Christmas: Giant Decorations for Your Front Yard

Christmas: Giant Decorations for Your Front Yard

Now, to be honest, I hate these horrors. I think they look tacky and weird and usually have nothing to do with Christ or the actual reason for the celebration. But this is also one of the reasons I love them.

For example:

The flying pig



Cactus



The flamingo



And of course, the ever festive:

Spongebob Squarepants



(This is the only picture that isn’t mine. I do have one of the not so elusive Mr. Squarepants but my computer seems to have forgotten it has a DVD drive and won’t let me find it.)



All bizarre. I just don’t understand. I hope that were I to sit down with people who decorate like this, I might be able to comprehend some (but never all) of the reasons for such atrocities.

If nothing else, its always fun to watch an inflatable Santa that has blown over, or a snowman that is only half filled with air and it slumps over on the lawn like your favorite drunk uncle at the end of the holiday, or walking past the little piles they leave behind in the morning when the blowers have been turned off and all that is left is a puddle reminiscent of the remains of the Wicked Witch of the West left for the neighborhood children to walk by and wonder what strange demon prowled the streets last night killing all of the ridiculous horrid lawn decorations during the night.

Or to just imagine what made some think that this was a legitimate way to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior.