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A: Two of my dear friends, mother and daughter respectively, keep an artificial tree fully decorated (and I mean LOADED to the pinecones, baby!) all year in their homes. They are kept discreetly in other places in their homes...not the middle of the living room for the "main event"--they take those down each year. They both love Christmas and have said that they wish to be reminded of the spirit of Christmas all year and it gives them inspiration to be kind, loving, and generous all the time, as Christ would have us be.