If I worked for John Lewis and had to come up with some highfalutin fancy schmancy theme name, I would go for the enchanted forest of Tyburnia or the magical wishing tree of life and describe it as an eclectic traditional style with a modern twist and a magical, woodland theme in the medium of jewel toned glass, curated by life 😂
Basically, a lot of simple white. gold and silver filler baubles, hearts and bells, although I am sucker for an unusual shape like icicles or onion shape baubles plus some jewel coloured and ice blue baubles that I have collected over the years when I feel like adding a colour theme that get swapped in and out depending on my mood. Half of the rest are woodland creatures, flowers, toadstools, acorns, pine cones and birds. One year I had a bit of a thing for biblical birds after I was very excited to find a glittery hoopoe and another year I added some slightly sinister creepy crawlies I found in House of Hackney 😂 The rest are random things chosen by children over the years or bought on travels, a full nativity set and I usually buy a bauble for every person in the family each year representing some significant (or insignificant) event or aspect of the year… So the tasteful baubles share the branches with things like a dinosaur, an orange 2CV, a pink popcorn machine, a red electric guitar, an aubergine (thanks, DS), a bride and groom, a mortar board, a set of scrubs, a ginger cat and other unChristmassy kitsch 😂 My favourite is a glass bell that was on my grandparents’ wedding cake.
Maybe kitschmas tree might be a better name for the theme 😂