South Australian mum’s Christmas tree breaks the internet

A South Australian mum transformed her tree for Christmas to celebrate the ‘yes’ vote.

The Christmas tree – boldly decorated as a rainbow – has attracted over 6.1K ‘likes’ on the Kmart Mums Australia Facebook group.

South Australian mum’s Christmas tree breaks the internet — *(Credit: Carol Fossey)*

Tammy Sims tries a new theme for her Christmas tree every year.

“It seemed appropriate in celebration of the yes vote,” she explained.

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Tammy admits that she’s a “bit OCD” with her tree, and that it takes a while to decorate.

“I try my best not to put two of the same decorations next to each other and I tend to arrange them all quite close,” Tammy said.

She likes to shop around for her decorations, purchasing most of them from Kmart, Target, Myer, David Jones, Coles and Woolworths.

Her 10-year-old daughter helped her decorate the tree, and is “very proud of it”. Her 15-year-old daughter, however, isn’t quite as impressed.

“The eldest just finds it funny that we put so much thought and effort into it,” said Tammy.

This article originally appeared on Better Homes and Gardens.

Writer Rebecca Lowrey Boyd

With a first-class Honours degree in English, Rebecca Lowrey Boyd is best known as the founder of Wee Birdy (weebirdy.com), a London-based blog devoted to London shopping, design and style. It was named one of the Top 100 Blogs in the World by the Sunday Times (UK), and was listed on Times Online's Best 50 Design Blogs in the World. It has also featured in many international magazines including British Vogue, British Cosmopolitan, Australian Cosmopolitan, Inside Out, Shop Til You Drop and Home Beautiful. During her time in London, Rebecca was also Deputy Shopping & Style Editor at Time Out London. She is also the former editor of Bride to Be, Cosmopolitan Bride, Cosmopolitan Pregnancy and Cosmopolitan Hair & Beauty magazines, as well as Digital Managing Editor on bhg.com.au, an associate editor on Home Beautiful magazine, Acting Digital Managing Editor on Homes to Love and Digital Managing Editor on Gourmet Traveller. A design nerd and keen birder, she can usually be found poring over Pinterest, knee-deep in Bunnings or sticky-beaking at modernist homes in Sydney’s bushburbia.