Cool idea, until the tree is decorated, presents piled up, and then the dog decides he's found a new rawhide chew toy.
Mass pandemonium ensues and certain family members unhappy while others are laughing maniacally.
It would be a "fun" Christmas memory for the kids perhaps.
No pets? Probably work just fine and would qualify for a photo spread in a hipster mountain living magazine (online of course, no one wants paper copies these days).
Personally, for what it costs to tan a good hide, I'd rather opt for a Walmart Tree Skirt and call it a day.
But I'll confess, my first thought was, I hadn't thought of that! Kind of a neat idea.
Then again, my decorator tastes are more mid-century eclectic combined with antique lower middle class bohemeian & thrift store cheap.
But if you make it happen, there is now an obligation to post photos!