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An ugly mess for every holiday!
I can totally relate!
My parents live in a fairly nice neighborhood. It's not Belair, but not far off it either. Everyone in the neighborhood is very particular about their decorating. Most of them have professionals come in to do the lights and that sort of thing (a bit extravagant maybe, but hey - it's their money!). It's very pretty at christmas, because each house is decorated with classy things.
Every house, except one. I don't know what this guy is thinking, but he has about 15 inflatable things for every holiday. And I mean EVERY holiday. There's giant turkeys for thanksgiving, huge hearts and cupids for valentines day. Easter brings out the giant eggs and bunnies. At halloween, his yard looks like one giant haunted house from hell. But Christmas is where he really hits his stride. The display is so big, it actually spills over onto his neighbors yard, and pretty much covers the sidewalk. He's got everything from the inflatable snow globes to the life size nativity display. Not to mention the 5000 freakin lights covering every square inch of his house (and, of course, all the trees in the front and back yards).
I get a little nauseous just driving past it. Last year, Dad came close to calling the homeowners association people and lodging a formal complaint. He wouldn't have been the first to do it either. Mark (my hubby) generously offered to use the ugly yard for target practice, so he could have a chance to use his new bee-bee gun. He's a pretty good shot too, so I doubt there would have been much left in tact when he got finished. We grudgingly talked him out of it though.
Rest assured, you're not the only grinch around! If we had our way about it, inflatable/life-size/gaudy decorations would be illegal, and the use of any of them would be punishable by tarring and feathering!
posted by
Sira890
on November 29, 2007 at 1:02 PM
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Re: i'm having chest pains just looking at these things - STOP
Oh, sorry. Got carried away with the holidays add all.
posted by
geri
on November 27, 2007 at 2:26 PM
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Offy - the Steelers are lucky they got 3
they keep losing to lousy teams and I have no more nails to bite - hahaha
posted by
ladychardonnay
on November 27, 2007 at 7:33 AM
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HELP!!!!!!!! that looks just like my dead Santa on the porch
as we speak (and I am not kidding) the boy scout leader across the street is setting up Santa AND Reindeer - i made need a gas mask to survive this month
posted by
ladychardonnay
on November 27, 2007 at 7:31 AM
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Wow lady you have me all excited this morning...I have to go kill that giant "frosty" in the neighbors yard...he could give us cancer....
ps..Pitt should have won by more than 3...lol...they only played Miami and they played at home...it just had to be the field conditions...lol
posted by
Offy
on November 27, 2007 at 7:28 AM
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Lady......
Here's my front yard....where do you live...any empty houses next door?????
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on November 27, 2007 at 7:23 AM
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HATE IS A POWERFUL WORD!! NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT MR. ROGERS AREN'T THE SAME. MAYBE THINGS COULD IMPROVE BY SEEING THE HUMOR IN THE TIME AND MONEY LOST TO PORTRAY WHO ONE IS OPENLY BLATANT IN THEIR BELIEFS AND SO FORTH. YOU COULD LIVE IN MINE, GOTTA GO THE 'CRACK HEADS' ARE FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES AND DISRUPTING THE 'HOOD'. TAKE CARE!!!!!! SAM
posted by
sam444
on November 27, 2007 at 7:15 AM
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i'm having chest pains just looking at these things - STOP
posted by
ladychardonnay
on November 27, 2007 at 6:49 AM
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Scrooge!!! Bah Humbug!!! LOL
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on November 27, 2007 at 6:42 AM
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We should have a photo contest of the most tacky xmas yard photo. There are several homes that have a giant scooby doo inflated on their lawn. What does he have to do with Christmas anyway?
posted by
geri
on November 27, 2007 at 6:39 AM
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Look at this one! It's Huge!
Really really big! Get this one.
posted by
geri
on November 27, 2007 at 6:35 AM
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I think I saw that Target has a solar powered flamingo on sale! Now how would this look in your front yard? WooHoo!
posted by
geri
on November 27, 2007 at 6:32 AM
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where's my bee-bee gun? that would drive me nuts!!!!!!
posted by
ladychardonnay
on November 27, 2007 at 6:30 AM
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You should see my glowing globe! It's solar powered and changes from red to blue to green to yellow over and over and over and over and over and over and over again....
It right out front of our front door in our new yard. It is so tacky.... but for some reason, I just love it! *my husband don't* ;)
posted by
geri
on November 27, 2007 at 6:29 AM
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yes Ariala
a few years ago I was browsing through a catalog and saw one and it had a big warning about those inflatable monstrosities!
posted by
ladychardonnay
on November 27, 2007 at 6:29 AM
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Sorry, but your headline made me laugh LOL They cause cancer? Geez,
glad I hate stuff like that!
posted by
Ariala
on November 27, 2007 at 6:26 AM
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