Sentimental side to trimming up our trees

The average Christmas tree is home to 39 ornaments and takes 85 minutes to dress.

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A poll of 2,000 adults who celebrate Yuletide found they own an average of three homemade baubles and four which have been passed down through generations.

Christmas trees will also feature four new additions this year, with 21 per cent of those polled having more than 50 tree decorations in total.

As many as 80 per cent place their most meaningful ornaments at the front of the tree, with half revealing they bring back special memories.

Typically, trees will include five adornments which hold sentimental value, and a further five which reflect their personality, with 44 per cent having gifted a loved one an ornament.

Meanwhile, almost all tree decorators (97 per cent) have items hanging from it which date back two or more decades, with 11 per cent going back to the 1960s.