From @Timmy Tucker's joke.... "yes, the tree is dead and the balls are just for decoration" And only gets put up once a year!
@OsteKuste I got curious from your post to know if I actually did break my funny bone. Turns out the olecranon, which is the bone I broke, IS considered the funny bone. How funny is that?! So I'm glad at least that I didn't break my sense of humor!