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I use a mixture of old and new baubles for the Christmas tree.Always an artificial one these days, but used to have a real tree years ago.
I colour match whatever I use and ring the changes from year to year, silver, white and pink, purple and gold, red green and gold.etc.
I like to buy about three or four new ornaments every year to add to the stash, and look for anything that is a bit different.Birds, feathers, Nordic, unusual.

We have two, an artificial one in the bay window in the study covered in white lights and white decorations. We have a house with a long frontage; garage, 3 windows and bay window. We have white light candle arcs in each window and the white tree is the 'punctuation' in the bay.

However the real tree is in the living room at the back of the house. It goes floor to ceiling, not that large as the house is 15th century and the ceilings are low. This is covered with decorations, few less than 20 years years old, some 70 years old plus. The tree is a wash of red green and gold with multicoloured lights. It is the focus of the room and before Christmas all the presents are piled up under it. When all the family are with us, 7 in all, that is quite a pile!

We've always had artificial trees the current one is a 6 footer that we've had for about 10yrs now.
It will be decorated with white lights, strings of red beads and a mix of baubles from my childhood, two special ones that mark the names and dates of my children's first Christmas items made by my children when they were small. I usually buy a new decoration for the tree every year. This year it's in the form of a polar bear.
There is no colour scheme, I just use what I like.

I used to buy real trees but was attracted to a (HomeBase!) artificial one which was tall and slender but not huge in diameter - perfect for my living room.

Decorating the tree is quite late by most people's standards - the weekend before Christmas. The job involves grandchildren (oldest is almost 13 now, so may be too cool to involve himself this year) and follows the same pattern each time. Firstly strings of silver and red beads are draped around the branches, followed by silver and red balls. Sounds like a classy theme, yes? Well the next step is where enthusiasm overcomes stylishness - assorted baubles are attached whilst I relate the story of their origin - gifts from friends at home and abroad, some made by the grandchildren themselves in earlier years and some from the Christmas market in Copenhagen. Excitment this year because a friend who visited the Middle East brought a swanky gold camel for my tree! All of these add a riot of colour, to be topped off with silver lametta (strict rule of no more than 3 strands at a time when putting it on) and a silver star on the top. No lights.

After the job is completed, my helpers and I will find a suitably festive snack to revive our spirits, take photos to send to their parents and faraway family members and generally congratulate ourselves on our wonderful creation. Christmas has come to Grannie's house!

We get our ancient artificial tree down from the loft and then let whatever DGC are with us, decorate it with mainly little wooden toys. We then let them loose with tinsel etc.
After they have left, we move some stuff further up the tree, which is bare as they haven't been able to reach.

my tree is a black one with lights attached, i decorate it with all the Christmas ornaments the children have made, plus one or two that my GD has made me, We have some "vintage ones" LOL, that belonged to DHs mum. all in all is a true family Christmas tree with loads of memory's and laughs about wonky stars ect

We bought one of your Pop Up comes in a box white tree 2 yrs ago and we love it . I add a few of my own beloved baubles and hanging chocolates for the grandchildren but it takes no time at all to put up I add my Angel on top and I'm done. I even dress the box to stand it on 'perfect'.

My tree tends to be traditional reds, greens bits and bobs, multi colour lights etc however I saw a tree today in a restaurant that was just white lights with silver decorations and looked stunning so think I might do that this year.

I have always had an artificial tree and never really enjoyed putting it up very much to be honest. I always had matching, colour coordinating lights, baubles, tinsel etc. and the tree had a "place" in the corner of the room.

This year in a moment of madness last Sunday afternoon I went to a garden centre and bought a 7ft tall REAL tree. DH just managed to get it into the dining room and I have had to have a major switch around to fit it in but I absolutely love it. I now have a slightly wonky, real tree with mismatched baubles including 3 fancy glass racing cars, a sock monkey, a robot, some little caravans, mice, fairies and everything else you might imagine. The tree looks fabulous and I have started talking to it on a morning when I get up and remember it is there. I bought a special base too that you can top up with water so hopefully I can keep "my first real tree" until about March ! DH is convinced it is going to bring us some good luck. Such a small tree to carry so many expectations.