From Christmas socks and holiday pillows to matching pajamas, ‘tis the season for the cheesiest holiday finds. Amongst all these colorfully outrageous picks, we’ve found the most ridiculous and extravagant decorations to spark your holiday spirit.
Cheez-it Christmas tree ornament:
By far the cheeziest (pun intended) holiday find was located at TJ-Maxx: a Cheez-It Christmas tree ornament. This one was a personal favorite. It’s a metal box, colored and shaped like a box of Cheez-Its, complete with a picture of the box, and even an accurate nutrition label on the back. A fun decoration for Cheez-It lovers, despite the fact that it’s a somewhat meaningless thing to adorn your tree with. In actuality, it doesn’t matter what you put on your tree, it should be fun and what you want. Nonetheless, it begs the question, what ornaments are you willing to use to embellish the greenery in your living room, and does a fake box of everyone’s favorite cheese-flavored snack make the cut?
Lifesize nutcracker named Phil
By its sheer size and impressive mustache alone, we knew that this couldn’t be left out. Introducing the Life Size Nutcracker Man: self-titled “Phil.” He stands at over two feet tall with a top hat and elaborate red, gold, and black outfit. While Phil may be quite elegant and striking, he takes up too much space, and unfortunately would end up in a garage sale 50 years later, alongside old magazines. With that in mind, we came to the conclusion that this is the kind of item that is a pointless buy, as it won’t be of use for more than a month a year.
Dollhouses:
A less intense and strictly Christmas-y item, this intricate dollhouse contains a variety of miniature animals in the place of the dolls that would typically live there. This house’s adorably decorated walls and featured Christmas lights could not be ignored. It showcases a festive but more muted color scheme alongside a snowy roof, and as the weather gets colder, we only wish we could live in this cozy little home, perfectly designed for winter. The only problem was that the more attention we paid to the house, the more we noticed the enormous amounts of decorations within, setting a standard to model our homes after.
Cookie carousel:
Another TJ-Maxx find was the cookie carousel, decorated to the absolute max (no pun intended!) and covered in different Christmas-themed candies. Made up of incredibly accurate details and intricate frosting designs detailed upon warm, toasty gingerbread, this carousel was absolutely delicious looking and the perfect piece to have in your home. Decorated with cute little reindeer, a real life version of this carousel sounds like a dream and is perfect for the holiday season!
Themed dishes:
In any festive holiday store, you can easily find some kind of dishes, utensils or measuring cups made special for the season; our favorites include red and green plates with reindeer riding bikes, full sets of bowls, cups, spoons, and anything else you need for baking in various themes like gingerbread and candy cane, nutcracker-shaped cups with straws, and more. One set contained just about everything, with a sparkly rolling pin, candy cane cheese spreaders, and gingerbread-shaped corks. Every kitchen item you can imagine now comes with a festive design for the one month a year you actually bake.
Grinch Crawling Out of Mug:
This mug was so bizarre, it would be hard not to include it in our list. The mug displayed a picture of the Grinch embracing the Christmas spirit, or perhaps preparing to steal all the decorations in Whoville. Inside this festive mug, there was a ceramic mini-Grinch trying to crawl out over the brim with a mischievous grin on his face. Although (mostly) cute and good for the season, we can’t imagine seeing him around for more than the holiday season, and in reality he would spend about ten months of the year in hiding at the bottom of a closet. Watch out for this one though, if you leave him unattended you may wake up to find your Christmas tree missing.
To wrap up our list of absurd festive finds, we encourage you to go out shopping this holiday season. After all, what can’t you find a holiday decoration for, if you can find a ceramic grinch crawling out of a mug?
