It must be Christmas! The most wonderful time of the year!
I am in transition as I just relocated so instead of the big Christmas tree I have up a small fiber optic tree that is most flamboyant tree imaginable. Not only does it have a large amount of fiber optic sprays but some of them terminate in stars, forming the silhouette in four different sizes. The lights constantly change color. It is just too amazing. It has no decorations, as it is more than enough by itself. My regular Christmas tree is a collection of ornaments from the last 40 years, but in a small space, nothing can beat the light display of the disco tree.
The outside looks pretty good for a town house. Little candy cane path markers, red and white globe lights and oversize candies on the shrubs. Also have some light up peppermint candies that I got at Target this year.
It's fun to mix it up. We have so many ornaments, I pick a theme or color each year and just use those. I was getting pretty sick of the whole thing, but this year my son decorated the tree, and it's the best tree we've had in years.
Our first tree was a fiber optic tree, we do not decorate it either. I love our fiber optic tree it is to cool, the kids love it and DH can look at it without getting cranky.