In South Carolina, officers say three woman, aged 76, 61 and 24, started pushing each other and yelling after they fell out over their home's Christmas decorations.

According to a sheriff's report, the fight began around 10:30pm at a home in Spartanburg, reports the Smoking Gun.

The dispute centred around the fact that two of the women had decorated the tree while the other one was at work.

Police say a male relative, aged 41, later "arrived at the residence to try and calm the three females down but was unsuccessful".

Nobody was hurt during the fracas, but medical personnel were summoned to examine the 76-year-old combatant as she was concerned about her blood pressure.

None of the four wanted to press charges so no arrests were made and police said the four were apologising to each other by the time they left at about 1.30am.