Omg I’d be more than furious. I think this is worse than the disaster of 2015 when DH insisted he didn’t need to back up the camera after several important events and then rushed me off a plane with a baby and toddler not giving me a chance to make sure we had everything. We didn’t, including several milestone baby moments caught on the camera 😭
Im not sure I’d go expensive necessarily. I like to go big, I tend to have several themes going through the house and I stock up on basics at homebargins, got a few bits in Poundland over the years, it’s hit an miss though. I’ve bought things in the past for a pound then seen them on eBay for £5 or £10 because they are no longer available. Not too impressed this year, I was in today but nothing I’d buy.
I had an idea today which will take about 100+ baubles to achieve, so I’ve started my shop in charity shops to see how many I can get for 10p each before I buy from main retailers. I bought about 15 in one shop, will hit a few more this week. To be honest, even though I do charity shop, especially for toys, I’ve never really look at Christmas decorations properly until this year and I’ve picked up a few nice bargains the last couple of weeks including a lovely table cloth and other themed material to give my dd along with her new sewing machine.
I add to my basics with collectibles I’ve collected over the years. I don’t mind paying more for these. Usually ones I’ve bought through travelling.
I’d definitely try to replace baby ones if I could before your DCs know or understand what’s happened. If they know then I’d probably look at a reboot, getting them this years with take 2 or 2.0 written on them or something as a joke. My DCs are still young and would find this funny for most things. We’ve always bought the new baby a bailable from their sisters and vice versa so they’d enjoy re-buying what they supposedly bought each other as babies. At least now they get to choose themselves.
I have lots of beautiful glass ones I’ve bought over the years but I haven’t put these up because of the DCs. I was going to one year but then bought some glass ones from Aldi as fillers, which I thankfully put up fist, 4 out of six were smashed within minutes. My oldest got given a very special significant limited edition bauble the year she was born, it’s no longer available, so that alone would totally piss me off, given I’m the one that carefully makes sure everything is packed away safely.
As you can see I take Christmas very seriously 😆 And to be fair, I doubt DH could easily throw our decorations out, they take up 2 patio box’s, 2 large wheeley containers, 4 bauble boxs & a giant storage bag (I also bought a new box & bag today)l That’s those I can think of, dose not including what I’ve bought this year and also doesn’t include the suitcase full of Christmas themed clothes and pjs 😬