Well maybe it should be something that is done AS A FAMILY where everyone helps with some aspect of decorating the tree... my father always did the lights... Mom and we kids helped with the ornaments and tinsel. Taking it down we did it in reverse. We took the ornaments and tinsel off with Mom, Dad took off the lights and took it curbside for the garbage pickup. There was little fighting that way over who did what... and sometimes we kids would be asked to add a cool teapot of water to the base of the tree to keep it alive. ONE PERSON DOES NOT HAVE TO DO IT ALL.