Of course, some houses have all of the above.
And then there are the inflatable decorations. There's a house that I pass on the way to Big Brother's school that has no fewer than eight inflatables: Frosty, Santa, a huge snow globe, and others that I can't remember just now. Problem is, most people don't inflate their decorations until it gets dark, so all day long people drive by and see Frosty doing a face-plant on someone's lawn.
That's not a pretty sight.
The only inflatable I was ever tempted to consider displaying was a Snoopy-as-World-War-I-Flying-Ace, complete with doghouse. Now that was cool.
The saddest thing, though, was what I saw today. The house had an inflatable Nativity scene--but it wasn't turned on. So the Holy Family lay flat and crumpled on the dead winter grass.
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We have two, but they aren't up this year - Rudolph and Santa from Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and the Burl Ives snowman from Santa Claus is Coming to Town.
My children ADORE those inflatables, and my apologies to those who have them, but I really can't get into them. Especially the houses that have multiple inflatables in their yards. Like the house on the way to school which has Santa on a Harley in addition to many others.
Of course, that doesn't stop my kids from begging me to buy one for our yard. It's not gonna happen ;).
How sad.
If it makes you feel better, I drove around looking at Christmas lights yesterday. One man had a cross on his roof covered in red Christmas lights. Apparently he puts the Star of Bethlehem up too, but not this year. A few houses down from that was a HUGE Nativity scene. Plastic-type statues, gently glowing for all the world to see.
Personally, I can't stand those things. But, I can stand them a bit more when they are actually inflated!
We are going to do the boat tour of lights in Pearl Harbor on Wednesday with the USN Chief Petty Officers. I can't wait! I've never seen Navy ships all decked out (pardon the pun).
Yeah, I'd have a problem with the inflatable Nativity scene too Barb! Something just not right about that, but they should probably get an A for good intentions I suppose.
We saw a lawn FULL of Christmas inflatables yesterday. As dh said, "Looks like they never saw an inflatable that they didn't have to buy!"
Our neighbor's cat sleeps on the crumpled inflatables on the lawn during the day. I bet he's in for quite the surprise at night when the air pumps kick on automatically...
How horrible! I grew up with large plastic nativity people on our front porch that Dad attached to the porch light so they would light up. I keep intending to get them for myself. But I think wood would be more natural looking. Happy New Year! I hope you recover quickly.
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