Every year, having decorated my Christmas tree, I stand back and say: “You know, it could use more lights.” No matter how many lights are on there, I figure a few more would be better. If you celebrate Christmas, you almost certainly have some similarly small and seemingly inconsequential but very firmly held decorating opinion. What is it?
Wired UK did some research across the worlds of science and Christmas industry and discovered that “about 6.2 baubles per foot of Christmas tree (30.4 cm)” is really the proper bauble-to-tree ratio. This inspired the Guardian to reach out to Judith Flanders, author of Christmas: A Biography, who reassured the publication that the holiday is mutable and so you can do whatever you want: “There are no grand old traditions; they mutate and change, endlessly and always. So if you want to put up decorations in the shape of Strictly Come Dancing contestants, go for it.”
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