What Christmas decor do you hate?

[MistyGreenAndBlue]

Following on from a thread about interior design hates, I thought I'd do a festive version.
I'll start

I do not like:

Pop up trees

Blue lights - flashing or not

Inflatables

Rope light figures

Fibre optics

Projectors on houses.

What are yours?

I pretty much only like a) the tacky 1980s tinsel and baubles of my childhood or b) gorgeous Victorian-style decs like the ones you see in posh hotels or stately homes

Anything else isn’t Christmassy

I really hate flashing Christmas lights. I can’t understand how people can bear to have them flashing on and off constantly.

Flashing or motion lights.

This!!

Nutcracker figures
blue flashing lights
big bows on doors that look like crosses!
Christmas shortened to Xmas

I'm with you. I hate 'em
But I think most people put them outside. To torment OTHER people?

This utter abomination 🤮.

@MistyGreenAndBlue that's it! They hate their neighbours - especially the ones who leave them on all NIGHT (I'm looking at you number 9 - who will never forgive the rest of the street for dropping their kerbs!)

and YES Xmas drives me nuts

Elf on the shelf. I don’t mind if people
do it and their kids love it but it’s not for me …

this new trend of very over the top Christmas trees (see pictures) I’ve already seen so many home bargains or b&m hauls pop up on my social media.

@Scoundrella - lol, great minds!!!

Meerkat decorations of all kinds. What the hell do they have to do with Christmas?

I hate flashing lights, inflatables and those strange santas up a ladder that people stick to their roof.

Magical glitter reindeer food can fuck off.

What’s with all the lolly pops on trees? It looks like some sort of Willy Wonker exhibition.

Now I'm sad. We have a 'normal home' and I love stringing a garland of evergreenery up the banisters on one side. We even dress it with wired baubles and ribbons.

That said, I don't really hate any Christmas decorations. I wouldn't necessarily have them in or on my home, but it's all good fun isn't it?

Whatever you want inside. When it starts being inflatables and annoying flashing lights all night outside, I’m not feeling the love for that.

Twawmyarse When I emptied my parents' house I found two of those gold lantern things, both still in their packets. It was the summer and sadly I landfilled them. I realise now I should have put them on ebay, they were from the 70s.

It looks fine as far as I'm concerned
I always have green garlands at my windows and on the mantel
I can't see how it's any different to putting up a tree really

Front door with the massive gift bow.

Any decoration in homes before December

Elf on the Shelf.
Gonks.
Plastic cut out wall hangings.

I'm sorry but 'British Gonks' are not a thing. They've somehow infiltrated our traditions and nobody has noticed, they're every-bloody- where!!! I hate the little bastards, where did they come from? It's like the Midwich cuckoos all over again 😭

This made me snort😂😂

I use lametta on my tree every year...I also have 3 butterfly decorations (how are butterflies festive???) courtesy of a v young dc.

I secretly lust after Proper Tasteful decorations but just can’t kick the multicoloured fairy light habit.

That's my very definition of Christmas beauty and cheer. I love it and I miss ceiling foil decorations

Its long thin strips of sparkly stuff - like the sparkly filaments on tinsel but about 30cm long.

Was tacky even in the 1970’s.