Talk to me about your Christmas decorations

[thereistheball]

DH has just told me my Christmas decorations are insipid and joyless. I would describe them more as tasteful. I don't like flashing lights, gaudy colours, kitsch, tinsel. I have a lot of vintagey, 'antiqued' glass baubles, and love bird decorations for the tree. I usually add colour to the tree with a long scarlet velvet ribbon (I am adding a royal purple one this year). Our wreath is made of white beads. How do you decorate for Christmas?

[madammoose]

Well, I am going to buck the trend by loving tinsel. Much of ours is so old it is more sparkly string, there are bald bits from ancient blu tack and none of it matches. I still love it though and taking it out of the box makes me feel Christmassy.