How to decorate a Christmas tree

Before decorating a New Year tree, it, naturally, is necessary choose. Before the holiday, decide what will suit youmore. Living tree or artificial? Spruce or pine? The whole tree or fir / pine branches? The choice depends on your own preferences, financial possibilities and the size of the room in which you are going to put the tree. But remember that you can not choose a Christmas tree "from the bay-floundering". Choose our Christmas tree (both living and artificial), our advice will help you.

Bought a Christmas tree you need install correctly. With an artificial tree there will be no problems, butWhat about a living plant? What to do, so that the Christmas tree does not crumble and how long can you and your family members rejoice? On this account, there are different opinions. Some put a Christmas tree in the wet sand. Others prefer water with a "cocktail" dissolved in it from a pill of aspirin, a spoonful of sugar and a pinch of salt, which must be topped up as the tree absorbs it. Having established a tree, you can think about how to decorate a Christmas tree.

One of the latest trends - a Christmas tree, decorated with in a single color scheme. This tree really looks beautiful. Green is best not to take - decorations will merge with the tree itself. It is better to decorate a Christmas tree with decorations of contrasting color (for example, red), picking up red balls, garlands, tinsel, etc. A Christmas tree with white or silvery ornaments looks very Christmas-like. On an artificial Christmas tree, made of silver "rain", very beautiful look bright blue ornaments. It is desirable that the color of Christmas decorations is in harmony with the overall color scheme of your New Year's interior.

Another good way to decorate a Christmas tree is to make it "Thematic". Such a Christmas tree can look great in the office,if the jewelry will remind you about the specifics of your company or department. For example, "computer scientists" can decorate a Christmas tree with old floppy disks, RJ-45 connectors, unnecessary boards and other parts and spare parts. In the office it is easy to make garlands of multi-colored clips and unnecessary documents. Why send old papers to the shredder, if they come out wonderful paper garlands?

Thematic tree can be dressed up and at home, choosing a theme for your hobby. Fishermen can decorate a Christmas tree with spoon-baits,floats and wobblers; music lover - CDs and garlands of audio tape. Children will surely like the "sweet" tree decorated with sweets in colorful wrappers, nuts in foil, chocolate medals and tangerines. The beauty of such a Christmas tree is that any piece of jewelry can be eaten if desired, replacing it with a new one. The main thing is not to overdo it and eat sweets before the New Year's feast.

You can decorate a Christmas tree in retro style. Surely you (or your grandparents)preserved New Year's toys of the Soviet era - a few peeling balls, cones, toy cosmonauts, vegetables and fruits, the heroes of children's books. Why not remember the childhood and not decorate the tree with these toys? Perhaps they are not as shiny and elegant as the new balls bought on the eve of the holiday in the nearest supermarket. But how much warmer they are! How many pleasant memories are associated with them!

If you decide to decorate a Christmas tree traditionally, you should remember several rules. First, the Christmas tree is hung up with an electricgarland, then - large toys, and then - small. Ornaments of the same shape and color should not be hung near. In the last place put on the top (a star or a spire), hangs "rain" and tinsel.

Garlands or beads hang around the tree, and not vertically. They should not obscure other ornaments. Christmas tree should not be overloaded with toys. The smaller the Christmas tree, the less should beornaments. The largest decorations are hindered at the bottom, the smallest ones are at the top. You can decorate the Christmas tree with ready-made Christmas toys, or you can make New Year toys with your own hands.

Coming in 2011 - year of white metal Rabbit (Cat). So it's good if the decor of your New Year's EveChristmas trees will remind you of this. You can hang toys on the Christmas tree in the form of a rabbit, a rabbit or a cat. You can decorate the tree in white, yellow, silver or golden colors (the color of the coming year). It does not hurt to also hang on the Christmas tree decorations made of metal (or at least decorated "under the metal").

And most importantly - to approach the decoration of the New Year tree you need with a soul. It is desirable to involve all members of the family, from the oldest to the youngest, in this occupation. Then your tree will certainly be the most beautiful, the most elegant and the most festive!