But, you see, these "bare" trees allow us to decorate them in a very special way. We like to decorate these trees with a lot of old glass ornaments. We put these ornaments on the tree from the inside out! So, the bare spots in the tree do get filled up with decorations. Many of the older ornaments are hung on threads, rather than hooks. This requires a bit more space below the branches to allow them to hang fully...
The final touch is hanging the "icicles", or tinsel. We usually don't use garland or anything like that. Just lots and lots of tinsel. I wonder if the new cat is going to eat the tinsel. We'll just keep the tinsel off of the lower branches just to be sure. When I was little, we used to use the 1" large light bulbs. You can't really buy these anymore, so now we just use a bunch of the little multicolored strands (no flashing lights though...). The finished tree takes many hours to complete, and the picture (and my digital camera) don't really do it justice. Merry Christmas!
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