I decorate a tree for my boyfriends' place since I am over there often. I put it up on Thanksgiving. He hates it when I decorate too early but you need to take advantage of the available time you have. I decorated 3 little trees and it took me 7-8 hours. December is hectic- I just want to get through it with less stress. Brendan sent me a text yesterday saying that he loved his tree.
Vintage bulbs similar to the ones on Brendans' tree that I found for $1 at the thrift store.