Boughs of Bounty

When it comes to Christmas decorating, it seems there are two main groups of people.

The first are those who haphazardly deck their trees with whatever strings of lights they might happen to find, add a few ornaments and stand back and throw on handfuls of tinsel.

Then there are those who take hours to find the perfect tree, hand-string garlands of popcorn and cranberries, meticulously craft each and every ornament and iron their tinsel before hanging it on the tree piece by piece.

We're not making any judgments here about either group, but when it comes to showing Christmas trees in photographs, the meticulous types win hands-down. And for a special holiday treat, we're showing you today some of the most lovingly decorated trees in the Las Vegas Valley.