Decorated trees are nice. Wouldn't mind seeing them all winter long. I like the lights they string up here in Edinburgh.
I always found the nativity scene creepy and strange. Don't see why it needs to be in a public place.
Last year I saw a live Nativity scene. I was driving down the road and there it was. I stopped and there were people playing the part of Mary and Joseph and the wise men and there was a donkey and some sheep and more.
I had never heard of a live Nativity scene up North, probably because it is so cold. Others here on FR told me they had seen them but I never had. It was actually very nice. Very beautiful.