Thursday, December 07, 2006

Christmas Light Snobs (2006)

Another year, another chance to look down upon those that tackily display hundreds of dollars worth of Wal-Mart and Ace Hardware specials. A hint for you. If you buy a new lawn or roof decoration every year, and just add it to your display instead of replacing an old decoration, you have a problem and should seek help.

These first two pics are of the same house, sent in by our very own Stacy, to show the first of the many problems with tacky displays. You have to look at them during the day.

Direct email quote "What you cant see on the photos is the 2nd set of carolers behind the ice skating penguin. (Never thought I'd type that sentence!)"

If you are like me and Abby and Stacy and most other sane people, you may look at this, and realize that you too, are a Christmas Light Snob (CLS). Welcome to the club. Please send in your favorite (i.e. most hated) display that you pass by every day, and we will make this a contest. I myself have seen two "winners" just driving home every day and up to my parents' house. I'll get them up here as soon as I remember the camera and my eyes recover from viewing thousands of twinkle lights and inflatable scooby doos at the same time...

Also, check an old post for CLS 2005. Funny to see how similar last year is to this one. Posts in December last year were talking about the Seahawks, Christmas, drinking, dicko losing at fantasy football...

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well since taking that daytime photo - yesterday - my neighbors have since put up some reindeer on the roof. Only 4 and no sleigh which means they still have work to do. Last year the reindeer actually 'appeared' to fly off the roof - complete w/ a 2x4 used to hold up the 'flying' reindeer anchored in a 5 gallon Home Depot bucket. Class.

Gus said...

if you can't put up all your decorations in under 4 hours, including lights, tree, interior decorations, etc., YOU HAVE TOO MANY!!!

Anonymous said...

I've always believed that Christmas spirit should be drank, not displayed (unless compelled by said Christmas spirit).



p.s. those damned inflatable santas/frostys/whateverthefuck, are at home only in front of a single wide trailer on top of a broken down car with no wheels.