Santa May Need a Map This week it was reported that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York and his girlfriend, Sandra Lee, are displaying eight Christmas trees in their home. They've got nothing on Delores Nunn, who is 59 and lives in Yorktown, Va. Ms. Nunn recently finished decorating 15 artificial trees for the house she shares with her husband, James, a retired Army colonel. Each tree is trimmed according to a theme, including nuns, travel, sock monkeys, the beach, wine and nature. A small dog-themed tree sits near the food bowl of Mazie, the couple's springer spaniel-poodle mix. "I'm sure there are people who do 20 trees, but they can't get more enjoyment out of it than I do," she told a reporter who visited last month. Though Ms. Nunn lacks professional design experience, her enthusiasm has not gone unnoticed. She helped to decorate the White House for the holidays two years ago, when the décor paid tribute to the Armed Forces. That experience, she said, was "the highlight of my life." Did you grow up with multiple trees? I grew up Hampton, Va., and we had one piddly tree. When Jim and I got married, we also had one tree. Then we started traveling and getting ornaments from wherever we were, so we'd have two trees: a formal tree in our living room and another one in the den with all the stuff our kids made. It's a long way from 2 to 15. How did that happen? We were stationed at Fort Knox in Kentucky about 15 years ago. The officers" wives" club had a holiday open house, and they asked if we'd let our home be on the tour. I said, sure, and then went nuts decorating. I spent so much money on décor that the shop where I bought it sent over staff to help me. I think we did eight trees that year. Then as Jim got promoted, we moved and got bigger houses along the way, and I was like, well, we've got so many collections and there's room for another tree, so why not? When did the themes start? We had the two trees, then I started collecting snowmen, and that became the third. When we were living in Germany, we'd go to all those Christmas markets, and they had so many gorgeous ornaments, so that became a tree. I traveled to Poland a few times and started collecting Polish pottery, which is now one of the trees in the kitchen. Then I think somebody gave me something wine-related, and we needed something in the dining room, so that inspired another tree. I had a lot of time on my hands. When does the decorating start? Is there a specific order? I usually start after Thanksgiving. This year I was excited about the travel tree. That's a new one, so I did that first, and it took two or three days. The ones in the kitchen take the longest, about two weeks. I put them up, but of course I can't leave them alone. I am constantly tweaking. Does anyone help you now? I like to do it myself. I have a control issue. How many ornaments do you have? I've never counted. Maybe 1,000? What tips do you have for aspiring tree decorators? I'd tell anyone who wants to do 15 trees to seek help immediately. I mean, mental help, not just elves. But seriously, if you're using fake trees, the tree has to be perfectly fluffed, which means you have to fluff every individual branch as you assemble the tree. When I went to the White House, they told us to wire the ornaments to the tree, not use hooks or string, because it makes it look more uniform. This year I did wire every single one and it does look more put-together. When does all this come down? Some people have religious reasons for keeping the trees up. I just wait until Elvis's birthday, which is Jan. 8.