Our family
Christmas tree is
similar, although probably
folkier; the
decorations are partly handmade spraypainted
clay shapes made by me and my brother at very
young ages, partly
glittery glass
baubles and so forth, bought becasue we didn't seem to have quite
enough this year, and partly a variety of strange little
ornaments: stuffed
cloth bells,
raffia angels, little painted
wooden people and so on.
However, the best thing about the tree is that, having got it to the point where we can barely see the organic part and the thing seems to be mainly an assemblage of decorations, we then cover it in unstable, tilting, real candles.
it's absolutely beatiful - with the lights out it glitters in much softer, warmer way than any I've ever seen with coloured lights on. And so far, somehow, it has never caught fire.