A Christmas tree collar is a decorative band that conceals the tree stand. Just like your shirt’s collar wraps around your neck, a tree collar wraps around the tree stand to form a decorative cuff at the bottom of the tree. The collar is the modern answer to a traditional tree skirt.

What are tree collars used for?

Essentially, it’s a fancy cover for your Christmas tree stand! Usually, tree collars – sometimes also called “Christmas tree rings” – come in the form of a decorative conical “band” that you place around the base of your evergreen, to conceal the unsightly tree stand.

Where is the tree collar?

A branch collar is the “shoulder” between the branch and trunk of woody plants; the inflammation formed at the base of the branch is caused by annually overlapping trunk tissue.