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Crappy phone pic, but you get the gist of the ornament explosion. The treetop angel was my 2yo's playgroup project (last year's angel project by son#2 has been relegated to mere ornament status). As you can see, some areas have already been picked bare and there's been some rearrangement. It's kind of exciting, the decoration is somewhat nebulous.
I like the garland and tinsel look but that's a losing battle at this point. Poo chains with the pets is funny, not so much with the little ones, nevermind the leverage a 2yo can gain with a string of garland.
I was always a traditional white lights and candles guy...until I had kids. Then we went to colored lights and now we have those chaser/rhythm lights on the tree. I've gone to the dark side outside as well with the colored lights, but I haven't gotten them up yet. Don't want to rush into anything.