Bah, humbug!
Critics have lashed out at a British mom who transformed her home into a makeshift North Pole by throwing thousands of miniature balls across the floor to replicate mounds of snow.
Sam Grace posted a video to TikTok Wednesday in which she showed off the decadent decoration, but horrified viewers said she’d ruined her home for years to come.
“Turning my front room into the North Pole,” Grace captioned the clip, which clocked up an astonishing 19 million views in a single day.
In the footage, the mom looked hilariously hesitant about making a mess with the thousands of tiny white balls, before giving in to temptation and scattering them around.
But while Grace was attempting to make Christmas magic for her kids, many said she would regret making the mess and would be living with the consequences for years.
“You’ll be finding those next Christmas,” one declared before another chimed in: “You’ll be finding them for YEARS to come.”
“Christmas 2050: still finding them,” another quipped, claiming Grace could look forward to decades of cleaning up.
Others said the mom would regret the move as soon as the festive season was over, and claimed she’d be cleaning for “hours and hours.”
However, some defended Grace’s commitment to Christmas decorating, saying she was simply trying to make her kids happy.
“Imagine in 20 years time when they’ve got their own kids and remember the magic you created making Christmas for them as kids,” one supporter cooed.
Meanwhile, Grace shared a follow-up video showing her son simply awed by the fact his mom re-created the North Pole in their living room.
“It was 100000% worth it,” she declared beneath the clip, which showed her playing happily with her boy.