Singer Lady Gaga is getting in the festive spirit by decorating a Christmas tree for the first time in six years.

The 28-year-old has been busy putting baubles and decorations on her tree, reports contactmusic.com.

Writing on her Twitter account, she said: `I'm decorating a Christmas Tree myself for the first time in six years, so happy. We should never take it for granted the joy it brings!`

Gaga is due to spend Christmas in her native New York with her family, her long-term boyfriend Taylor Kinney and her pet French bulldog Asia.