Coloured or white lights for the Christmas tree?

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Please help!

I usually have White lights on my tree (I have just followed my mums lead since I moved out 10 years ago) but am thinking of changing them.

Last year we bought our first fake tree as we were away a lot and will be using it again this year. It's a 7ft green tree with some pine cones and berries on it. Our decorations are mainly gold, red and white with some random ones dotted throughout which I love as it feels more homely and less uniform. My nan had a random Christmas tree with coloured lights and mismatched homemade decorations and I loved it.

We don't have a huge budget and I don't want to waste money on lights that I then don't like but my imagination doesn't stretch to picturing my tree in any other way than with white lights.

Hardly a first world problem I know but some opinions would be great please!

We had white ones for a couple of years but they weren't christmassy enough for me. We went back to coloured ones and they look so much better.

Warm white here, not LED. I wrap Christmas ribbon (the wide type) round the tree and fill in any gaps with biscuits on ribbon. Also, any tiny soft toys the DCs don't play with any more go in the Christmas decoration box and peer out of the tree branches.

It's not one for the minimalists.

I can't decide this year: Coloured, white or white and red berry. Berry lights are probably considered as naff as wine glass charms.