Is this the ultimate in consumerism? Buying overpriced Christmas ornaments you use once a year, having a bigger house with extra storage space to store these things for the 11/12ths of the year that they aren't being used, having a bigger house so you can display said ornaments at the appropriate time, and then getting someone else to put them up and take them down?
Ok, the "paying someone to do it for you" bit is ridiculous (and thinking back on my childhood, I have SUCH great memories of putting up the tree decorations with my family... The process is important, not just having it up!
That said: ornaments and the like don't have to be expensive. We have a few strings of lights (LED, so our power bill doesn't fluctuate much), and maybe 3 or 4 ornaments and a box of glass balls that were store-bought (less than 30$, 5 years ago). The rest is cinnamon ornaments, dried slices or oranges (look beautiful in the light), tiny toy animals that we got at flea markets and painted white and put hooks in... And once the season is over, everything fits in one (mid-sized) rubbermaid bin and gets tucked in the back of the closet under the stairs, which is our only storage space. Christmas decorating doesn't have to be all that money and space intensive to be pretty and fun with family!