Things my life definitely does not need in it, number 9538

[nineveh_uk]

Gherkin Christmas tree baulbles:



I am working from home today in order to attempt to get going on a report that I am not managing to find a moment for in the office, nor indeed when I worked from home on Friday. First step: stop looking at terrible Christmas decorations.

Comments

[ellen_fremedon]

These are actually traditional in the US! For an 'invented as a late-19th-century marketed campaign' definition of tradition: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_pickle. We never had one, but my cousins always did.

[nineveh_uk]

Mystery solved, thank you! It's amazing how many Christmas traditions are just advertising really.