Blue Christmas Lights Are The Worst And They're Ruining ChristmasSkip To ContentHomepageSign InSearch BuzzFeedSearch BuzzFeedlol Badge Feedwin Badge Feedtrending Badge FeedCalifornia residents can opt out of "sales" of personal data.Do Not Sell My Personal Information 2022 BuzzFeed, Inc PressRSSPrivacyConsent PreferencesUser TermsAd ChoicesHelpContactSitemapPosted on 20 Nov 2017 Blue Christmas Lights Are The Worst And They re Ruining Christmas BLUE. IS. NOT. CHRISTMASSY. by Becky BarnicoatBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestTwitterMailLink It s nearly Christmas everyone Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Santa Claus Ltd. But as Christmas approaches I need to warn you about a terrible scourge threatening to destroy the festive season as we know it Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF en.wikipedia.org The scourge of electric-blue Christmas lights Becky Barnicoat / BuzzFeed They re everywhere Twitter: @TheBoltonNews I don't feel merry, though, just cold and alienated. They re taking over our villages towns and cities Twitter: @StevenSaul Such an unfriendly glow. Christmas is meant to be the season of cosiness of warm twinkling lights glittering in the darkness byerschoice.com, victorianchildren.org, Daily Express Is this the sort of sinister haunting Christmas we want for our children byerschoice.com / BuzzFeed It looks terrifying. Does this make you feel cosy festive and warm victorianchildren.org / BuzzFeed No it does fucking not Daily Express / Greycaines These are proper Christmas lights Facebook: charlesphoenix.usa You ve got red – the colour of Santa holly berries and Rudolph s nose Coca Cola Green – the colour of Christmas trees Hanna-Barbera Yellow the colour of candlelight and log fires Disney And white of course – like glittering winter snow Channel 4 Electric blue is the colour of emergencies crime scenes and accidents Simonskafar / Getty Images, Brianajackson / Getty Images When you see blue flashing lights, you know to expect the worst. It s the colour of anti-heroin train station toilets Becky Barnicoat / BuzzFeed Not especially festive. It s the colour of a fly killer in a butcher s shop secondhand-catering-equipment.co.uk, Gumtree This window display does not say Merry Christmas everyone Watson @DoktorWatson When did 'Emergency Services Blue become an acceptable Christmas lights colour? I'm sure it's got something to do w… https://t.co/iJPVKh88qv Fri Dec 16 21:15:49 UTC+0000 2016 Reply Retweet Favorite It says, "All the flies in here are dead." The new trend for blue Christmas lights is tainting what should be the purest and happiest of seasons with darkness and fear Devike @IndieNightSky Awkward when from a distance you're admiring someone's blue Christmas lights then you get closer and realise they'r… https://t.co/PRDzeUT1MI Sun Nov 19 22:32:54 UTC+0000 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite Someone has even written a book drawing a direct parallel between blue lights and disaster Twitter: @Trejana67 When Christmas lights are blue, prepare for bad news basically. This is just eerie Twitter: @31i55a There s more warmth and festivity coming from the street light and bus window Twitter: @SeemaRampersad I ve never felt so alone sheffieldhistory.co.uk This is 100% more festive than a town centre with blue Christmas lights Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF Netflix The people on the internet know what they re talking about ƘᗩЯᗩℍ ЯᎥᗩᑕᑕ @karah_ritacco22 Christmas lights should never be blue! End of story https://t.co/oqK6t30E3g 11:00 PM - 29 Oct 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite The public has spoken Twitter: @Babynan15 It s just wrong Smart Hillbillies @TWHillbilly @Ironbridgeview God preserve from that most unchristmassy of spectacles .... blue christmas lights. 07:12 PM - 30 Oct 2017 Reply Retweet Favorite So please please – let s come together and return our cities towns and villages to the festive glory of Regent Street in 1997 Louisa Macdonell/REX/Shutterstock I feel so warm and bathed in festive goodness! Of Birmingham in 1991 skyscrapercity.com My cockles are toasting nicely! Of Sheffield in 1972 geograph.org.uk Now I'm feeling Christmassy. OK I ve said my piece Merry nearly Christmas everyone – may your festivities be bathed in warm twinkling lights Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF MGM Share This ArticleFacebook PinterestTwitterMailLink BuzzFeed DailyKeep up with the latest daily buzz with the BuzzFeed Daily newsletter!This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.