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Originally Posted by Leslie Anne
Our theme is Christmas Tree. Do people usually have a color theme?  |
Some do.
Your "theme" Christmas tree?
We don't do color themes, unless one counts the red and green that tend to predominate at Christmas, coupled with purple and rose candles on the Advent wreath, as a "theme." (We don't think of it that way.) The lights on the tree are multi-colored (including white) small lights. There's no color consisteny at all with what goes on the tree.
As I said in the thread to which I linked, my parents started the tradition with us of buying an ornament whenever we went on vacation somewhere. When I was grown up, I had a "starter set" of the ornaments I had gotten on trips. My wife and I started the same tradition on our honeymoon. Now when we go on vacation or even shorter trips, my wife and I pick out at least one ornament and our kids pick out at least one apiece.
I'd say that at least 75% of our ornaments are either from trips or there's some other sentimental/historical connection. (The rest are ornaments the kids made, friends gave us, or the like -- we have no glass balls or anything similar.) It makes decorating the tree turn into a time to remember fun places we've been and things we've done over the years.
We typically put up our tree in mid-December, and it will stay up until January 6 (at least).