Where the love-light gleams Deedra and Barry Moore go all out with Christmas decor Story and photos by ALISON JAMES For many people, decorating the Christmas tree is a key event that signals the start of the season. That’s true for Deedra and Barry Moore, too – except it’s not just one tree. The Moore home gets dressed in holiday style with a tree in nearly every room of the house, each with its own theme. “I love it,” said Deedra, who is the decorator-in-chief for the holidays. “We didn’t start out this way – but I have just grown and added a tree, it seems like, every year.” The Moores start the season at the beginning of November with their patriotic tree, which comes out for Veterans Day and remains on display the rest of the year. The white tree gleams in the window of the playroom, bedecked with USA ornaments and Ty Beanie Babies bears. It made its first appearance the year Barry was deployed to Iraq with the Alabama Army National Guard 115th Signal Battalion, in 2004. The biggest tree graces the family den and is laden with ornaments that evoke precious family memories. Among its branches hang daughter Ashton’s baby ornaments, ornaments gifted by students and friends and those collected during family vacations and travels. Trees of varying sizes bring the holidays to each room. Fruit ornaments dangle from the full-size dining room tree. A woodland animal theme graces the pencil tree in the study. A twiggy tree near the kitchen table is home to ornaments from her mother and stepfather’s travels all over the world.
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