Adding lights to your Christmas tree is a beautiful way to bring your ... through the wires to disguise them," says Miller. To wrap a branch, start near the trunk, moving towards the outside ...

Plug in the next set and keep going. When you string the top section of the Christmas tree, don't wrap the lights around as many branches—this will help the tree look evenly lit from top to bottom.

My first Christmas tree was a stately, 5-foot fir that was a little too tall for the living room ceiling and tilted ever so slightly to the left. It was beautiful. It smelled like Christmas and ...