This holiday season, celebrities like Julianne Moore and Khloé Kardashian decided Christmas trees were wearing too many clothes. They stripped them bare—no ornaments, no tinsel, just sad branches glowing under soft lights like a yoga studio for pines. Social media is now in full civil war: half call it elegant minimalism, the other half say it looks like someone gave up decorating halfway through and blamed “aesthetic.” Some families are compromising with two trees—one chic and naked downstairs, one joyfully chaotic upstairs for the kids who still believe in fun.

Strange celebrity ‘naked Christmas tree’ trend sparks pushback: ‘Ornaments are a must’