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That anyone installing cool light temperature LED bulbs should not be allowed to host Christmas

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GingerBeverage · 25/12/2025 18:26

That’s it, I think if your house is lit by Arctic icebergs then you really have no business hosting.

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CraftandGlamour · 26/12/2025 23:13

YANBU. Absolute eyesore. I can't stand the serial killer's basement vibes the cool blue lights give off

MorrisZapp · 26/12/2025 23:07

There are still flats round here with fluorescent strip lighting on the ceiling.

Wemdubz · 26/12/2025 19:36

I’ve always preferred warm lights and have them everywhere in my house. Except - when I got a new kitchen installed in a porcelain colour, the warm lights made it look like a deep cream colour. Hated it. So had to switch to cool lights for the first time ever, but only in the kitchen!

OtherUser · 25/12/2025 20:30

Very new build

wheresmymojo · 25/12/2025 20:25

YANBU. Should be outlawed.

Along with outdoor blue flashing lights which give “emergency services” more than “festive”.

Chinaandbrass · 25/12/2025 20:20

YANBU who wants to sit in an operating theatre on Christmas Day!

PlazaAthenee · 25/12/2025 20:20

Yanbu.
Cold white = miserable.
Blue, or worse, flashing blue, should be illegal.

UnhappyHobbit · 25/12/2025 20:18

I have warm lights everywhere or so I thought. I don’t usually turn on my entrance hall spot lights but when I did this week - they are cool! I’ve not replaced them yet but wonder if I’m a psycho.

Each to their own as I’m really not into judging others for their interior design choices. But. My neighbour has bright white lights and a white a bright pink Xmas tree! It’s a vibe!

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MrTwisterHasABlister · 25/12/2025 20:06

My mother died in September (bear with me) and I miss her desperately.

I put my dad’s tree up for him this year and when I realised I could leave her cool white (and BLUE 😲) tree lights in the box I pretty much sprinted to Argos for 400 warm white bulbs. Joy to the world indeed.

Settingstory · 25/12/2025 20:03

Salvadoridory · 25/12/2025 19:31

I really like you. I become deeply discombobulated by changes to lights and would have made similar, if not worse threats in your place. ☠️

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I am liking this connection we have formed.

Coming home to your own house to find the person you thought you knew so well actually harboured a secret fancy for cool white lights AND wanted a brighter big light and tried to inflict them on you without prior warning was intensely alarming and caused me to disassociate

Settingstory · 25/12/2025 20:01

Inthebleakmidwinter1 · 25/12/2025 19:57

Cool white light people are pyschopaths.

Agree

Jackiepumpkinhead · 25/12/2025 19:59

I accidentally bought cool white bulbs for some uplighters, hideous!

Inthebleakmidwinter1 · 25/12/2025 19:57

Cool white light people are pyschopaths.

Taweofterror · 25/12/2025 19:33

canklesmctacotits · 25/12/2025 19:29

Guess what? My MIL says she can’t see without bright blue office-style lighting in her home…which triggers a seizure for me (I’m epileptic) after prolonged exposure…so I don’t go to her house after dark 😂. Have I completed your MN bingo?

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Erm, no? Being an epileptic triggered by lighting is completely different to having a personal preference over lighting and expecting others to conform to it in their own homes.

Salvadoridory · 25/12/2025 19:31

Settingstory · 25/12/2025 19:27

DH installed cool bulbs in some new bright Big Lights in our living room and I threatened divorce unless he changed them to warm. I’ve never been so visually offended and tempted to cause some electrical harm to the light fitting

I really like you. I become deeply discombobulated by changes to lights and would have made similar, if not worse threats in your place. ☠️

canklesmctacotits · 25/12/2025 19:29

Taweofterror · 25/12/2025 18:28

What? Is this a genuine complaint? If it is, I think I've seen it all on Mumsnet now in terms of finding something to whine about

Guess what? My MIL says she can’t see without bright blue office-style lighting in her home…which triggers a seizure for me (I’m epileptic) after prolonged exposure…so I don’t go to her house after dark 😂. Have I completed your MN bingo?

EmeraldRoulette · 25/12/2025 19:28

NoSoupForU · 25/12/2025 18:40

I have the lamps all set to cool white but when we have company I switch them to a warmer hue as I appreciate I'm in the minority.

I live in a very small flat so visitors are rare but I've just realised, I do ask them.

I think most people realise that it's valuable in battling the dark grey outside.

I don't use the daylight lamp in the evening.

whenever I attempt household jobs, including not doing it myself and getting a professional in, I find it an expensive hassle that usually goes wrong. So I'd quite like to change the ceiling light but given my history it's easier to just have a daylight lamp!

I appreciate that lighting is really important to people, but if you've been invited to Christmas by someone with unsuitable lighting, for you, you should probably just decline

Or ask in advance what kind of lighting they have - and then they'll never invite you again anyway 😂

Settingstory · 25/12/2025 19:27

DH installed cool bulbs in some new bright Big Lights in our living room and I threatened divorce unless he changed them to warm. I’ve never been so visually offended and tempted to cause some electrical harm to the light fitting

Hicupping · 25/12/2025 19:10

Potential health benefits to getting rid of the cool light too. "On subgroup analysis of cataract patients, patients with a history of cancer had a lower lifetime risk of venous thromboembolism after implantation with lenses that filter low-wavelength light."

DappledThings · 25/12/2025 19:04

I have no preference on colour of light bulbs. I hate lamps though. Fiddly and annoying. Big light only for me

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GingerBeverage · 25/12/2025 18:56

NoSoupForU · 25/12/2025 18:40

I have the lamps all set to cool white but when we have company I switch them to a warmer hue as I appreciate I'm in the minority.

Top marks, v thoughtful.

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FuzzyPuffling · 25/12/2025 18:53

My NDN has these in every room of the house, and no curtains or blinds. Ugly, but we're saving money on our electricity.

Actually, she's a doctor, and combined with the enormous kitchen island we suspect she's running some kind of out-of-hours mortuary.

TheSweetestCon · 25/12/2025 18:50

YhaveneverbeenlessU

I suspect those that use cool white lights also keep the Big Light on generally. Shame on them.

Cushionseams · 25/12/2025 18:41

I mistakenly added a white white light bulb in the bathroom, every time I walked past the mirror it was directed on I aged 20 years, awful. Swapped it round pretty quickly.