To not really like red and green traditional Christmas decoration colours ?

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Is anyone else with me ?

My H loves the red and green stuff- think home alone style.

Personally I'm all into golds / champagnes / sage green and neutral Christmas tones.

My tree has some red in it, just because he thinks it's not Christmas without red.

I'm planning to decorate my table with very little red and I want to use sage greens/ cream/ gold / champagne gold / natural / neutral stuff to decorate.

I have just ordered some napkin rings that are natural wood and have some green pine and a bit of red holly on them. I'm planning to use sage green napkins.

My H would go all out with red and green everything if it was up to him.

But having matching stuff is what gives me joy.

If it was all mismatched I would hate it.

It's not to my taste either. I personally prefer other colours.

I do sometimes like a deep burgundy/wine colour mixed in though. This year I have some big burgundy velvet flowers in my tree.

It provides a lovely richness and (to me) isn't as "in your face" as the traditional bright red.

Same here

Well holly is red and green, I like to put that behind pictures and on the table - that should work for you both?

Red candles on your otherwise neutral table? Poinsettia somewhere

I do like an 80s multicoloured Christmas tree, anything too tasteful for baubles is just wrong IMO, although we do have single coloured lights.

But other than that fairly natural and restrained.

I thought this was going to be a light thread about Christmas colours but tbh you've got more important problems than colour schemes. Your husband shouldn't get final say on all these decisions and your post about paying for it for years if you choose wrong, is something that needs dealing with

We always go for a real tree at the end of November / very start of December. It always lasts the season.

Generally something like a Nordmann Fir has less spikey needles and they stay on for longer, so I prefer that. We have gone for spruce in the past but it wasn't as good IMO.

For pre-cut trees, just remember to water it regularly and the bigger the tree, the longer it lasts. Ours is still green and full of needles in Jan when we can be bothered to take it down.

@piddocktrumperiness Here are your options

https://www.forestryengland.uk/blog/the-experts-guide-choosing-the-right-christmas-tree

but I highly recommend a real tree - it is lovely to have in the house and going to get one becomes a ritual. No harm to the OP but she isn’t full of the joy of Christmas.

My 3yo is obsessed with purple. I’m considering buying an entirely purple set of decorations this year even tho it will probably look awful 🤣

growing up we had multicolour OTT garish stuff everywhere, and I adored it.

I've gone all red this year and I love it. I've had various colours throughout the years though.

I love red and white

Same here, I don't really care whether my home looks like the Good Housekeeping Perfect Christmas pages.

Nordman fir is probably the type we see more often but spruces have a bluer tinge and longer needles. They are meant to be better at keeping their needles. That's why they're usually more expensive.

I thought this was going to be a light hearted thread too, with perhaps the OP's husband trying to sneak a garish decoration onto the OP's ultra tasteful tree. Decor should definitely be a compromise.

I'm with your husband. They are the Christmas colours I fill my house with.
I've also seen lots of pink/grey/white themes, which look very pretty, but there's nothing Christmassy about them to me.

I like red and gold, but not red and green

I like the Christmassy red and Green. My house is mostly grey / black / oak / with a bit of blue / purple / green. The change to Christmas makes it different, nice for a festive change. Plus I've got loads of decs made by kids etc and they're mostly green and red. Some are made of pasta and that kind of thing. Also a few Nordic felt animals and ikea glass santas and elves.

I do hanker after beautiful, clear, white and silver glass decs but they'd get destroyed in our house. When kids are older I might get a second mini tree with grown up decs for a different room.

My dh likes coloured lights though and I like white. So far I've not conceded on that. I do use the Santa's sleigh set of table wear his dad bought us though. I hated it and thought it was really naff at first. But I've grown to love it.

I actually think a third retro tree with tinsel and coloured lights would be good. Or a pink, purple and white one.

All that is not environmentally friendly though. So I'll probably just stick with what I have forever!

I strongly dislike red and green as a combo but I buy all of the decorations and put them up/take them down and my husband doesn't give a toss either way what colours we have!
From your update you have much bigger problems than the colours you use to decorate with at Christmas.

I like red and gold too, with green from the tree. Essentially , red, green and gold are the colours of holly, and candlelight. I think it looks cheerful and bright which is lovely at this time of year when the weather is gloomy and the daylight hours are short.

We do have a mixture because there are lots of bits and bobs we’ve bought over the years that just appealed to us/the dc at the time, but the overall effect is red, gold and the green of the tree.

We don’t have a different theme every year, we just get out the old decorations and re-use them. Our tree is about 30 years old! Nothing gets chucked out unless it’s broken. And this year the holly has produced masses of berries so we have lots of sprigs of that tucked behind the pictures.

My taste runs to pinks and creams, but to keep it traditional it’s mixed with a lot of deep plum and rich purple with gold…. It looks rich and warm, but also pretty.

I've swung the other way. My decorations were royal blue, pale blue and silver for years. This year we've gone with red, green and gold. I love it, it feels more Christmassy now.

I'll still reuse the old blue and silver decorations elsewhere in the house at some point. It's our first Christmas here so we don't have much other than a tree (the old house was smaller).

I tried a garland for the first time this year and love it. Red and green but I've added gold to break the colour up which has worked beautifully.

I'm with you op. I dislike red, green and gold in general and I prefer more toned down cool colours.
But I understand they're the more traditional colours of Christmas and can look really nice and cosy, so your DH isn't wrong either. You both just need to compromise. I'm lucky in that my DH doesn't care!

@piddocktrumperiness I like a traditional norway spruce but it does have some more needle drop. Smells glorious though.

have a look here: https://www.pickyourownchristmastree.org.uk/treevarieties.php#google_vignette

I like all of the colours 😂 ours is full of jewel colours this year, I used to do red/gold/green but got a bit bored with it, I am much more drawn to more colourful decorations.

I love all the different styles of festive decorations that people have though, especially more personal ones or where someone is crafty and has made a lot themselves.

I like red and gold and green. It’s classic. or multi coloured mish mash.

no inbetween. I personally dislike the hugely curated, colour matching, bought in one piece with no creative input, identikit trees with no deviation or distinction in taste, trees.

I feel like Christmas tree decorations should grow over the years, things you bought here or there, things you made, your kids made, and reflect the years of love. Rather than copying the tree in the window of your local B&Q.

agree very concerning.