Let's not skirt the issue: Christmas trees look more polished when the base is dressed

If playing Santa has tapped out your wallet and your patience, consider these stylish, time-saving decorations an early Christmas present

Enjoy the merry look of twinkling lights over desk, closet, shelf, mirror or table

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Borrow some Scandinavian holiday style with a simple star ornament made of white wooden beads and wire

Here are all the tools and trimmings you need for your best-wrapped gifts ever

Let others have their traditional pine. This wooden version you make yourself celebrates modern DIY style

Conjure a Yuletide on the prairie with plentiful greenery and other country-style holiday decorations

See how local designers have transformed this historic Queen Anne–style home with stunning holiday displays