Gone are the days when Christmas was an event where people sat together and made decorative items to put up on their houses and on their Christmas trees. In today's world of breakneck competition, nobody has time to waste in making new decorations. Everything is readily available on the market, ready to be bought and used as it is. This is the age of modernity. This is the age of commercial Christmas decorations. One can buy anything and everything from the open market - be it Christmas stars, lighting materials, gift items, and even a whole Christmas tree can be bought readily. This article takes a two-fold approach in describing the commercial Christmas decorations that mark the Christmas of today.
First, let us consider traditional decorative items. Pieces like the Christmas star, the wreath and the Christmas tree have come under the shadow of commercialization.
Christmas stars are now available in a variety of designs. Wreaths, on the other hand, are composed of materials other than the traditionally used constituents. Trees have come under the commercial spectrum in a big way. We now have artificial trees made of ingredients like goose feathers and wire meshes. Green is no longer the staple tree color. White, silver, red, pink, blue and black is the new fashion. More funky designs such as topsy turvy placements have also become common now. Also in vogue are 'designer' trees that are developed for a specific audience. Commercial Christmas decorations have made a statement.
Secondly, more recent trends in decoration, from a commercial perspective. People now show more interest in animated decorations. Consequently, commercial Christmas decoration now includes LED lights, multi-colored bulbs, lighted wreaths, pole and garland wraps and even lit up banners. Various websites provide services for commercial Christmas decorations. Some of the sites online provide a rich collection of lighting items for competitive prices. LED lights or (Light Emitting Diode lights) are one of the cheapest and best options available commercially. LED lights are ultra small-sized light bulbs that glow with a high amount of brightness. One could find C7 and C9 lights on the market for prices as low as 5$ for a set of 100 lights. One could go in for multi-colored lights as well as single-colored lights.
Other options available are lanterns and incandescent bulbs.
Let us contemplate the pros and cons of commercialization. Its advantages are obvious. As stated in the introduction, people can now seldom find time amidst their hectic schedule, to embellish their resident. Instead of doing slipshod, haphazard work, they consider it good sense to leave the work to commercial agencies.
Commercial Christmas decorations also provide employment to a lot of people who are handy and creative. On the flip side, these decorations rob people of the joy of getting together and working to celebrate the festive occasion that is Christmas.
