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Christmas Tree

Christmas Tree

Christmas trees are an essential part of celebrating the Christmas holiday. A Christmas tree is a decorated tree, usually an evergreen tree consisting either of spruce, pine, or fir. Christmas trees are often decorated with festive Christmas ornaments, tinsel, and other objects to have the look and feel of the Christmas spirit. Decorating Christmas trees is different for everyone, depending on the items you use to decorate with will give a different look and feel to every Christmas tree. 

Christmas Tree Origins

The origins of the Christmas tree being decorated for Christmas was developed in medieval Europe, where people of the Christian faith would bring decorated Christmas trees into their home. It quickly gained popularity around Europe and families started to do this new tradition while they celebrated Christmas. Now, families who celebrate and enjoy the Christmas holiday put up a Christmas tree in their homes to increase the holiday festivities and to put presents under to open on Christmas morning. 

 

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Christmas Tree Ornaments

Decorating a Christmas tree isn’t complete without beautiful Christmas tree ornaments. Creating your own personalized Christmas tree ornaments is easy, fun and will have lasting memories each time you use then to decorate your Christmas tree. Each year, you can create a new personalized Christmas tree ornament as a sentimental keepsake, to see how your family has grown over the years. These Christmas tree ornaments can also be passed from generation to generation as sentimental keepsakes. 

How to Create Christmas Tree Ornaments

Making Christmas tree ornaments is easy with Shutterfly. Choose between the different variety of styles and shapes along with the different number of pictures or designs you can include. From metal ornaments, slate ornaments, jeweled ornaments, glass ornaments, ceramic ornaments, glitter ornaments and more each personalized Christmas tree ornament will be one-of-a-kind. 

Additional Christmas Tree Decorations

The great thing about decorating Christmas trees is that you can add virtually anything you’d like to your Christmas tree. From glittery tinsel, to fake snow spray, to popcorn garlands; the options are endless. Each person who decorates their Christmas tree has their own style and design of how they want to decorate their Christmas tree; it can include having a certain color scheme, using vintage Christmas ornaments and more. The beauty of Christmas tree decorations is that there is no wrong way to decorate a Christmas tree.

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