In season 4 we learn that The Upside Down is stuck in a static moment in time; November 6, 1983. This is confirmed during a scene in Nancy's room where she is unable to find her guns that were obtained after that date and notices all of these old objects that had since been removed from her room and, ultimately, learns of the static date upon reading the latest journal entry in her personal diary. The production designer Chris Trujillo confirms this fact when when he said "The moment that the Upside Down was quote-unquote “created” inadvertently by Eleven, the set dressing and the world of the Upside Down is frozen in that moment. So like when we’re in Nancy’s room, we’ll discover in the Upside Down that Nancy’s room is as it was season 1 when we first were introduced to it." Why is this a plot hole, you may be asking... because multiple objects that are added to the real world as the seasons progress are also reflected in the upside down as the seasons progress, which would have led us to believe that The Upside Down had a parallel timeline with the normal Hawkins, but not so... for example: the Christmas lights that Joyce sets up in her home to communicate with Will during season 1 would not exist in the November 6, 1983 version of The Upside Down for Will to communicate back to Joyce. Am I missing some glaring detail that explains away this apparent plot hole?
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