Bath, my MIL makes tree decorations using a foam ball and then she pins folded tartan ribbon all over it, working in quadrants - she draws lines down the ball and follows them down then glues a small bit of holly or pinecone to the top. They look really effective.

We don't do decorations around here because DH loathes Christmas and I've given up tring to convert him. So we only have a tree that goes up on the last day of school (the less time the better so he doesn't have to spend the entire month whinging about it being Christmas again ) But this year I am working on cross stitching the Bucilla tiny stockings for the tree - there are 30 of them and I am getting through one a night.