We have the kitschiest Christmas tree ever. We should call it our Kitschmas Tree. It has small, multi-coloured lights that came with the tree (it’s artificial – we never get a real tree because this is cheaper.) The first thing we put on it are our baby ornaments (purchased the year each of us was born, respectively; mine has my name carved on it in my mum’s penmanship, which is pretty nifty.) Then we each hang up our favourite ornmanent (mine is Odie with little gold angel wings.)
From there it’s a free-for-all to see how much stuff we can cram on the tree without it looking unbalanced. We have Garfield, Coca Cola (Santas, mini vending machines, etc.), a variety of snowmen, sleighs, snowflakes, and bulbs (green, red, and gold.) We have Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Harry Potter, Scrooge McDuck, some Teeny Beanie Babies and… some USC stuff (my dad is an alum) and a couple of Barbie ones (because my mum is still obsessed), and pieces mixed and matched from different sets.
It looks so random, but deocrating it is my absolute favourite part of the holiday.
Edit: Oh and we don’t have a topper right now. We usually put an angel on top that lights up and plays music, but it doesn’t connect to the lights we currently have. Last year, we had a picture of Tobey Maguire making a really silly face from Spider-Man 3. It’s an inside-joke. My parents hated that it was up there, but we thought it was hilarious.