Putting up the Christmas tree is simple for us.

It's my baby artificial Christmas tree that is about 1 ft. high for a tabletop I've had for nearly 20 yrs.

In a wierd fun way, I enjoy decorating it with a collection of miniature different ornaments that I've amassed as gifts from other people, things made by nieces and nephews when they were young, little trickets I've collected from bike trips and trips overseas. An East Indian doll in sari, a woven husk goldfish from Chinatown, Venetian glass candy bauble given as a gift from Italy, Santa Claus rowing a dory from Cape Cod where I did cycle, tiny plastic beer stein from Munich, etc. There's even a plastic bike keychain fob...

Because it's small tree, easy to decorate with many meaningful things, I'm motivated to set it up lst day in Dec. And I do!

also a tree that young children like to look at..since it's at their scale.