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David Lawson

I Decorate Christmas Trees for Luxury Hotels for a Living — This Is How You Can Get the 5 Star Look for Your Own Tree at Home

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Three large Christmas trees placed in a hotel lobby with a view of the trees skirting and decor pieces finely presenting each Christmas tree. .

November is a busy time for me, to say the least. I spend most of it perched atop ladders as my company designs and installs Christmas decor for luxury hotels, stylish bars, and beautiful restaurants across the UK.

The thirty days of November fly by in an absolute flurry of stringing twinkling lights around giant trees, adding an abundance of foliage to huge lengths of garland to be draped around grand staircases, hanging hundreds of wreaths in windows, and embellishing everything with red berries, velvet bows, and glass icicles. All of this is to create the perfect Christmas decor backdrop for hotel guests to enjoy the festive season and hopefully provide a little bit of magic and that special feeling you only really get at Christmas time.

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