garish (adj.) - excessively or stridently decorated

BOB and MELINDA stand on either side of an enormous Christmas tree. It is covered with an absurd amount of ornaments, to the point where the branches of the tree can hardly be seen.

MELINDA

Well?

BOB

Well...

MELINDA

You don't think it's a bit...

BOB

[interrupting]

Overdone?

MELINDA

No.

BOB

Over-the-top?

MELINDA

No.

BOB

Garish?

MELINDA

No.

BOB

Excessively or stridently decorated?

MELINDA

No.

BOB

Crowded, cluttered, catastrophic?

MELINDA

No. No. And no.

BOB

Would you like me to stop guessing what you were going to say and let you finish your sentence?

MELINDA

Yes.

BOB

Okay. Go ahead:

MELINDA

You don't think it's a bit...bare?

Pause.

BOB

Maybe a little. Towards the top.

MELINDA

That's what I thought.

MELINDA smiles at BOB. BOB smiles back. MELINDA digs into the box of ornaments.

Blackout.