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Christmas decor you just don't like?

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WhiteRosesAndThistles · 23/09/2025 20:20

It's obviously all down to* *personal taste but..... which items of Christmas decor leave you feeling colder than the weather outside?
For me it's the Disney baubles/figurine things that hang on the tree! Putting a little red hat on Bambi doesn't make him festive, even worse when it's the whole collection and it looks like something that belongs in a nursery!
Thinking about it most Disney films seem to be set in the summer so maybe that's why they seem so wrong on a Christmas tree🤔
I did go through a phase of everything being silver/black and white (should give the Disney lovers something to cringe at on my behalf! ) but over the last few years I have added a bit more colour, obviously in a very tasteful almost still neutral way...
This thread is hopefully lighthearted, I am taking the piss out of myself and do not feel I need hate mail from the 'Disney Christmas Decoration Foundation'🤣

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Needtosoundoffandbreathe · 23/09/2025 20:27

Anything blue and cool white lights. Not remotely festive.

SwedishEdith · 23/09/2025 20:33

When I get given a Christmas tree decoration from Australia. So, a red kangaroo or something. I "lose" these.

shhblackbag · 23/09/2025 20:33

All of it except candles and lights.

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Andnowshesapreschooler · 23/09/2025 20:34

What the actual F is a gonk? How is it Christmast? I feel like it's just appeared over the last few years.

KateKontent · 23/09/2025 20:35

I'm not really a fan of those big bow things people sometimes put on their doors.

BlueRidgeMountain · 23/09/2025 20:37

Can’t stand blue fairy lights. Someone round here drapes their house in them then switches them on to flash so I keep thinking the police are outside 🙄, because nothing says Christmas like having a riot van outside your house apparently

Xmasmusings · 23/09/2025 20:39

When I was a child, people used to pin colourful foil doily cut-out things to the ceiling.

LemondrizzleShark · 23/09/2025 20:39

Gonks. I don’t really care if they are Christmassy or not (they aren’t though), they are just creepy.

And the elf on a shelf is honestly worse than Chucky.

MagicLoop · 23/09/2025 20:40

I had no idea Disney baubles or Christmas gonks were a thing Confused

I don't like any outside decorations except lights, and door wreaths. Inflatable Father Christmases and figures in the front garden - nope. Not a fan of the big red bows on doors, or blue lights either.

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 23/09/2025 20:41

Tinsel.

I cannot stand the look, feel, or smell.

Lobsterteapot · 23/09/2025 20:41

Cold blue lights cos nothing says festive more than crime scene chic

DollyMixers · 23/09/2025 20:43

Blue/cold lights/flashing lights,
no colour - just all white/neutral decorations,
agree with pp Christmas gonks (hideous!)
Strings of beads on the tree,
everything grinch themed

fourelementary · 23/09/2025 20:43

Andnowshesapreschooler · 23/09/2025 20:34

What the actual F is a gonk? How is it Christmast? I feel like it's just appeared over the last few years.

Totally with you on this!!!

and flamingoes and pink feathers.

MsMiniver · 23/09/2025 20:43

I hate cold white lights. I hate blue Christmas lights too. I hate flashing Christmas lights. Veering away from decorations a bit now but I also absolutely hate elf on a shelf and also hate advent calendars for adults especially ones full of crap like mini beauty products. Now others have pointed it out- yes those gonks are quite horrible and pointless too.

Otherwise I am really festive and love Christmas. Edited for rage induced typo.

IggyAce · 23/09/2025 20:45

Not a fan of tinsel, those giant baubles and door bows.

aperolspritzbasicbitch · 23/09/2025 20:45

Gonks
any lights other than warm
flashing lights

driving at night during December is just a migraine waiting to happen for me

JDM625 · 23/09/2025 20:45

I agree- those gonk things! Just why?

I don't have gnomes in the garden and I equally don't want a weird gonk in the house for Christmas! 😕

billandtedsexcellentadventure · 23/09/2025 20:45

The outdoor inflatables. Sorry!!

AxolotlEars · 23/09/2025 20:45

Gonks, Elf on the Shelf, Nutcrackers, blue or black decorations/baubles, any decorations that make a noise or require batteries

IstillloveKingThistle · 23/09/2025 20:46

Needtosoundoffandbreathe · 23/09/2025 20:27

Anything blue and cool white lights. Not remotely festive.

Agree . Hate tinsel too.

Trentdarkmore · 23/09/2025 20:46

Flashing lights, indoors or outdoors. They trigger my vertigo.

padso · 23/09/2025 20:46

That weird trend of having so much big stuff on your tree that it doesn't look like a tree. Footballers seem to like the look, it's bizarre!

Christmas decor you just don't like?
aperolspritzbasicbitch · 23/09/2025 20:47

Oooh, the whole candy land/lane vibe.

I don’t get it

Whatareyoutalkingaboutnow · 23/09/2025 20:48

Andnowshesapreschooler · 23/09/2025 20:34

What the actual F is a gonk? How is it Christmast? I feel like it's just appeared over the last few years.

I was given one of those and I think it escaped in the recycling bin. 🤔

Gagamama2 · 23/09/2025 20:48

Needtosoundoffandbreathe · 23/09/2025 20:27

Anything blue and cool white lights. Not remotely festive.

This. Really grinds my gears 😂