During this festive time of year, decorating the workplace can go a long way toward making everyone in your organization feel good. In fact, decking the halls of the office can connect workers to the environment and make them more productive as they wrap up loose ends for the year. The following decorating tips can help you make your office merry this holiday season.

Choose a theme. To get the process started, workers should choose a holiday theme to ensure the office has a uniform look. This can be done by having everyone submit ideas and vote on the ones that are most popular. Once the selection is made, each person in the office can contribute a decoration to the theme. Although many of the ideas may be largely centered around Christmas, keep diversity in mind when coming up with decoration ideas so everyone feels included.

Brighten things up. Holiday decorations just wouldn’t be the same without some form of lighting. Put colored or white lights around the office to enhance your theme. But don’t go overboard—the last thing you want is to create a fire hazard and distract everyone by making your office look like something out of the Vegas Strip.

Create a whiff of holiday cheer. The sights of the holidays can lift everyone’s spirits, but adding scents to your decorating scheme can enhance those good feelings. If a tree is part of the office theme, consider getting a fresh one that will fill the area with the scent of pine. Also, scented candles that smell like cider, sugar cookies, or evergreen can contribute to the holiday spirit in the office.

Add nature. Even if you don’t have a fresh tree in the office, you can still give your holiday theme the natural touch by adding poinsettias, pine cones, wreaths, and holly.

Make it delicious. You can’t go wrong with treats. Along with the decorations, put things like candies, fruit, or fresh baked cookies around the office to give your colleagues something sweet to make them merry.

No matter what theme you choose, your holiday decorations can leave an impression on anyone that visits your office, so make sure they’re consistent with your brand. Although you want to be creative with your decorations, anything you do should reinforce people’s perception of your company.