another stragegy is is to bring back and decorate 15 trees from nearby copse and decorate them. then you can still get the divine forest available sooner but still have some decorations.

No - the only ways to get decorations are:

Advent Calendar
Winning Competitions
Going on Rides
Opening HOPs (certain times during the event)
Buying packs of decorations with Passes (what you get is random in these packs)

You can't just buy specific decorations. Though to be honest - there really is no need to buy Tinsel or Baubles...mostly it's the Hanging Ornaments that are the tricky ones:

Tinsel - you can use any colors to decorate a tree, they do not need to be all the same (so you could use 2 red and 1 blue and still decorate the tree in full....There is no 'bonus' for having the tree 'match')

Baubles - like with Tinsel, the color does not matter (so you can use 2 red, 1 yellow, and a green)...However, the patten on the Bauble DOES matter (so if your tree needs a Spiral Bauble...while you can use any color, you can't use a Stripe instead)...again, no bonus for matching colors (ex. using all Red)

Hanging ornaments - These are the most specific things, as you can not use random ones (so if your tree needs 3 Snowflakes...you need 3 snowflakes).

Sagittarius has been given a Quiver of Arrows - as this sign is the Archer.

Capricorn has been given a fishtail, and goat horns - because Capricorn is the Sea-Goat (If memory serves - Capricorn is actually an Earth Element - but if you look at his image as a whole...it calls to mind Water more than anything)

As such - I would expect Aries to be more Ram-like than anything else (Most likely with a white or brownish-coat as opposed to a reddish-fiery one)

But again - all we can do is wait and see (As it will probably be at least another month or so before we even get a screen shot of this Divine)

*Keep in mind, the following is Speculation and is NOT fact*

Those who are animal in nature will match their animal;

Pieces - I'm seeing something similar to the Ocean Wandering Horses/Capricorn for fish-like horses

Aries - horse-like body but with sheep-like features (curved horns, cloven hooves, possibly stockier build)

Taurus - again, horse-like body, but will probably have some bull-like features (long horns, cloven hooves, cow tail)

Cancer - will probably have crab-claw like front hooves, with normal back hooves, and a hard 'shell' (I'm imagining a red Scorpio - but with claws instead of hooves in the front and no tail)

Leo - Pixiu is actually a perfect example of how Leo could look. Though I imagine that Leo will probably be more golden in color - and not have wings/horn.

As for the non-animal constellations (those are more often than not shown as humans or objects)

Aquarius - Will probably be a blue horse with water elements - possibly holding an amphora and/or be like Rain/Cascade and have a flowing water style mane and tail

Gemini - All I can see for this to be honest is a two-headed horse with near-identical features on either side.

Virgo - Given that this constellation is known as the Virgin, and is often depicted as being a woman - we'd probably get a horse with a very feminine look to it. May also have some light and/or silver elements to it, to show purity.

Libra - similar to Sagittarius, Libra will most likely be a horse with a set of scales somewhere on its image.

Serpentarius - the Serpent-bearer, chances are high...this will be either be a horse with snake-like features OR be something like the Evil Witch coat of the Magic Hat and have a snake or two on the horse itself.

But again - that's just my thoughts based on common depictions of these constellations (Personally, I don't include Serpentarius as a Zodiac sign - but I will count him as a Zodiac Constellation which is why I referred to hte above Divines as Constellations more than I did signs.)

Again - these are NOT guarantees that these Divines will look like this. These are simply my thoughts and speculation and should NOT be counted as facts.

I saw your previous post about not actually having to do any of the beginning trees and just waiting for the divine forest to open up. Do you actuallyhave to bring trees back from the other forests or can you just simply wait? I only want items from the Enchanted forest? I think it's called that. For the hestia's gift and so on. Can I only bring trees back from that forest and still get the items after decoration or would I have to bring trees back from the other forests?

The Nearby Copse, Faraway Forest, and Enchanted Grove are all open from the start (it is only the Divine forest that is locked until the 25th OR until you decorate 15 trees *only needs to be done if you want to gain access to the forest sooner than the 25th - no matter how many trees you've brought back or decorated, the Divine Forest opens to all on the 25th*)

So if you don't care about trees from the other Forests - you can just bring back and decorate trees from the Enchanted Grove if you wish.

The Advent Calendar aspect of Tree Decorating will start on the 1st of December. It was stated that it would run for 10 days before Tree Decorating starts.

Because of this - we can assume Tree Decorating will start on December 10th *given that this is a Thursday - it keeps with the trend of promos starting on Thursdays*

What do vintage apples do?

divine horse in the advent calendar on preprod? I was not able to go on for most of the time.