Christmas Tree Now With Lamp Base

Seasonal decorations are usually either a tree or a light. This one is both. The conifer silhouette is built up in stepped tiers of boughs, tapering from a wide skirt at the bottom to a point, and those tiers break up the light passing through them so the shape glows from within rather than simply being lit from the front. Adding the base is what changes the piece. Instead of an ornament that sits on a shelf and does nothing once the evening draws in, it becomes a small seasonal lamp for a hallway table, a mantelpiece or a windowsill. It comes as a multi-part set, and it belongs to the category of decoration that goes up in December, earns its keep for a month, and gets packed away with everything else in January.