Homes by Deltona employee, Tom Koulermos was asked to decorate this year’s company Christmas tree and document his experience:

I was given the task to design and decorate this year Christmas tree entry for the St. Johns Festival of Trees. The entry is by Homes by Deltona “Isles of the World” community in World Golf Village.

I did not want to enter a typical green tree with red bows. I decided to go with the theme of A Tropical Christmas. The theme goes with Isles. Luckily my wife June had some import and we both went to work.
We searched the internet for trees, ornaments, decorations, tree skirts and more. I envisioned a turquoise tree with lots of colorful ornaments. Ornaments alone can be very expensive. With a limited budget we found painted wooden cut-outs of things that you may see or use on an Island. These cut-outs were inexpensive enough but we knew we would have to convert them into ornaments. We are also using pink Hawaiian leis for garland and a starfish for the top.

We invited all our fellow employees to join us for some holiday cheer and to hang some ornaments. This has certainly been a fun project and one heck of a way to roll into the holidays.

To contact Tom Koulermos,
(904) 940-7734
tom.koulermos@deltona.com