we threw away our tree last year cause the bulbs blew out on it so I am off to buy a new one this year and I am planning on getting 2...one to put in the loft and decorate and 1 for the living room...but the last 2 years, my kids decorate and my oldest DD (19) puts up the high ornaments and the other kids put the rest up and we leave it
but I do have a preference for white lights!