| GROVERCLEVELAND | First president to decorate a tree with electric lights |
| FRANKLINPIERCE | First president to decorate an outdoor tree at the White House |
| BAREBONES | Framework made from stick cut-off tree with electric saw originally |
| TRIM | Decorate a tree |
| SETTLED | Established an underground home with electric light |
| TPS | Decorates a tree on Halloween, briefly |
| TINSELS | Decorates a tree |
| BOG | It has a hole with a tree with a branch with a limb with a nest with a bird with an egg, per an Irish folk song |
| HARRISON | First president to have electric lights in the White House (1891) |
| DRESS | Word meaning to accoutre or clothe, to decorate a ship with flags, to toss salad in vinaigrette, to prepare poultry/crab or to tie an artificial fly (5) |
| LIME | From an Arabic word for citruses collectively, a lemon-like fruit with a zingy aroma; the chartreuse-green hue of its zest; a spotlight; a West Indian get-together; or, a tree with heart-shaped leaves |
| TASSEL | Tuft-like ornament with a variety of uses such as a key fob, curtain tie or to decorate a loafer, mortarboard or keffiyeh headdress (6) |
| HALLE | Bringing to mind a movie star's name, a ___ berry is the tiny, red fruit of a tree with sticky-leafed needles |
| OLIVE | A tree with branches traditionally symbolising peace and stone fruits often served as antipasti or appetisers with drinks; or, a slice of beef wrapped around a savoury filling and stewed (5) |
| STANDARD | A tree with a bare, upright stem and a crown of branches (8) |
| BENJAMINHARRISON | First president to put up a tree indoors |
| WICKISLAND | Atoll with no electric lights? |
| BUNTING | A string of fabric flags to decorate a fete, boat or garden party; poet who wrote Briggflatts; or, a family of birds that includes the yellowhammer (7) |
| NONPAREIL | Word for something regarded as unequalled, such as a painted bunting; a fine russet apple; or, one of "hundreds and thousands" of rainbow- coloured sprinkles used to decorate a chocolate button of the |
| STOREBOUGH | Big tree branch used to decorate a shop? |
