yes I am with you on that one, my 16 year old has a little table top black one in her bedroom but she loves tradition for Christmas morning lol. They are also good for outside trees, they weather quite well
my mom has like two and she puts orange lights on them and use them for halloween i dye my dog with orange kool aid too and with a black marker make a pumpkin face on her back its so cute and the kids love it
lol the skelly heads would look great on a halloween tree the orange lights would glow and make the eyes look quite spooky.. You have to send me a picture this halloween :)