Real or artificial, star or angel, your Christmas tree is a reflection of you!
Energy Profiling is a system based on movement. Everything in our natural world leads with one of 4 Energy Types. You’ll see everything express a natural movement both in nature and your own tendencies, including how you express yourself with a Christmas tree! From the style of tree you choose to the decorations and lights you use, you’re revealing things about your preferences and processes that are true to your Energy Type.
Any Type of woman can have different preference on whether they prefer a natural or artificial tree. The kind of tree doesn’t correlate with Energy Types. It’s what you do with it that shows you more about your Energy Type.
Type 1 – “It’s Christmas Every Day”
Type 1 movement is upward and light that we experience as fresh and fun.
It’s typical of the Type 1 experience to add the same fun, color, and lightness to your Christmas tree as you do to your personal style and your everyday life!
Debbie, a bright and animated Type 1 woman shares,
“I love to get the biggest tree possible! I use Disney ornaments that my husband bought me years ago through a Disney Storybook subscription. My husband hangs the beaded garland, and my boys hang the candy canes! It usually takes a couple of days to decorate, and it is never decorated the same each year. Very random. How Type 1 of me!”
Are you a Type 1 woman who enjoys the fun and social aspects of decorating your Christmas tree? Do you enjoy bringing your family together to decorate your tree? Or, maybe you prefer to keep the tree decorating to yourself – less stress, right? Perhaps it’s not the tree that is as important to you as the other social experiences and family traditions.
Type 2 – “All I Want for Christmas Is You”
Type 2 movement is soft and relaxed that we experience as gentle and subdued.
For the Type 2 woman, honoring her cherish loved ones by using ornaments that have sentimental value is important to her.
Stacey, a soft and subtle Type 2 woman shares,
“Tree decorating is a sentimental process for me. When I look at my tree, memories of holidays of my childhood usually come flooding back to me. I have many ornaments that are homemade, sentimental, or personalized. Some of those ornaments are extra precious because they were made by family members who have passed on.”
Are you a Type 2 woman that relates to having ornaments that are precious to you? Perhaps it’s the clothespin reindeer your first-born made in kindergarten or the delicate snowflake that Grandma crocheted. Each one is different, each one is special, they may not match, but it doesn’t matter to you. Your sentimental nature overrides any thoughts of perfectionism.
Type 3 – “Rocking Around the Christmas Tree”
Type 3 movement is dynamic and pushes forward.
Some Type 3 women enjoy the adventure of hiking into the woods to cut a natural tree for their Christmas tree. Other Type 3 people would rather make it a swift grab-and-go experience of getting a natural tree at a tree lot. And others want to save the expense of a yearly tree by using an artificial one that they even leave the decorations on when they store it. Saves time, right?
Kristine, a rich and dynamic Type 3 woman shares,
“I love the adventure of going to the tree farm, selecting the tree and cutting it down even more than I enjoy the act of decorating the tree.”
Dressing Your Truth Type 3 Expert Sarah, on the other hand, prefers the practicality of an artificial tree.
“I like that I can get it up quick when I want to get it up and I don’t have to take the time to go out looking for a tree. I also like that I don’t have the mess to clean up after either.”
What Type of experience do you prefer? Do you prefer the adventure of a real tree or the practicality of an artificial tree? Or perhaps it depends on the year?
Type 4 – “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear”
Type 4 movement is balanced and structured. For the Type 4 woman, tradition is a big part of the Christmas experience and the decorations on the tree. It is also common to express their style preferences in their decorations with bold colors and symmetry.
Dressing Your Truth Type 4 Expert Kalista clearly appreciates tradition.
“I like very traditional elements like homemade gingerbread cookies and popcorn balls wrapped in colored cellophane (that can be eaten), strings of popcorn, and dried spiced orange slices.
Also, I make very delicate handmade stockings that are beaded and appliqued. These are kept high up, and only I get to handle them, except for on Christmas morning. These stockings are a family tradition that my great-great-aunt began about over 40 years ago.”
Are you a Type 4 woman who prefers traditional decorations like Kalista? Is it important to you to keep your tree simple but have it look sleek and symmetrical? Do you use bold Type 4 colors in your decorating?
Which of these 4 Energy Types do you see yourself in? What does your Christmas tree say about you?
Knowing your Energy Type is life-changing. It helps you know your true gifts and purpose of why you do what you do. It helps you accept your nuances, so you no longer see them as quirks or flaws.
Make sure to get a copy of my book; It’s Just My Nature so you can discover even more about your Energy Type and how you express it in all areas of your life – so you too can embrace your true self like the tens of thousands of woman I have helped do this.
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Share in the comments how you deck the halls during the holiday season!
I’m a 1/2, but I’ve never been a big fan of decorating the tree…even as a child. It’s too much work and it gets boring after a while. We bought a new tree last year that is super easy to put together with lights already on it. It’s great. The less time it takes the happier I am :). Of course, I like the way the tree looks when it’s decorated. I just prefer someone else do the decorating (lol). I prefer fake trees to real ones. Cutting so many trees down each year seems like such a waste, is too expensive, and is a mess. More mess means more time cleaning and I’m not a fan.
I am definitely the Type 2 sentimental Christmas Tree decorator. The color theme, ribbon or garland might change, but the ornaments do not. It’s so fun to see how each type’s energy comes out when it comes to Christmas trees, decorations and the way each Type celebrates the season!
I’m a 2/1, so I relate to both the T2 and T1 aspects of Christmas trees and decorating. I like being with my family (for social time) and connecting with them as we all put on the cherished ornaments and share stories about them.
I am Type 1 all the way!!! I love the bright lights and fun baubles of Christmas! My christmas tree is fun and sweet with so much to look at. I love the holidays so I can have lights on to brighten my night!!
I’m a 4 but relate most to the type 3. quick to put up and quick to take down. no mess to clean up and easy to decorate.
I used to have a slim line tree I got for $10 that was a pre-lit light. totally miss it. I sold it before moving from the west to the east coast a few years back thinking I wouldn’t need it. Apartment living, but then bought a house and totally regret doing that. I’ve yet to find anything I like and at that price point.
Type 4 but have no idea about Kalista’s traditional things. They must be regional. I’m all about purity and balance. White lights, silver and crystal reflective ornaments, all perfectly weighted so the heaviest are on top, the lightest and most delicate on top, and I have to “fix” the tree after the family has decorated it to make sure the ornaments are balanced (no two identical ornaments too close together to create clutter).
Thank you for saying this. I have no idea what my type is, but I decorate my tree in the same manner (and I think you meant heaviest ornaments on the bottom?). It’s when I read articles like this that I think, “Well, I’m not any of these, maybe there should be a type 5? haha.”
I decorate my tree with only white lights, gold, silver, and white decorations, and a few little red bulb ornaments as accents. I do order a special ornament each year that symbolizes something that was a big part of our lives that year. Those don’t necessarily always match the theme, but I try to stick with red/white/black. If someone gets me an ornament I don’t like, I hide it on the back. lol. And yes, if anyone helps me I always have to rearrange and adjust so that it is all spaced out perfectly.
As a Type 2, I love the soft glow of white lights, and my tree has mostly handmade ornaments or ones that were gifted to my children by relatives each year. My Type 1 and Type 3 son love colored lights and lots of bling! My Type 4 son loves tradition, and asks that we do similar activities adn watch the same movies every year.
I am a 3/2 but my Christmas tree approach is from my secondary 2. Tree decorating is a very sentimental process for me. As I unwrap each ornament I hold it and remember something about it. Who gave it to me, where I bought it, this was for our 15th wedding anniversary, my son gave me this when he was in college, my mom made this, this was my mom’s to represent her 50th anniversary, etc. I sort of go through the same process when I put the ornaments away. My actual tree even looks T2 because a few years ago my husband went out and bought it when I was sick. He came home with a tree dusted in white that had white lights and he had bought a withe and silver angel topper. I thought I was a T2 at the time and thought wow he really nailed me. The reality is he is the T2 and I was grateful that he had taken care of it and we had a tree. So while the tree isn’t necessarily my type, it is beautiful with the lights blinking and my cherished ornaments on it and I love it.
Well, I prefer the pre-decorated artificial tree so I’m with Sarah on this. No muss, no fuss!