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My DH's boss held a Xmas party at the weekend. You will never guess what they had on their tree.

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MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt · 15/12/2008 23:12

It was bizarre

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dizzyjingles · 15/12/2008 23:12

a stuffed zebra?

Tortington · 15/12/2008 23:12

what is this a quiz - go on then tell us

Santaisfeelingfunnypeculiar · 15/12/2008 23:13

other than tinsel ?
A stuffed cat?
Coal?
Framed pictures of deceased relatives?

whoremovedmychristmasspirit · 15/12/2008 23:13

Spaghetti?

Hula Hoops?

Handcuffs?

Bookswapper · 15/12/2008 23:15

your Dh's P45?

cherryontopofthexmastree · 15/12/2008 23:16

a dildo?

ToysAreLikeDogs · 15/12/2008 23:16

falafel

They were dyslexic

They meant to deck with boughs of holly; fa la la la la

PinkPoinsettias · 15/12/2008 23:16

tampons

a stripper statue instead of an angel

sausages

little cages with birds

MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt · 15/12/2008 23:17

A white feather boa

Amongst hundreds of baubles. I am amazed the tree did not fall over.

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ZacharyQuack · 15/12/2008 23:17

mooncups?

Isaw3SMALLSHIPSgosailingby · 15/12/2008 23:17

chickens.

Bananas.

whomovedmychocolate · 15/12/2008 23:17

The tortured souls of the secretariat?

MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt · 15/12/2008 23:17

And mickey mouse baubles

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whomovedmychocolate · 15/12/2008 23:18

A white feather boa. Is that all - Debenhams sell them, they aren't that unusual

Am disappointed about the lack of tortured souls.

ToysAreLikeDogs · 15/12/2008 23:18

eurgh

They have No Taste

Isaw3SMALLSHIPSgosailingby · 15/12/2008 23:19

Horrible, but not unusual!

MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt · 15/12/2008 23:20

Wmmc
I have spent the last 16 Christmases in Germany where tinsel is considered the height of bad taste so it was shocking

LOL at some of the suggestions. A mooncup tree would be unusual

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ToysAreLikeDogs · 15/12/2008 23:23

Oh you must see this

whomovedmychocolate · 15/12/2008 23:24

I think tinsel looks slightly better than dog vomit on a tree but it's a close thing. But then my tree has colour coordinated baubles (52 of them evenly spaced). However, DD has a tree in her room which looks like Julian Clary's closet . Her tree has Iggle Piggles hanging from the branches and all sorts

whomovedmychocolate · 15/12/2008 23:25

Toysarelikedogs that's v funny.

MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt · 15/12/2008 23:28

TALD
My eyes, my eyes!!

Wmmc
You would have loved this house then. Barely an inch without tinsel or glittery baubles. And Disneyland baubles with a photo of the DGC inside.

They are lovely people but their taste in Xmas decorations was far far from mine.

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ToysAreLikeDogs · 15/12/2008 23:33
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mumeeee · 15/12/2008 23:34

I like tinsel on the Christmas tree. My children always decorate it and they put baubles and tinsel on it and it always loks fab. I hate co-ordinated trees and decorations.

Bienchen · 15/12/2008 23:35

Actually, tinsel is not completely outlawed in Germany.

But it has to be individual silver strands and just a smattering of them, too.

MmeHereWeGoAWassailLindt · 15/12/2008 23:38

Bienchen
Lametta, isn't it? Not seen that in years. I used to work in a weihnachtsmarkt and we sold loads of it. And Engelshaar, the really fine golden lametta that makes the tree sparkle without you seeing how it is sparkly.

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