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24-12-2008, 12:03 PM
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My sister is the queen of tack, a house festooned with 8 million lights and inflatables and an interior featuring atleast 2 dozen plastic fibre optic nativity scenes, animated Santas galore and a Christmas tress so laden with rubbish it is amazing it even stands upright. The tree even has a Santa train riding around it.
Anyone else got any relatives with zero taste when it comes to festive decor?
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24-12-2008, 12:18 PM
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I have the philosophy less is more so I have no xmas decoration up 
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24-12-2008, 1:07 PM
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My girlfriend tells people im scrooge for not having decorations, but the real reason is that her 2 cats would climb the tree and tip it over.
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24-12-2008, 1:14 PM
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It's christmas?
I hadn't noticed.
Parents have a few lights up that's all.
Can't stand the cheap tacky OTT decorating / lighting people do.
Very few look really good.
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24-12-2008, 2:33 PM
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When we walk into the house of a certain family friend its like going into a pound shop - bloody bells, whistles, lights & inflatable thingamajigs everywhere! 
We just stick to a tastefully decorated tree. 
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24-12-2008, 3:07 PM
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We've opted for no tree also this year and the Christmas cards go in a pile straight away. I have to say, it's a lot less depressing than usual. It's the way forward.
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24-12-2008, 4:57 PM
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We don't have any decorations in our house but it amazes me sometimes at the amount of time/money/effort people put in to their decorations. What we think looks tacky, will have been a lot of hard work for them.
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24-12-2008, 5:37 PM
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That relative of yours may like they way they decorate their own house its christmas although my house only has a tree in it my grandmother always used to pull out all the stops at xmas teh house was light up for the kdis singing santas a wash in the house it what made her christmas seeing all her grandchildren see the lighst and all the parafinalia every year she would buy new stuff soemtimes at a couple of hundred quid a pop just to see a smile on the kiddies faces
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24-12-2008, 6:13 PM
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Originally Posted by craddock  My sister is the queen of tack, a house festooned with 8 million lights and inflatables and an interior featuring atleast 2 dozen plastic fibre optic nativity scenes, animated Santas galore and a Christmas tress so laden with rubbish it is amazing it even stands upright. The tree even has a Santa train riding around it.
Anyone else got any relatives with zero taste when it comes to festive decor? | no but i got some miserable boring old fart relatives like you who like to sit round a candle on christmas day and polish pennys, on a cold day they even light the candle.
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24-12-2008, 6:22 PM
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Originally Posted by eric pisch no but i got some miserable boring old fart relatives like you who like to sit round a candle on christmas day and polish pennys, on a cold day they even light the candle. | Here here, my house is decked in lights every window every room. I love it!
Those who dont like it well tough!
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24-12-2008, 6:35 PM
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Originally Posted by eric pisch no but i got some miserable boring old fart relatives like you who like to sit round a candle on christmas day and polish pennys, on a cold day they even light the candle. | I'm hardly a boring old fart, anyway i have a 6ft tree tastefully decorated with matching gold and red trimmings, just no pound shop tat.
I think a tree is far better than a Christmas with the Griswalds.
Besides Xmas day after I have cooked for 10 people I will be spending with the partners sister and no doubt be building loads of kids toys as per usual whilst being totally inebriated.
When home I plan on playing my new Blu-rays, trying out my new PS3 and Xbox games and getting more drunk.
Infact not one member of my family is boring, they all love a laugh, just my sister loves proper tat and I hate it.
Thank god I haven't had the urge to backlight my AV sytem with LED's from IKEA of all places.
We can't all have good taste obviously. LOL 
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24-12-2008, 6:45 PM
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If you find your relatives are tasteless, then try cooking a turkey for dinner instead. | |
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24-12-2008, 8:42 PM
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Sure some are tacky but I don't care what anyone says, it'd be a whole lot duller with those ridiculous lights.
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Originally Posted by craddock Tasteless relatives! | Not having turkey like the rest of us this year then?
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If there were kids living here we would out them up but I really dont see the point in.
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