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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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#1 I Think Someone Has A Crush On My Christmas Light Decoration

#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

#6 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

#9 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:

#11 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

#13 The Post Boxes In My Town Have Been Decorated For Christmas

#14 2020 Holiday Decor

#15 Designed My Own Christmas Decoration Tonight While The Wife Was Out

#16 My Neighbor Got His Reindeer Decorations Stolen So They Put Out Grinch Ones Instead

#17 Made My Own Xmas Decorations Out Of Plywood

#18 Baby Yoda Topper

#19 The Ultimate Christmas Decoration

#20 Christmas Ornament Anyone

#21 Kids Designed Christmas Lights

#22 2020

#23 The Warsaw Metro Continues The Christmas Tradition

#24 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!!

#25 I Decorated My Parents’ House For Christmas

#26 Christmas Decorations At A Sushi Restaurant

#27 How My City Is Doing Pictures With Santa This Year

#28 Christmas Display

#29 Someone In My Town Planted Christmas Trees As A Way To Get Officials To Deal With Potholes

#30 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

#31 A Little Christmas Village My Family Puts Together Each Year

#32 Apartment Complex Is Hosting A Door Decorating Contest And Winners Get Money Off Of Rent, So I Let My Creativity Take Over Today

#33 This House’s Christmas Decorations

#34 Co-Worker’s “Die Hard” Ornament

#35 Grogu Takin’ Care Of That Elf Problem For Ya

#36 I Made The Wreath From Nightmare Before Christmas

#37 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

#38 One Of My Neighbors Nailed Their Christmas Decorations This Year

#39 I Made A Baby Yoda Tree Decoration

#40 This Neighbor’s Corona Christmas Decoration

#41 Winning Christmas With The Least Amount Of Effort

#42 Best Holiday Decor I’ve Seen This Year

#43 RAM Wreath On The IT Support Door In College

#44 My Brothers Christmas Decoration

#45 A Resident Put Up Some Faq In Front Of Their House Regarding Their Christmas Lights Display

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