Did you ever see this Christmas tree? Number 4

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My image is from Facebook. But yes, I made some of these trees. As our family got older, putting up a real tree, or even an artificial tree, was almost too much work. Or, some people liked to have extra little trees around. I used to go to a ceramic shop and make things. I made three, I believe. One was for my in laws. One for my mom, and one for my dad. In keeping with wanting to be different and special, my mom asked me to make hers pearlized white, with red plastic birds instead of plastic Christmas lights. On the green trees, during the glazing process, we brushed on a glaze that would become puffy and white. We did that after we had put on the green glaze. The method for the tree to light was this. A socket for a full sized regular light bulb was threaded through the bottom of the tree. It had a cord with an inline switch. The plastic "lights" are transparent, and are glued in holes that were made when the ceramic tree was still "greenware", that is unfired poured clay. The plastic lights were glued in after both firings of the tree. So, there you have it. Pull your tree out of the box and plug it in. You are done, except for the presents. I am not to that point, yet.