I walked into my building’s lobby yesterday morning, returning from more than a week of vacation in Texas, completely oblivious to the unHoliday decorations sprouting around me. That is until I stood idly waiting for an elevator to arrive to whisk me vertically to my floor and found this assaulting my eyes:
I must admit, compared to last year’s lobby largesse, this year’s decorations are a slight improvement, but seem to be a return to the first year (being 2010) metal montage. Then the building launched it’s crusade to snuff out any resemblance to traditional Christmas heraldry.
Here’s a side-by-side comparison of the last three years worth of unholiday spirit on display in the building lobby:
![unHoliday Decorations 2010 unHoliday Decorations 2010](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8480/8223276285_084c014210_z.jpg)
![unHoliday Decorations 2012 unHoliday Decorations 2012](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8202/8220357037_72a903344b_z.jpg)
![unHoliday Decorations 2011 unHoliday Decorations 2011](http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7142/6437250425_19bcbbf13c_z.jpg)
All I can say is at least this year’s metallic monstrosity matches the color scheme near the garage access elevators:
Thank goodness for my two daily stops at Hallmark, where I can bask in the warmth of a more traditional Christmas spirit on display, spreading Peace, Love and Joy indiscriminately.