How to Decorate a Christmas Tree with Lights Once your tree is fully set up in the perfect location, it’s time to start the decorating process.

But, one expert suggests, before you decorate the traditional conifer — or conifer-like plastic apparatus, whatever you’re into — take a moment to ask yourself if your tree is really, well, you.

Christmas trees can be turned mulch, used to create habitat for wildlife or repurposed into home decor instead of being tossed out in the trash. As the holiday season comes to an end, the time to take ...