O Christmas Trees! Kentucky woman decks the halls with 76 trees

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY (WAVE) - Christmas comes but once a year, but at Celia Thomas' house, the holiday begins arriving soon after she closes the door on the last trick-or-treater on October 31. That's because it takes time to decorate a house with more than six dozen Christmas trees.

"I usually start November 1, right after Halloween," Thomas said.

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This year, she has 76 trees in her home, and almost all of them are full size.

"I try to add one each year so it's a surprise at [my annual] open house," said Thomas, an Elizabethtown nurse who works for Hardin Memorial Hospital's Cardiac Rehabilitation Program.

This year's addition is dedicated to Thomas' grandson Beau, born in August to Bowling Green dentists Meghan and Tommy Birkenhauer. Beau, the first grandchild for Thomas and her husband Mike, a veterinarian, has turned the family upside down -- in a good way -- so it's fitting that his tree is upside down. Its ornaments consist ofphotos of Beau.

"We have pictures on the tree from delivery and every week since birth," Thomas said. "Being grandparents is everything everyone has said it would be. He makes every event so special. We are very blessed."

It's probably a good thing Thomas works part-time hours at the hospital. Decorating her house is a full-time job. She does almost all of it herself.

"I do all the trees inside and put lights on 12 outside," Thomas said, "but Mike is good about running extension cords and hanging the wreaths."

It's a process that requires patience and outstanding organizational skills.

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O Christmas Trees! Kentucky woman decks the halls with 76 trees