to think there's a grain of truth in this article about Christmas decs

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www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6430199/Etiquette-expert-William-Hanson-reveals-Christmas-decorations-make-look-common.html

Yes it's a Daily Mail link, so what.

Totally tongue in cheek article about how Christmas decorations are a class thing. Very funny. Highlights include:

"Covering your PVC door in some enormous, shiny taffeta bow is not going to make the door look any better. "

"The rule is: the further away from green it is, the more common it is. Thus: pink and white trees - the pits."

"should your husband (and it is always men) return home with an electronic dancing Douglas Fir, or a fake mounted reindeer head that bleats Good King Wenceslas to passers-by, then you have two options: get rid of it, or get rid of him."

"If a house’s baubles have gone up in November then however much repenting you may do during Lent, it will never be enough. "

So, so true.

I don’t think there’s anything more ‘low class’ than sneering at other people’s decorating choices under the guise of ‘lightheartedness’.

Sounds bitchy to me .

It sounds very sneery, I’m not going to have a taffeta now but I don’t begrudge anyone who does. If it gives them pleasure then let them crack on.
Disclaimer - I’m used to my neighbours garden 7ft Christmas inflatable bubble complete with Santa and ‘real’ snow ‘snowing’ inside. So a door bow registers very low on my OTT Christmas decs scale!

I saw this guy in Topman once when I was (very obviously) 8.5 months pregnant, both waiting for partners in the changing rooms. He was sat on the only chair and was asked by his partner to get some other items for him, and placed all his bags on the chair when he got up so I wouldn't sit on it.
I wouldn't expect someone to offer me a seat just because I was pregnant, but it did seem a little rude for someone who preaches the rules of etiquette as his job... Clearly doesn't practice what he preaches.

I think they can go fuck themselves. My decorations (including a pink tree) go up in November, because having an ridiculously bright, tacky house makes me and my family happy.

My dd9 would love a pink tree... goes off and Google’s ‘pink Christmas tree’ ... 😁🎄

Also, I don't get this horror over being thought common!

That guy amuses me because all the comments are so arsy and he’s clearly taking the mick

I think it's a vile article tbh. But you go ahead and have a chuckle.

Cheerbear23 This is mine. My DD decorated it - I let her choose the colour scheme, just about managed to steer her away from the red tinsel and star....

It's totally tongue in cheek though - it goes on about tinsel being acceptable only if it's made from real silver strands.

Me neither Jezzifishie literally don’t give a shiny shite.
I consider it rather rude and therefore common in itself, to point out that someone may be common .

Of course it's a bitchy article, but like op says it doesn't make it untrue.

If you understand the (in my view unfortunately) increasingly antiquated rules of good taste the the article holds weight. If you choose to get all your plastic tat decorations up in November then you will probably take offence.

There is a difference between cheerful and vulgar lights and tinsel and restrained elegant decorations, and people, mainly those that write for the Daily Mail. continue to give a value to that difference.

My DS would love that Jezzifishie !!
she’s taken over the Christmas decorating duties anyway, so I won’t get a look in now [santa] !!

It's funny. But he's wrong about the right day for putting up the tree.

Christmas Eve. A house rule I used to keep but bent it lately.

Just love the articles labelled as Light hearted when in fact they are sneery bitchy and classiest but of course don't we have a sense of humour? Can't we see it's ooooonly a joke??!!!

Tedious.

It's totally tongue in cheek though

If it’s ‘totally tongue in cheek’, why did you originally say there’s a ‘grain of truth’ in it. Both you and the author want people to have a cheap laugh at those who do Christmas in a non-traditional, picturesque ‘Christmas Card’ way. It’s the season to sneer at chavs, and all that.

There is a difference between cheerful and vulgar lights and tinsel and restrained elegant decorations, and people, mainly those that write for the Daily Mail. continue to give a value to that difference.

If we begin to go by what Daily Mail writers consider ‘good values’, then we truly have reached rock bottom.

I like the article purely because it uses the word 'folderol' which is definitely under-utilised and I haven't heard it since I last sang G&S.

I think there's a big gap between tasteful and joyful with Christmas decorations. As long as you're happy that they meet one of those categories and it works for you then who cares?

I’d rather have a happy cheerfully decorated home, than a miserly restrained & ‘elegantly’ one.
Who gets to decide what’s vulgar anyway, its just opinions. If some flashing lights give the kids pleasure, so what?

I wonder what a ‘restrained elegant decoration’ might look like? Could the increasingly creased paper one that ds made in nursery 13 years ago be acceptable?

Today, I'm putting up shit loads of the tackiest tat you've ever seen with my children. We have had the most unspeakably shitty few months, life changing like you can't imagine. Their world and security has been totally shaken. So if a bit of plastic nastiness and Christmas duvets make them happy and give them a taste of being carefree children again...well any snotty cow who wants to look down their nose at us can fottfsof.
You can't imagine how many shits I don't give.

Am I common for swearing too?
I went to Oxbridge and their dad has a doctorate if that makes us more acceptable?

It does bemuse me that anyone opining on good taste would cite the Daily Mail as supporting evidence.

Tasteful christmas decorations are tiresome.

Well clearly, posters here do not subscribe to what the relentlessly middle-brow DM chooses to promote as good taste.

TBH I think the DM is laughing as much at the self consciously posh author as he is laughing at those of you with pink/white trees.