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50 Times People Were So Creative With Their Christmas Decorations, They Impressed Santa Himself
We’re waist-deep into the holiday season and even any further 2020 surprises can’t put out our Christmas spirits. Most of you Pandas have probably already untangled the miles and miles of Xmas lights, decorated your homes, and are busy thinking about what to cook for the holiday table.
But just in case you need some last-minute motivation (or if you want to wow your family even more), Bored Panda has collected some of the most brilliant and creative examples of people decorating for Christmas. Enjoy, upvote your fave pics, and be sure to shamelessly borrow these ideas for your own home to impress Santa. We’d love to see what your own decorations look like this year, too, so drop us a snap in the comment section, dear Pandas. Be sure to read on for Bored Panda's interview about Xmas decorations with David Thompson from The Christmas Shop.
For more deco-inspo, you should check out our earlier posts here (creative Xmas trees), here (awesome hospital decorations), and here (genius lazy ideas).
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I Think Someone Has A Crush On My Christmas Light Decoration
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#2
Our School Lunch Lady Made This Christmas Display By Hand
#3
I'm A Beekeeper, And This Is Our Christmas Card This Year
Bored Panda reached out to the UK-based team over at The Christmas Shop and spoke to them about Xmas decorations. According to Thompson, great decorations fall into 2 categories: "Those that are stylishly designed and fit in with a theme or color scheme and those that provoke happy memories of family and friends or past events."
Thompson said: "To some extent, Christmas decorations will always be tacky in the minds of some people due to their bright sparkly colors and for the enthusiast, there can never be 'too much.'"
We were also curious to find out how the hardships of 2020 affected The Christmas Shop on a very practical level. "The final quarter of 2020 has been very successful with sales considerably higher than previous years," Thompson revealed. "The closure of retail stores during lockdown and the subsequent restrictions on retail has pushed people to purchase online and we appear to have benefitted from this."
#4
My Husband Passed Away This Year, And I Believe He Is Watching Over Us, So I Turned His Eyeglasses Into An Ornament As A Nice Remembrance
#5
After Leaving An Abusive Relationship, Being Homeless, Unemployed, No Family Except My 2-Year-Old Daughter. I Get To Hang This On My Tree And It Means So Much
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French And Spanish Class Decorated Their Doors
I can tell you that I personally felt loads better after I got my Christmas tree and put up all of the decorations. It’s not just me, though. Psychologist Deborah Serani explained to ‘Today’ that all of the bright lights and colors boost our mood and spike our dopamine. In brief, the pretty lights make us happy. And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
However, when it comes to decorating your home, office, or front yard, creativity can be a bit of a double-edged candy cane sword because it’s not just you that you have to impress. You want something refined and elegant yet fun and goofy that will have the neighbors talking. But finding the balance between the two can be a Grinch-filled nightmare.
#7
Every Year On December 1st Someone Puts A Knitted Hat On Top Of The Post Box At The End Of My Road. This Year's Is The Best So Far
#8
This Christmas Lights Display
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Meirl
Obviously, we all want to impress Santa so much that it’ll make him leave us cookies and milk (and make him put us on the ‘nice’ list. Permanently). But it’s a fine line between Xmas spirit-inspired genius ideas and tacky decorations that are way too out there for anyone to enjoy.
The solution—get as many people’s opinions about your decorations as you can. Ask your family to be honest with you. FaceTime your friends. Get your colleagues on Zoom. Heck, you could even try asking for advice on the internet, of all things!
Whatever decorations you’ve already put up (or are rushing to unbox), at the end of the day, what really matters is that you have fun. Even if it’s tacky—it’s still Christmassy. And even if your creativity’s raising too many eyebrows, we’ve got to give you props for trying! Remember, there’s always next year. You can one-up yourself then!
#10
Most 2020 Christmas Decoration Award Goes To:
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Neighbors Taking This Whole Christmas Gnome Trend Overboard
#12
My 2020 Christmas Ornament - An Empty Vial I Saved After A Day Of Giving Covid-19 Vaccines
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The Post Boxes In My Town Have Been Decorated For Christmas
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Designed My Own Christmas Decoration Tonight While The Wife Was Out
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Christmas Decorations Done Right
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My Neighbor Got His Reindeer Decorations Stolen So They Put Out Grinch Ones Instead
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Made My Own Xmas Decorations Out Of Plywood
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The Ultimate Christmas Decoration
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Christmas Ornament Anyone
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Kids Designed Christmas Lights
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2020
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The Warsaw Metro Continues The Christmas Tradition
#25
So After I Bought This House I Was Informed My Neighbors Do It Big For Christmas
I spent a lot of money already buying a new tree and all the decorations for the inside, so I talked to my neighbor and we came up with the perfect solution. I promise I'm not really a Grinch!!
#26
I Decorated My Parents' House For Christmas
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Christmas Decorations At A Sushi Restaurant
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How My City Is Doing Pictures With Santa This Year
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Christmas Display
#30
Someone In My Town Planted Christmas Trees As A Way To Get Officials To Deal With Potholes
#31
My Mom's Office Had A Decorating Contest For Their Cubicles. My Mom Is On The Left, But I Think Her Neighbor Deserved The Win
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Our (Dead) Jacaranda Fell In A Storm Over The Weekend, So I Repurposed It Into Christmas Decorations. Expecting Our First Child In April, So I Made One For Our Little One To Come
#33
A Little Christmas Village My Family Puts Together Each Year
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Apartment Complex Is Hosting A Door Decorating Contest And Winners Get Money Off Of Rent, So I Let My Creativity Take Over Today
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This House’s Christmas Decorations
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Co-Worker's "Die Hard" Ornament
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Grogu Takin' Care Of That Elf Problem For Ya
#38
I Made The Wreath From Nightmare Before Christmas
IJustWearBlack 4 years ago
I love this but why do people think the Nightmare Before Christmas is a Christmas movie? ITS A HALLOWEEN MOVIE. please don"t down vote me its is just my opinion
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We’ve Been Working On These Decorations Little By Little For The Past Couple Of Months
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To The Person Who Decorates The Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Popping Out Of I-45 Every Year, Please Grace Us With Your Christmas Spirit. It Always Makes Me Smile While Driving Into Work
#41
One Of My Neighbors Nailed Their Christmas Decorations This Year
#42
This Little Santa Peeing On 2020 As A Christmas Decoration
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I Made A Baby Yoda Tree Decoration
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This Neighbor’s Corona Christmas Decoration
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Winning Christmas With The Least Amount Of Effort
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Best Christmas Decoration Of All Time?
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Best Holiday Decor I've Seen This Year
E Menendez 4 years ago (edited)
Festivus for the rest of us! I look forward to the airing of the grievances every year!
#48
RAM Wreath On The IT Support Door In College
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My Brothers Christmas Decoration
#50
A Resident Put Up Some Faq In Front Of Their House Regarding Their Christmas Lights Display
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Merry Christmas To Most
#52
Bob Ross In Xmas Lights
#53
Handmade Dual Screen Fireplace Because Christmas And Why Not
TTorrest Author 4 years ago
At first, I didn’t realize what I was looking at. Very creative! Love it!
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The 7-Year-Old In The Group Got It Right Away
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2020 Tree Topper
#56
Xmas T-Rex Is Actually A Huge Jerk
#57
Every Year A Unknown Person Climbs To The Top Of This Decaying Abadonned Factory To Decorate For Christmas
Kudos to the perpetrators of this dastardly and very dangerous deed, they did it again! They put up a new Christmas tree on top of the abandoned Canada Malting Company plant. They upped their game this year and also put Christmas decorations on one of the windows and left a giant nicely gift wrapped gift. They even put a name tag on the gift. I can't make out the name tag, I am assuming it is made out to all the citizens of Montreal!
grindelwald_the_insomnia_panda 3 years ago
wow! I would like to be friends with them, they sound fun.
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Found In My Neighborhood. Hilarious! Props To This Guy
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My Favorite Christmas Decoration
#60
The City Dresses Our Buses Up For Christmas
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The Perfect Christmas Ornament For 2020 Doesn’t Exi...
#62
Our Subtle, Yet Brilliant, Christmas Decoration That I Think Is Underrated (As Seen From A Main Road At The Back Of Our Property)
#63
So One Of My Neighbors Left Me A Note Informing Me That My Gargoyle Statue Is “Not Appropriate” And “Not In Keeping With The Christmas Spirit”
They firmly suggested that I “rectify the situation immediately.” Well problem solved! Frank is now festive! I’m pretty sure that this is not what they had in mind and I look forward to the future note stating as much, but 1. Frank is very heavy and he doesn’t get moved and 2. I like him even if he’s not so great at warding off evil Karens. I decided to increase the degree of festiveness.
Got a new note wanting to know if I think I’m funny. Why yes, yes I do. I decided to add an elf on the shelf and leave a note back that the elf is always watching. I may add one item a day now like an advent calendar. Too bad my porch is so small, I could really deck it out.
I tried to convince one of the cats to sit outside in a costume as part of my display, kind of like one of those living nativity displays. They all declined. So festive skeleton cat it is!
I had an early morning dentist appointment and needed to go to the grocery, so it was dark when I put out today’s addition. Karen had already been here by the time I got home. Originally I just had the hippos out, but she left me a note saying “HIPPOS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!” Written just like that in all caps and a full ten exclamation points. (I kinda feel like I’m talking to my dad now. He used to text me in all caps.) I personally found this statement false and offensive. Who doesn’t want a hippopotamus for Christmas?? Okay, maybe it’s just me. Anyway, I put the sign up so she’d know how incorrect she is.
Well it looks like the first one through the wreath is—-coronavirus!! It is 2020 after all. It was only a matter of time before this a**hole showed up. Maybe he’ll be able to keep Karen six feet away from my porch.
The holiday season can be a tough time for a lot of us, myself included, and this year has been particularly COVID craptastic, so knowing that my silly shenanigans with my nosey neighbor has brought even a small chuckle to so many people really warms my heart. I mean, I crack myself up daily, but knowing people all over the dang world are cracking up with me is pretty freaking cool. I enjoy reading the stories some of you have shared and I appreciate you sharing them. Maybe I'll have read most of them by summer (there are a lot). I wanted to give a special shout out to all the nurses, docs, EMTs, PAs, RTs, and all you other frontline badasses for all of your comments. It's so cool to know this silly page can provide even a moment of relief from all the stress you guys are under right now. You guys are the true heroes of 2020! Frank and friends salute you! Everyone stay safe and remember---Hippos are Christmas AF!!
#64
Flew Back Home To See My Parents For Christmas. They Really Outdid Themselves This Year
#65
This House Near Me Is Basically Peak Christmas Decorating Goals
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Our Neighbors Have Help Decorating
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My Outdoor Christmas Decorations
#70
New Christmas Decoration In My Office
#71
It's December 1st, And That Means It's Time To Add My Favorite Decoration To The Tree
Brandi Chafins 4 years ago
I couldn't love this more! I wonder if he has any eggs for us in this trying time...
#72
Bute/Nelson Christmas Lights
Fidgets McGee 4 years ago
West End Vancouver!!! Gives me the misses...such a great neighbourhood...
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Equal Opportunity Employer
Taylor Hartman 4 years ago
There's one in my neighborhood. Except it's llamas. And snoopy is in the sleigh.
#74
Best Christmas Tree Topper I Have Seen
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Christmas 2020
#77
The Perfect 2020 Christmas Decoration
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Rudolph The Red Nosed John Deere
#79
Neighbor Seems To Be In The Spirit Of Things
#80
Went To Buy A Christmas Tree High, Came Back With A Dragon
#82
The Mountain I Carved From Foam For My Christmas Village
#84
I Guess My Dad Got A Little Carried Away With His Christmas Decorations This Year
#87
This House Near Where I Live Is Decorated Like Clark's House From National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
M O'Connell 4 years ago
With an era-appropriate Winnebago as well! That's serious dedication. Though I have to wonder which came first, the lights or the RV.
#88
Christmas Decorations On My Street
#89
I Was Assigned A "Holiday Cartoon" For Decorating My Classroom Door. I Don't Know That This Is What They Had In Mind, But I Enjoyed Making It
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Not At All
#92
My Girlfriend Let Me Decorate Our Apartment’s Front Window For Christmas. She May Have Made A Mistake
#93
My Halloween Leshen Is Now A Christmas Leshen
#94
I Didn't Have A String Of Lights Long Enough For The Whole Fence So I Made Kevin My Halloween Sabertooth Tiger Eat The Lights Instead
#96
My Retired Ulcerative Colitis Pills. After My Last Ileostomy, I Turned Them Into Xmas Lights
#98
My Sister-In-Law Is An Art Teacher. This Is Their Christmas Decorations For 2020
#103
Animal Crossing DIY Home Edition. We Recently Started Playing The Game And My 3 Kids Love It. So, With Being Stuck Home Bc Of Covid-19, Homeschooling, And Now Snow, We Decided To Bring The Outside Decorations Inside, By Creating Our Own Interactive Animal Crossing Island
#104
“It’s Not Going In Our Yard, Russ. It’s Going In Our Living Room”
#105
True
#106
This House Is Decorated With 70,000 Christmas Lights
#109
My Wife Made A Christmas Fireplace Out Of Wine Boxes And Brown Paper
#110
Sometimes You Can Spend 8 Hrs At Work Doing Arts And Crafts Instead Of Your Actual Job
#111
My OBGYN’s Xmas Decor
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Mistletoe
#113
For The Sixth Year In A Row, I’ve Successfully Decorated My Home’s Exterior In Just 5 Minutes
#115
I Sneak This Ornament Onto My Wife’s Meticulously Decorated Tree Every Christmas... She Has Yet To Notice In 3 Years
#116
I Turned Myself Into A Xmas Tradition, Morty!
#118
My Office Decided To Do A Christmas Decorations Contest And They Didn’t Realize I Was Clark Griswold
#121
Neighbor’s Response To HOA’s Email About Taking Down Halloween Decorations. Now It’s A Christmas Decoration
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My Neighbors Christmas Decorations Today
#132
This Tree Branch Fell Down In Front Of My Office And Has Been There All Week, So Today I Started Decorating It With Xmas Decorations
#135
We Didn’t Have A Fireplace To Hang Our Stockings So We Made One
CuttlefishRule 4 years ago
I do that too! This year ours was Calcifer from Howl's Moving Castle
#136
Merry Christmas From My Neighbors Down The Street
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Rainbow Panda 4 years ago
Noice decorations. This article makes me wanna decorate more. 🎄 🎁 🎅 ❤️💚
M O'Connell 4 years ago
I wish I had a photo of it, but it was before I owned a digital camera. A college fraternity had "reconfigured" a pair of animated wire-frame deer from 'bending down to eat' and 'turning head side to side' into... other activities deer do in the woods. It was hilarious.
Patti Vance 4 years ago
as the only jewish person in our office, it was always interesting to see the decorations go up on everyone's door. i finally decided to join in but it seems that there were a few grinchs as some found my decor offensive. what was it? i took a cardboard santa w/reindeer, changed his clothing to that of a rabbi w/ hassidic dress holding a torah, put yalmulkes and prayer shawls on all of the reindeer, balanced a dreidel on rudolph's nose, and caption's the little rabbi calling out "oy to the world!". i thought it was funny.
Patti Vance 4 years ago (edited)
as the only jewish person in our office, it was always interesting to see the decorations go up on everyone's door. i finally decided to join in but it seems that there were a few grinchs as some found my decor offensive. what was it? i took a cardboard santa w/reindeer, changed his clothing to that of a rabbi w/ hassidic dress holding a torah, put yalmulkes and prayer shawls on all of the reindeer, balanced a dreidel on rudolph's nose, and caption's the little rabbi calling out "oy to the world!". i thought it was funny.
Rainbow Panda 4 years ago
Noice decorations. This article makes me wanna decorate more. 🎄 🎁 🎅 ❤️💚
M O'Connell 4 years ago
I wish I had a photo of it, but it was before I owned a digital camera. A college fraternity had "reconfigured" a pair of animated wire-frame deer from 'bending down to eat' and 'turning head side to side' into... other activities deer do in the woods. It was hilarious.
Patti Vance 4 years ago
as the only jewish person in our office, it was always interesting to see the decorations go up on everyone's door. i finally decided to join in but it seems that there were a few grinchs as some found my decor offensive. what was it? i took a cardboard santa w/reindeer, changed his clothing to that of a rabbi w/ hassidic dress holding a torah, put yalmulkes and prayer shawls on all of the reindeer, balanced a dreidel on rudolph's nose, and caption's the little rabbi calling out "oy to the world!". i thought it was funny.
Patti Vance 4 years ago (edited)
as the only jewish person in our office, it was always interesting to see the decorations go up on everyone's door. i finally decided to join in but it seems that there were a few grinchs as some found my decor offensive. what was it? i took a cardboard santa w/reindeer, changed his clothing to that of a rabbi w/ hassidic dress holding a torah, put yalmulkes and prayer shawls on all of the reindeer, balanced a dreidel on rudolph's nose, and caption's the little rabbi calling out "oy to the world!". i thought it was funny.
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