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.

He's an utter dickhead writing for a nasty paper but I guess there's some truth in it..? I mean I hate all the tacky ble LED lights people around us cover the outside of their houses in, it doesn't seem christmasy, it's just horrible

I thought it was a very funny article!!
I am a chav and I know it !!
I going to put up my artificial tree cover it in white lights
Then cover my house it white and blue lights!!
And as kenny Everett use to say it’s all done in the best possible taste!
By the way the trees up outside number 10 I knew that Teresa May was as common as muck!!

@Katiepoes - I have the Moosehead egg nog bowl and Antler glasses.

😂😂😂😂

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Our tree is decorated by the children, is covered in tinsel of all colours and the decorations are a combination of homemade or what ever the children have liked over the years. The tree cost £8 in the woolworths closing down sale 10 years ago!

Well said ....

People put angels on top of the tree, not fairies. That said if someone wants to put a fairy on their tree, fair play to them. I put a skeleton on mine one year because it made me laugh.

Re fake trees. Some people don't have the money to get a tree every year so fake trees are great for that. Plus some people just prefer fake trees. I've had both types. I prefer real trees for the smell, but I'm pretty poor right now so there will be no tree in my home this year.

Tempted to put a taffeta bow on the front door though just to show how dreadfully common I am.

Watching the wheels your tree is fabulous!

Thank you so much @Curious2468 you have really made me smile

Surely reading Femail is the ultimate definition of common?

I don't have a real tree, I have 3 pugs and an elderly half blind staffy, I don't care if the head of trees in Kew Garden selects me one that he guarantees wont shed its needles, or Paul O'Grady and his Battersea chums tell me that even if it didn't no needles would get into the eyes, wrinkles, ears or paws of my dogs so am not getting one.

And as for my fairy she is pink and tacky and my DS bought if for me from the first wages of his Saturday job when he was 16, he still insists on putting on the tree himself and he is now 32, in fact he rang me this morning wanting to know when the tree will go up so he can come round some traditions outweigh peoples idea of class.

I don't think pink Christmas decorations are chavvy or common, but I do think they are fugly. Sorry.

I once (rightly) got my arse handed to me on here and by my dd because I said tinsel was common. She looked at me with that special distain that 15 year old have and said "mum, it's Christmas, if you can't be over the top then when can you?"
Anyway he "writes" for the mail, so obviously taste isn't high on his list.

@WatchingTheWheels85 your tree is the epitome of a house where the kids are cherished. It's beautiful.

What is really bad etiquette is making people feel uncomfortable about their choices and taste.

This is the point of etiquette - it was invented in the court of Louis XIV to show who was "in" and who wasn't. We were lucky enough to have Charles II who'd grown up as a poor relation and believed (by and large) in being kind to people - it's why we are taught that it is important to be pleasant to others and are lucky enough to have a Queen who is well known around the world for having good manners and trying to put people at ease. (Whilst her insecure courtiers made jokes about Kate Middleton's mother being an air-hostess and equally insecure idiot journalists at the DM feel the need to post stupid articles about how people should behave.)

Tasteful christmas decorations?

No such thing! It's going to look tacky whatever you do; unless you can get your hands on the real silver tinsel (and even then...) So, do what you you want, ignore the seerers and enjoy.

Now where can I get a life sized flashing polar bear...? My dancing penguin needs company.

I don't even need to open it to know which prick wrote this.

@anchovyomelette such a lovely thing to say. Thank you

Who do we trust though...
Shaking here biting my nails.

Nick haslam said tinsel is fine at Xmas but now this guy says no 😢

Isn't he the guy who grew up in a council house and became obsessed with the upper classes and etiquette because of his grandmother?

When I saw your post title, I thought: "That's going to have relate to the Daily Heil, isn't it?" Thanks for the due warnings: that paper is a hideous pile of shite.

That article is horrible and the story about him hogging the chair completely matches it.
My tree has quite a few decorations made by the kids over the years so god knows what he would make of it. But then who cares.

Curious
That tree looks like a clowns wig on miracle grow!

Dh and I like the more traditional look with matching decorations. Dd doesn’t. She likes singing teddies and a more eclectic look. I think it’s important to reflect the tastes of everyone in the family without reference to anyone not connected them.

Just because I don’t like something it doesn’t make it ok for me to judge someone, who does.

What’s wrong with tinsel? I thought it was a staple of Christmas trees.

I have been told that it can be very bad for cats. I suppose that would be if they eat it? anyhow, if I had a cat I wouldn't risk having tinsel as well just in case.

As for real tree v fake, well, a tree with roots is fine but one which has been cut off at the roots and is dead in your house always makes me feel a bit yick. "Let's celebrate the birth of a baby by killing a tree!" doesn't sound right. So if I can't get one with roots and then find somewhere to plant it, I'd rather have a fake one -- which lasts for decades and is a lot less bad for the planet anyhow. Sorry about that, William whateveryournameis.

That article is horse shit DH has a properly UC family ( titles etc), we are off to see them next weekend and the whole house will be bedecked like, well a Christmas tree. My aspirational MC family OTOH agonize over colour schemes and tastefullness and nothing goes up until Dec 20th.