Holiday decorations in the lobby without bloodshed

December 13, 2010 - 9:09am

By Teri Karush Rogers

In case you missed the NY Times story this weekend about the divisiveness of holiday decorations in the lobby, we have prepared this handy digest of teachable moments:

Silver and white Christmas decorations may provoke less controversy than red
Do not ask for the entire building's input on which holidays to celebrate and how
An inexpensive way to freshen up your building's holiday display is to have your super trade decorations with other buildings
If you're on the board of a building that has a lot of kids, do not try to skirt the whole holiday decoration controversy thing by giving $250 to a water buffalo charity project. While the buffalo may appreciate it, this will end badly for you personally.
Red ribbons on the door are cheaper than wreaths, but if this is your building's first December, prepare to invest anywhere from a few hundred dollars up to $15,000 in an artificial lobby tree, because cut trees are a fire hazard. (Oops.)

(NY Times)

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