Ozempic has also arrived for your Christmas trees.
The latest holiday decor trend in salad dressing involves skinny trees — which people on social media are calling “weird.”
As modern homes get smaller, people are choosing leaner trees that take up less floor space to avoid moving around furniture – and to stop branches from blocking things like TV screens.
“Tall and thin seems to be the trend this year,” Oliver Combe, who has worked on Christmas trees in York in the United Kingdom for 40 years, told The Telegraph.
“Just think how much bigger TV screens are than 15 years ago – trees are being cut down by the screens.”
Even celebrities are choosing to get smaller trees, also called pencil trees, for their celebrations.
Kelly Ripa recently revealed on “Live with Kelly and Mark” that one of the trees that arrived at the home she shares with co-host and husband Mark Consuelos was “too big for us to fit in our house” — prompting they would get a smaller center.
“We got what I like to call a pine year. She is weak – don’t shame her. She is sensitive about it. She is exercising every day. She’s beautiful,” Ripa, 54, said of her Tannenbaum beau.
Kim Kardashian is another supporter of small trees, placing many small Christmas trees in different rooms as opposed to one large one.
“From hallways, kitchens and even children’s bedrooms, mini trees are a quick and easy way to inject some festive cheer into even the smallest of spaces,” Abi Wilson, head of buying at UK retailer Sainsbury’s.
In addition to wanting or needing to decorate a tighter space, choosing thinner trees is also more budget-friendly.
Interior design content creator Reeves Connelly told The Washington Post that it could signal a shift toward more practical and sustainable holiday practices, explaining that many young people don’t have “the means or the space” for a large tree.
“It’s like the cultural shift we’ve seen about things being more like simple and modern,” Connelly said. “I think it reflects the economic times. And a lot of people are a little more mindful of investing in something that’s only temporary.”
British department store John Lewis noted that sales of its 6-foot and 7-foot trees have fallen 13% and 6%, respectively, while sales of 4- to 6-foot trees are up 55%.
“We’ve definitely seen a higher — and earlier — demand for more thin trees this year, which is interesting because these models traditionally tend to sell later in the season,” Melissa Mills, vice president of top of the trade at Michaels. .
Mills shared with the media that sales of slim and pencil-style trees are currently 5% higher than in 2023 and are “far exceeding our expectations” – with many styles nearly sold out.
And, of course, there is the charm of what a thinner tree looks like in a personal space.
“I feel like there’s a little bit more of an aesthetic appeal when it comes to not detracting from your space as opposed to a full-sized Christmas tree where it draws attention,” Connelly said. “A lean tree pulls back—sort of a mix—which I think is wonderful.”
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