Tall and Slim Christmas Decor at Uptown Coffee

First Came Ozempic Face, Now It’s a Treezempic Christmas

“Skinny ‘Treezempic’ Christmas trees are this year’s holiday trend,” says the Washington Post.

Yes, it has finally happened. Ozempic has encroached on our favorite holiday. Tight budgets, design aesthetics, and tight living spaces are favoring extremely slender Christmas trees this year and social media has dubbed the look Treezempic. Melissa Mills, a senior vice president of merchandising for Michaels told the Post:

“We have definitely seen a higher – and earlier – demand for more slender trees this year, which is interesting because these models traditionally tend to sell later in the season.

“Currently, sales of slim and pencil-style trees are tracking 5% higher than 2023 and are far exceeding our expectations. Many of our styles have nearly sold out, with the Cashmere Pencil Tree standing out as our most popular — exceeding projected sales by over 25%.”

Arboreal Ozempic

A comparison of London’s slender Trafalgar Square tree to the more robust tree at Rockefeller Center in New York popped up in a tweet recently. Naturally, it inspired columnist Mark Lasswell to write that the side-by-side photos “look like a before-and-after ad for arboreal Ozempic.”

This brings us to the annoying aspect of ascribing everything superficial to Ozempic – snarkiness. Whether the subject is Ozempic face, Ozempic butt, or Treezempic holiday decor, the undercurrent is derision.  We’ve had enough of it.

So can we just relax and enjoy our holiday?

Click here for more on the Treezempic trend and here for Lasswell’s commentary on British Christmas trees, including the Trafalgar Square tree.

Tall and Slim Christmas Decor at Uptown Coffee, photograph by Ted Kyle / ConscienHealth

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December 24, 2024