Kaleen and Allen Riley love Christmas with all the decorations they can muster. At their home in Trussville, Alabama, Allen starts setting up themed trees in September, from a heavily flocked tree with bowing limbs to what he calls a vintage “shiny silver one with a color wheel like everybody’s maw-maw had in the window.
About a dozen tabletop and mini versions are tucked into nooks and crannies, keeping company with gingerbread houses, a festive miniature village, garland, wreaths, and knickknacks galore.