Up until the last two years, we always had really nice trees. They were themed, but still somewhat classic. My favorite was the elf tree. It was a real tree decorated with classic ornaments, but then there were elves hiding in it and also a big ladder set up next to it with elves on it, as if they are decorating it. Very cute, and it was a bgi tree too (we have a big lobby for a 24-floor building). Another year it was themed in silver and light blue with little penguins and shiny ornaments.

We got soem crazy building managers in the last couple years and they are off their rockers with the lobby tree these days.

Last year, our "tree" was a wire-framed cone strung with teddy bears. All the same teddy bear--light brown with a red bow on its neck. It was awful...awfully creepy! I think only the crazy teddy bear people liked it.

Thsi year tops last year for sure. Again, no real tree. OH no....it's a giant fake PINK tree!!! Liek light bubble gum candy pink! And it has fake snow on it and glitter and giant cupcakes and fruity nutcrackers and diva'd gingerbread men on it. It just screams "a bakery just threw up in a 5 year old little girls bedroom!" It's bad (and for those of you on FB, I posted a pic of it on my page). Adn to be frank, I don't think it's professional. In a bakery of a little kids boutique, sure, btu nto in a professional office building full of bankers and lawyers.

Luckily, I can see into the other building's lobby across the street and drool over their classic Christmas tree done up in gold and deep red...

Wouldn't be the Christmas shopping season if the stores were any less hooter--hotter than they are

We set up the TV on Friday and watched Nebraska kick Iowa's rear end while setting up the trees. The tellers kept telling us to move so they could see the game.

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If you have an issue with people eating your shrubbery, you may have bigger problems to address!

We have a group of about 6 - 7 female employees who come in on a Saturday and spend the entire day putting the displays together.....

We are a small branch- Only 4 full time employees, a part timer, and a regional supervisor who travels so much I'm surprised she remembers which branch her office is actually in.

the first few years we put up a large traditional tree- it belong to our teller supervisor and she brought it in when she got a new one. Pretty much all our decorations are employee owned/donated. But this year and last year instead of a big tree, we have a small table top fiber optic tree and lighted garland on the large picture window. We have lights with bows on the Drive through window, and random tabletop decorations on various surfaces throughout the bank.

Being the jew- in my little corner i normally have a Dreidal Candy dish and a small Menorah up during Hannukah.