Example: Christmas fractal tree

% A Christmas tree
% Decorations by Andrew Stacey
% Based on a fractal tree (L-System) drawn in TikZ by Stefan Kottwitz
% Tree example from the book "The Science of fractal images" by Peitgen and Saupe.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usetikzlibrary{%
  lindenmayersystems,
  decorations.pathmorphing,
  decorations.markings,
  shapes.geometric,
  calc%
}
\tikzset{
  tinsel/.style={
    #1,
    rounded corners=10mm,
    ultra thin,
    decorate,
    decoration={
      snake,
      amplitude=.1mm,
      segment length=10,
    }
  },
  baubles/.style={
    decorate,
    decoration={
      markings,
      mark=between positions .3 and 1 step 2cm
      with
      {
        \pgfmathsetmacro{\brad}{2 + .5 * rand}
        \path[shading=ball,ball color=#1] (0,0) circle[radius=\brad mm];
      }
    }
  },
  lights/.style={
    decorate,
    decoration={
      markings,
      mark=between positions 0 and 1 step 1cm
      with
      {
        \pgfmathparse{rand > 0 ? "dart" : "kite"}
        \let\lshape\pgfmathresult
         \pgfmathsetmacro{\tint}{100*rnd}
        \node[rotate=90,\lshape,shading=ball,inner sep=1pt,ball color=red!\tint!yellow] {};
      }
    }
  }
}

\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\coordinate (star) at (0,-1);
\path (star) +(-50:7) coordinate (rhs) +(-130:7) coordinate (lhs);
\draw[brown!50!black,line width=5mm,line cap=round] (star) ++(-90:6.8) -- ++(0,-1) coordinate (base);
\node[scale=-1,trapezium,fill=black,minimum size=1cm] at (base) {};
\foreach \height/\colour in {%
  .2/blue,
  .4/yellow,
  .6/red,
  .8/orange,
  1/pink%
} {
  \draw[tinsel=\colour] ($(star)!\height!(lhs)$) to[bend right] ($(star)!\height!(rhs)$);
}
\path (star);
\pgfgetlastxy{\starx}{\stary}
\begin{scope}[xshift=\starx,yshift=\stary,yshift=-7cm]
\draw[color=green!50!black, l-system={rule set={S -> [+++G][---G]TS,  G -> +H[-G]L, H -> -G[+H]L, T -> TL, L -> [-FFF][+FFF]F}, step=4pt, angle=18, axiom=+++++SLFFF, order=11}] lindenmayer system -- cycle;
\end{scope}
\foreach \height/\colour in {%
  .1/pink,
  .3/red,
  .5/yellow,
  .7/blue,
  .9/orange%
} {
  \draw[tinsel=\colour] ($(star)!\height!(lhs)$) to[bend right] ($(star)!\height!(rhs)$);
}
\foreach \height in {.15,.35,...,1} {
  \draw[lights]  ($(star)!\height!(lhs)$) to[bend right] ($(star)!\height!(rhs)$);
}
\foreach \angle/\colour in {
  -50/red,
  -70/yellow,
  -90/blue,
  -110/pink,
  -130/purple%
} {
  \draw[baubles=\colour] (star) -- ++(\angle:7);
}
\node[star,star point ratio=2.5,fill=yellow,minimum size=1cm] at (star) {};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}