Christmas spirit hanging from the shop window of a hairdresser
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Most people tend to think that the Christmas spirit is easy to recreate; Hang up some white fluff, silver fringes or anything with the right shade of green and/or red, and you’re basically set – right?
Wrong. Last December, Danish photographer Sarah Buhtmann noticed that many Christmas decorations in Copenhagen were well-meaning, but ended up looking rather sad. She walked around the city capturing the winners of half-assed holiday decorations. Here’s what she came back with.
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A pair of rubber legs and a Christmas tree shaped like a butt plug
Christmas decorations on a bus stop in Emdrup, on the outskirts of Copenhagen
A Christmas wreath on the entrance of a brothel
Christmas spirit in a sex shop
Outside Copenhagen’s Church of the Holy Ghost
Inside a sex shop on Istedgade, the closest thing Copenhagen has to a Red Light District
A straw Christmas goat in a tanning salon
A Christmas corset in a video store
A shop window on the high street, Strøget
A realtor’s office in the suburb Vanløse
Santa on a scooter
A naked Christmas gnome behind bars
In the municipal government office on the island of Amager in South Copenhagen
Christmas candles and grilled chickens
A skeleton outside of a massage parlour
Santa spreading his legs for customers at the entrance of a Polish shop
