Every year I decorate 13 Christmas trees. I spend between $600 to $1,500 per tree and it brings me so much joy.

  • Kelly Okrepkie, 47, lives in Monroe, Connecticut and loves Christmas.
  • She started decorating Christmas trees in her house in 2011, with the goal to have one in each room.
  • She now has 13 Christmas trees that she decorates every year.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kelly Okrepkie. It has been edited for length and clarity.

I love Christmas.

When I was little my mom worked at a department store and I would always walk by their Christmas trees and think, “I want this when I grow up.”…

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