My sister and I are self-proclaimed Christmas decoration snobs. As we drive around at Christmas time, we give grades to the Christmas decorations on houses, and offer suggestions (to each other, not to the people who live in the houses...that would be taking it a bit too far) as to how they can bring up their grade.
For example..."That house is a B+, but they could bring it up to an A if they would get rid of the blinking lights that give us seizures/ get rid of the red lights in their windows/straighten out the lights on their tree." You know, practical stuff.
However, in my eyes, there is one decoration that gives you an automatic fail. Observe:
Those blasted inflatables! I don't know what it is, but they make me shudder!
Although...I DO like the lights on the house behind the loathsome inflatable. Add some pretty garland and some candles in the windows and we have a solid A- going on. I'll even look past the icicle lights on the dormers. It is Christmas, after all.
This one makes me want to cry. It MOVES. Ugh.
So there you have it. I love Christmas. I love Christmas decorations. And I appreciate all effort and the beauty of it all. But inflatables...INFLATABLES? Please. Just don't.
1 comment:
You know she's right! Inflatable Christmas decorations are right up there with sticking cheap fake flowers into window boxes or into the ground in the spring to create a "garden" :P I do have to disagree with Erin on one point, however. There is no way that any house with blinking lights could score a B+! Everyone knows that decorations that cause medical trauma (like seizures) automatically lowers your score to a C! :) But at least they're trying. Let the Christmas spirit flow!
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