western australia

inflatable decorations

A tacky blow-up tree

@JudyEv (344799)

Rockingham, Australia

January 6, 2024 3:35am CST

While we were house-sitting in Greenhills, Western Australia, we went out to dinner. I’ve written about the battery-operated candles which were on the tables and maybe one day soon I’ll post a photo of my yummy mini-pavlova. However, I thought the blow-up Christmas tree in the restaurant would have been better left in its box. It had deflated somewhat and looked very tacky really. To me, at first sight, I thought it was some sort of weird monster thing but looking closer I could see it’s meant to be a Christmas tree with presents underneath. Not all Christmas decorations are attractive.

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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl

@1creekgirl (42146)

• United States

6 Jan 24

You are so right! One man's exquisite Christmas decoration is another man's nightmare.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

Better nothing at all then this horrible looking thing.

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@LoveGoddesss29 (64)

• United States

10 Jan 24

Haha for sure!

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@RebeccasFarm (91125)

• Arvada, Colorado

6 Jan 24

Ah well tis a cute auld blow up thingie. Yes still waiting to see the pavlova

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@RebeccasFarm (91125)

• Arvada, Colorado

8 Jan 24

@JudyEv I know what you mean..the site is dwindling badly.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

I might write about the pavlova next. I'm running out of subjects lately.

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@LadyDuck (472433)

• Switzerland

6 Jan 24

What a sad looking tree, I would have not showed it, that is sure.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

Better to put it away than to have it sitting there like that.

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@LadyDuck (472433)

• Switzerland

8 Jan 24

@JudyEv I fully agree, it's not at all a cute tree, it's a sad tree.

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@mom210 (9115)

• United States

6 Jan 24

yuck! never seen one but that sounds terrible and very lazy.

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@mom210 (9115)

• United States

9 Jan 24

@JudyEv i mean if they were lazy they could have got one of the ones with the lights already on them. boom, instant tree and you didn't have to work for it, and it still looks good.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

It looks even worse because it's not fully inflated.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318891)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

6 Jan 24

It does look deflated. I'm sure it looked nice when it was fully inflated.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

It probably looked okay when it was first blown up but it looks pretty awful at the moment.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (318891)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

8 Jan 24

@JudyEv Yes, it does.

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@porwest (95309)

• United States

6 Jan 24

At the same time, my wife probably would have liked it. But I agree with you. lol

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

It might be alright if it were fully inflated but I thought it looked pretty gross like this.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Jan 24

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@porwest (95309)

• United States

9 Jan 24

@JudyEv Based on the many inflatables I have seen, that thing might BE fully inflated. lol

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@GardenGerty (161845)

• United States

6 Jan 24

I do not like these blow up decor items for any holiday. Here we get lots of wind and sometimes freezing temperatures and you get up in the morning and all the wind blown monstrosities have collapsed on the lawn. Not attractive at all.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

You don't see a lot of them here but they look pretty gross if they deflate at all.

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@AmbiePam (95621)

• United States

6 Jan 24

You have to wonder what attracted someone to it in the first place. I guess tacky always has a market.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

It must have appealed to someone there for them to buy it and put it up.

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@Juliaacv (52017)

• Canada

6 Jan 24

I see no beauty in that tree either. Those nylon types of decorations are awful looking.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

It's shocking, isn't it? Just nothing attractive about it at all.

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@wolfgirl569 (110541)

• Marion, Ohio

6 Jan 24

It would look better fully aired up

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

It would certainly improve it. It's pretty awful sagging like it is.

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@RasmaSandra (82021)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

6 Jan 24

It does look kind of sad there and better not displayed,

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

I agree. Better not to have it there at all.

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@Dena91 (16800)

• United States

6 Jan 24

It would look better if blown up some more. Maybe they didn't want to inflatable to be out in the weather or something.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

It would indeed look better if it were fully blown up. There isn't much that is attractive about it as it is.

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@LindaOHio (183852)

• United States

6 Jan 24

What an odd choice for a restaurant. Have a good weekend.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

The other decorations looked quite nice but this one was just plain awful. They had nice little Christmas trees on all the tables.

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@dya80dya (36905)

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6 Jan 24

This is cute but it seems deflated.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

Yes, it has deflated which makes it look worse than it is.

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@popciclecold (39743)

• United States

6 Jan 24

I'll help you say that. You have the right word for it

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

It's awful, isn't it? Not a bit attractive in my book.

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@BarBaraPrz (48296)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

6 Jan 24

"Not all Christmas decorations are attractive." And this proves it.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

It does indeed. Better nothing at all then such a monstrosity.

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@jstory07 (141305)

• Roseburg, Oregon

7 Jan 24

I agree with you the Christmas tree is tacky.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

I don't think it looks nice at all.

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@Ronrybs (19812)

• London, England

7 Jan 24

Oh dear! That is certainly not the Christmas spirit

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

It might have looked slightly better if it had been fully inflated but it certainly looked very sad as it was.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Jan 24

@Ronrybs You're quite right. The only decent place for it is the bin.

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@Ronrybs (19812)

• London, England

8 Jan 24

@JudyEv I don't know, even fully inflated it would just look cheap

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Mildred Tabitha

@mildredtabitha (16170)

• Nairobi, Kenya

7 Jan 24

I think that kind of tree can attract only children.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

That's very true. I thought it looked awful.

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@Beestring (14845)

• Hong Kong

6 Jan 24

It doesn't look good.

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@JudyEv (344799)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Jan 24

I agree. I'm sure they could have chosen something nicer.

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