If you're not a fan of prolonging the life of your real Christmas trees, and don't want to bother with storing a bulky ...

that start with an inverted tomato cage: What you'll need: Several strands of lights (we combined a couple of old light sets and new LED ones, in both warm white and cool white). This tree was ...

that start with an inverted tomato cage: What you'll need: Embroidery hoops of various sizes, ornaments, fishing line to hang the ornaments from the top. We liked this look so much we did it two ways.

Quick! Someone get the phone number for Mensa, that international group for really smart people. We think we just met the sharpest person in the world, and she lives right here in the Lehigh Valley.