The inner core

Sadly am in process of putting Christmas things away. I have been asked in the past how I make my tree look magical and this is one of my secrets.  I put various green ornaments close to the trunk or core of tree and the effect is that they magnify the string lights. All those added reflections make it look like there are many more lights then there are. The green ornaments are also great to fill in bare spots.

A second secret which I learned from a gentleman customer years and years ago was to make sure I stuff light strings close to trunk or core and work my way out. No skimpiness.