Christmas Decorating 101: Everything You Need to Know
The tradition of Christmas decorating is always something to look forward to. As the year draws to a close, you deck your halls with festive ornaments and let the spirit of the season fill your home. To inspire your upcoming plans, here’s a primer on everything you need to know from the most popular Christmas decorations to tips on holiday preparations.
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The tradition of Christmas decorating is always something to look forward to. As the year draws to a close, you deck your halls with festive ornaments and let the spirit of the season fill your home. To inspire your upcoming plans, here’s a primer on everything you need to know from the most popular Christmas decorations to tips on holiday preparations.
What’s your Christmas decorating style? Take Quiz
Types of Christmas Decorations
Here are the key items used in traditional Christmas decorating:
Artificial Christmas Trees
Table of Contents
The tradition of Christmas decorating is always something to look forward to. As the year draws to a close, you deck your halls with festive ornaments and let the spirit of the season fill your home. To inspire your upcoming plans, here’s a primer on everything you need to know from the most popular Christmas decorations to tips on holiday preparations.
What’s your Christmas decorating style? Take Quiz
Types of Christmas Decorations
Here are the key items used in traditional Christmas decorating:
Artificial Christmas Trees
Think about the tree’s height and shape relative to the space you’re decorating. Foliage properties—like color and realism—and lighting options are important things to consider, too. Some artificial Christmas trees have special features that match your needs, such as our easy set-up Flip Trees®.
Artificial Christmas Trees 101: Terms to Know
- Branch Samples: A Balsam Hill® exclusive preview kit containing individual branches of our most popular trees
- Classic Needles: Thin, papery needles made from proprietary polyethylene terephthalate (PET), typically seen on traditional artificial Christmas trees
- Corner tree: A space-saving tree designed to fit snugly in a corner
- Flatback tree: A space-saving tree that lays flat against a wall
- Flip Tree: Our easy set-up Christmas tree that rolls into place and flips upright to eliminate heavy lifting
- Flocking: An added element that creates a frosted or snow-like effect
- Fluffing: The technique of shaping branches or foliage to achieve its ideal shape
- Full trees: The classic tree profile, characterized by a wide silhouette and abundant foliage
- Hinged branches: Tree branches that are pre-attached to the center pole for quick assembly
- Pre-Fluffed®: Trees with professionally shaped memory wire branches that fan into place after the tree section is untied
- Slim trees: Our most slender trees for small spaces
- Tree stand: A sturdy, X-shaped steel base included with every Balsam Hill tree
- True Needle®: Our most realistic artificial Christmas tree foliage made from injection-molded polyethylene (PE) plastic