"It takes little bulbs, garland, bows and things like that, whereas a fir has got multiple branches and you can hang all kinds of little ornaments off it, and use garland also,” said Broughm.

The most common choice among them are 65-watt replacement bulbs that typically put out about 650 lumens of light each. That's a good, average number, and fine for average-height ceilings with at ...