A Christmas tree saying has several small variations:
 
“Trimming the tree with happy hearts, that’s the way the holiday starts.”
“Trimming the tree with happy hearts, that’s the way the holidays start.”
“Trimming the tree with happy hearts, that’s the way Christmas starts.”
 
“‘Trimming the tree with happy hearts…that’s the way the holidays start’—Author unknown” was cited in a 2006 newspaper.
 
“Christmas cookies and happy hearts, this is how the holiday starts” is a related holiday saying.
     
 
5 December 2006, The Pantagraph (Bloomington, IL), pg. C4, col. 4 ad:
Trimming the tree with happy hearts…
that’s the way the holidays start”
—Author unknown
(Meadows Mennonite Retirement Community.—ed.)
 
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The Christmas Keeper
‏@christmaskeeper
“Trimming the tree with happy hearts, that’s the way the holiday starts”
5:00 PM - 31 Oct 2009
 
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Sarah Oakley
‏@YogaGroSarah
Trimming the tree with happy hearts, that’s the way Christmas starts.
1:39 PM - 10 Dec 2009
 
23 December 2009, Gatesville (TX) Messenger, sec. 2, pg. 5, col. 2 ad:
Trimming the tree with happy hearts, that the way the holiday starts
(...)
City of Gatesville
Spur Capital of Texas
 
22 December 2011, Gatesville (TX) Messenger, sec. 2, pg. 14, col. 3 ad:
Trimming the tree with happy hearts, that the way the holiday starts
(...)
City of Gatesville
Spur Capital of Texas
 
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BayPointe Retirement
‏@BaypointeRet
Trimming the tree with happy hearts. That’s the way the holidays start! #FrontierCulture
12:19 PM - 1 Dec 2016