I use one of the many homemade quilts I have. When I was a kid my mother used a white sheet. It doesn’t matter a lot since the presents will cover it. You might just let the person you’re giving it to make the choice. They might have something that would be perfect.
Just get some nice Red Felt to the size you want, and cut a hole in the center.
Boom! Done :)
I never put a skirt around my tree base. Don’t sweat it. The tree sounds beautiful the way it is.
Go to a thrift store and find a cheap linen or cotton sheet to throw around it.
Most skirts have a slit between the inside hole and the other edge so it slides into place while on the stand. We have a 10 ft tree w a huge base and the skirt works great.
We have used a sheet many times to wrap around the base of a tree. You could also find an inexpensive Christmas patterned throw at Wal-mart and cut half way through before wrapping it around the tree. I have a throw that has pine cones and poinsettia on it.
Usually those tree skirts wrap around the tree, then tie one edge of the skirt to the other to form the circle. Take another good look.
You might try wrapping a festive tablecloth around the bottom.
Put an electric train set around it.
Rumple a white blanket around the large base.
I grew up in a predominately Jewish neighborhood. Our neighbors referred to our tree as a Hanukkah Bush. My mother hung dreidels on it for her friends to see. Knowing my mom she would suggest a blue and white striped skirt.
We USED to have an entire "village" with lights inside the little houses. Also lovely.
There are lots of ideas for decorating. Magazines are STUFFED with ideas.
Rather than having the skirt under the base, you could cover the base with plastic - like a trash bag - so as to keep the water from touching fabric, and then place it around the trunk covering the base.
Or you could get an inexpensive 90” long rectangular holiday tablecloth at a place like Dollar General and wrap it around the perimeter of the base.
I’m sure whatever you decide upon will be befitting your thoughtful surprise!
Sounds like a very nice gesture.
Some people use blankets, throw blankets, holiday themed things.
Some wrap the bases in colorful Christmas wrapping paper or green or red paper.
Some use garland to wrap around the base.
Some use fluffy white filler or a white cloth of blanket that looks kind of like a layer of snow. Like this: http://cf.ellaclaireinspired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/DSC_0724.jpg
Not sure I fully understand the situation.
I 2nd the point that tree skirts are supposed to be open so one pushes the hole around the trunk.
And I 2nd the person who mentioned not bothering. We hardly ever have, my whole life. Most of the time, the tree boughs are so close to the ground no one can see much under there.
If you’re literally just now getting a tree up, wait for the boughs to sag once they warm up. The tree won’t be quite the shape it was at the sale grounds where it is (presumably?) colder than your house. One has to account for that when buying - the boughs will sag after a few hours.
Train.
isn’t that where the cases of beer go?
If they are Christian, just give them the tree and let them sort out the location and skirting.
Seems like you’d done enough just coming up with the tree and stand.
Tree skirts are more like a wrap around skirt than a regular skirt;). They go around the tree stand and the edges meet discretely behind the tree.
What a kind thing for you to do. Blessings to you and yours!
