LOL! I couldn't agree more. Those huge, overblown displays look especially odd out here with no snow to soften the effect. There's one house down the street that looked really festive and nice, with very nice stringing of red and white lights. But then they kept going. Too many different styles and sizes of lights that all clashed, and inflatable everything.
The people around the corner with the yellow monster truck (and a Papillon!) have an inflatable Santa on a Harley. He's always deflating. Looks like a giant, multicolored used condom thrown on their lawn. Not so festive.
So far we've got a swag on the front door. If we do actually manage to get the lights up, they are always on a timer. One thing i've seen that I really think would be neat and geographically appropriate is a snowman made out of tumbleweeds spray painted white. Nothing says Merry Christmas in SoCal better than a stack of prickly weeds.
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Date: 2007-12-16 07:15 pm (UTC)The people around the corner with the yellow monster truck (and a Papillon!) have an inflatable Santa on a Harley. He's always deflating. Looks like a giant, multicolored used condom thrown on their lawn. Not so festive.
So far we've got a swag on the front door. If we do actually manage to get the lights up, they are always on a timer. One thing i've seen that I really think would be neat and geographically appropriate is a snowman made out of tumbleweeds spray painted white. Nothing says Merry Christmas in SoCal better than a stack of prickly weeds.