She Felt Offended After Her Teen Daughter Told Her All About The Tacky Christmas Trend
Thanksgiving is officially a week away, but people are already skipping ahead to getting into the Christmas spirit.
I can’t really argue with anyone who wants to put up their tree or decorations already because Christmas really does bring on the joy, and we can all use more of that in our lives, right?
One holiday trend on TikTok this year is the concept of “Tacky Christmas,” and this mom recently learned about it from her teen daughter.
TikToker @realoctavia said she felt offended after her 13-year-old came running into the room and told her all about the concept after pointing out that their artificial Christmas tree is broken, so they will need to get a new one this year.
She says that when her kids were tiny, every year, she decorated their Christmas tree exactly like how hers was done when she was growing up.
“But trees are fancier these days, and they look a little different than what I had growing up, and so, we’ve been kind of on that, you know, train right there – nice little Christmas trees. Whatever,” she said.
“As a matter of fact, the one we had last year had lights built in. It was great.”
She was confused about what her daughter meant by Tacky Christmas, so her daughter said to go on TikTok and investigate.
She did just that and realized all of the decorations were exactly what she had when she was a kid, which she thought was adorable, not tacky!
aprilante – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only – pictured above is a decorated Christmas tree
“I loved my Christmas tree growing up. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I didn’t know there was a name for it,” she added.
Essentially, Tacky Christmas is all about piling colored lights and mismatched ornaments on your tree instead of doing something that’s more sleek and modern.
So, you don’t stick to a set color palette of blues and silvers or golds and greens – you just go for any or every colored ornament your heart desires. There is no theme; there’s just whimsy.
Taking to the comments section, many people agreed that Tacky Christmas is not the nicest term for, well, nostalgia.
“Like you mean your Christmas trees don’t have the ornaments you made 17 years ago in preschool…?” one person asked.
“The paper chain link garland is truly my childhood…can’t believe it’s “tacky,” another person commented.
“I believe the CORRECT term is “nostalgic Christmas”…don’t let them make you feel bad,” someone else chimed in.
What do you think of Tacky Christmas, and how do you decorate for the holidays?
@real.octavia What is a tacky Christmas? #christmas #tackychristmas #tackychristmaslights #tackychristmasdecorations #what #tacky
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