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Gold, Red, and green mostly with lots of Santa ornaments. I love the old fashioned type ornaments and have been collecting Christopher Radko ornaments for years, as well as Waterford (not the crystal Waterford) and Old World ornaments. All 5 of the trees are decorated pretty much the same with lots of multi-colored lights.

:holiday07 We bought a 100 year old house in SW Louisiana last year that has 12 foot ceilings. I have 5 trees so I didn't want to go out and purchase new ones for this house and you can only imagine how silly these 7 1/2' trees looked sitting on the floor. Soooo, I had hubby build me some wooden boxes the width of the trees, then used spray glue and attached pretty Christmas fabric onto the boxes. Set the trees up on them and wallah they were the height of the 9 foot windows that are in my house. It really looks like the trees have a huge present sitting under it. The added benefit is that it keeps little ones fingers off of the ornaments and keeps the dog out of it as well. You can make them square to look like a huge gift or you can make them round and make them look like a big drum, course that takes longer cause you have to paint. Caution!!! Make sure that you attach the tree to something so that it doesn't topple if you have little ones.

Hello, newbie here...I'll start by saying that I spend all year listening to my kids, DIL and grandchildren to find out what they are interested in and what they would like for a gift for Christmas. Obviously some don't do the same. Two years ago my stepson bought for me the ugliest frog I have ever seen, it's wooden and has a hole in the center for a stick that is removed and run up and down the back of the frog to make it "croak". Never have I mentioned that I like frogs of any kind. I realize it's the thought that counts but this was bought just to buy something, no thought whatsoever. One year my sister gave me a set of serving dishes that she had tried to sell in a garage sale and could not since they were cracked, I could not believe my eyes when I looked inside that box.