{"id":28098,"date":"2010-12-23T12:22:55","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T19:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/?p=28098"},"modified":"2010-12-23T12:22:55","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T19:22:55","slug":"allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-light-up-christmas-tree-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-light-up-christmas-tree-hat\/","title":{"rendered":"Allee Willis&#8217; Kitsch O&#8217; The Day \u2013 The Grinch Who Made This Christmas Tree Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28099\" title=\"Xmas-tree-hat_2672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2672.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2672.jpg 375w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2672-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/>\n<p>I always hated these theme hats but ever since I&#8217;ve had my Kitsch O&#8217; The Day blog I&#8217;ve found one that&#8217;s dumber than the next and that seems to serve the cause of Kitsch well. In the case of this particular Christmas tree chapeau, I hope that most people who don it bought it for themselves as opposed to getting it from under the real tree as it lives up to excessively few of its claims. \u00a0For example, the label definitely leads one to believe that the star on top lights up and stands erect as any good tree topper should:<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2687.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28108\" title=\"Xmas-tree-hat_2687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2687.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2687-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>In real life, the star flops over like a dead fish.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2684.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28111\" title=\"Xmas-tree-hat_2684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2684.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2684.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2684-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Although it might look like the star is lit in that last photo it&#8217;s just that I shot it in too bright of light. In fact, the wire connected to the star is clearly not connected to the battery terminal.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2682.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28112\" title=\"Xmas-tree-hat_2682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2682.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2682.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2682-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>Inside the hat, the battery case flops around on your head like another dead fish. Should you attempt to adjust the sized-for-a-child-and-grips-your-head-like-a-vice\u00a0hat on your now bruised head, the battery case flops out like the ornament that&#8217;s always too ugly to put on the tree.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2669.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28102\" title=\"Xmas-tree-hat_2669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2669.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2669.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2669-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>So far my cat, Niblet, has hacked up six bunches of tinsel that have fallen off the tree hat. If you even look at this thing it sheds.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2686.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28110\" title=\"Xmas-tree-hat_2686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2686.jpg 450w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2686-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>All in all,I think it might be less frustrating to wear a real tree on my head. I hope Fun World Div., Easter Unlimited, Inc. of Carle Place, NY by way of China is making a New Years resolution to take better care of their trees before extracting\u00a0$30 for the malfunctioning stump that sits atop my head this Christmas!<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2690.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-28118\" title=\"Xmas-tree-hat_2690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2690.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2690.jpg 447w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2690-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-tree-hat_2690-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I always hated these theme hats but ever since I&#8217;ve had my Kitsch O&#8217; The Day blog I&#8217;ve found one that&#8217;s dumber than the next and that seems to serve the cause of Kitsch well. In the case of this particular Christmas tree chapeau, I hope that most people who don it bought it for &hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/allee-willis-kitsch-o-the-day-%e2%80%93-light-up-christmas-tree-hat\/\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,405,223,87,193],"tags":[61,2430,2449,3232,3245],"class_list":["post-28098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consumer-alert","category-hats","category-holidays","category-kitsch","category-kitsch-o-the-day","tag-allee-willis","tag-christmas-tree-hat","tag-christmas-tree-hat-light-up","tag-kitsch","tag-kitsch-o-the-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alleewillis.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}