i stopped putting up the tree years ago. for many years it was decorated with lights, small candy canes and sugar cookies in shape of wreaths. no one wanted to help decorate but they all come running to take it down as they were allowed to eat the decorations they took off.
one year i took the Xmas tree and put it up at Easter time with lights in shapes of easter eggs and pink bunnies. For the top i tied a stuffed bunny to the tip and put the kids Easter baskets below it. My oldest granddaughter was about 2 1/2 t the time. she took one look at the tree and screamed for her mother to come. " look. Mommy, there's a bunny on top". She could care less about the lights and the baskets---the bunny was the highlight of the day.