments of all kinds. Some are new – we get one every time we take a trip. Some go back to before the kids were born. A lot of them are the Sporty’s annual ornaments with a different airplane every year. Some are of the “baby’s first Christmas” sort of thing, some are just stupid and goofy.
It’s chaotic and insane looking, but it’s ours!
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 