Most years I go up into the crawl space attic and pull down ornaments, lights, and a 4 foot artificial pre-lit tree. This year I was just not in the mood (my 13 yo dog died Dec 10), so I took the lazy route and used my instant tree.
I found this beauty along the side of the road for free and gave it a good home. I store it in my downstairs family room, just as is.
I did cut 2 pine branches and brought a small bucket of dirt for a hotel room tree when we went to Nashua NH to visit Mr. B's mom for Christmas. I used a single string of lights, cut some snowflakes out of white paper, and used curled ribbon and girls' elastic hair bands as ornaments.