# I find Christmas colors cheap, gaudy and poorly coordinated ... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 3, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-find-christmas-colors-cheap-gaudy-and-poorly-coordinated/601750 "2011-11-03T15:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-find-christmas-colors-cheap-gaudy-and-poorly-coordinated/601750/1 "2011-11-03T15:33:37Z")
Stores are putting out Christmas decorations for sale and I find that, as has been the case for as long as I can recall, the are colors cheap, gaudy and poorly coordinated. Do others feel this way? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-find-christmas-colors-cheap-gaudy-and-poorly-coordinated/601750/2 "2011-11-03T15:44:39Z")
Some of them, yes (especially some of the blue/pink/purple colors that seem an odd hybrid between neon and pastel that Walmart and Target like for ornaments), but I find more tasteful than gaudy. There are definitely colors used I wouldn’t ever want for Christmas myself, though. ---
**Author:** ![TheChileanBlob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thechileanblob/32/435_2.png) [@TheChileanBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheChileanBlob)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-find-christmas-colors-cheap-gaudy-and-poorly-coordinated/601750/3 "2011-11-03T17:22:58Z")
Ugh, this reminds me of the white tree my mom had when I was a kid. It had white lights and big gold balls and nothing else. She put it up in our all-white, shag carpeted, sunken living room. Fortunately, we had a regular tree in the family room with regular colored lights\* and mismatched ornaments. Yay cheap, gaudy, and poorly coordinated Christmas! - Not pink or purple, though! Blech! ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-find-christmas-colors-cheap-gaudy-and-poorly-coordinated/601750/4 "2011-11-03T17:30:37Z")
I think nothing is tackier than the whole red and green with multicolored lights Christmas look.