tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post116493794483725227..comments2024-03-21T03:35:20.539-04:00Comments on writing as jo(e): You better watch outjo(e)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01488562158252331555noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165258028081163332006-12-04T13:47:00.000-05:002006-12-04T13:47:00.000-05:00This weekend, we saw... wait for it... not one, bu...This weekend, we saw... wait for it... not one, but TWO inflatables in the shape of a creche. A cartoony-fake-wood-patterned-manger-with-cartoony-with-lights-inside-holy-family creche. <BR/><BR/><BR/>TAA-AA-kee!<BR/><BR/>(Why? Why?)Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041247235612040796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165117533435187872006-12-02T22:45:00.000-05:002006-12-02T22:45:00.000-05:00I found those inflatables really obnoxious. Down t...I found those inflatables really obnoxious. Down the street from us, they put up a giant Santa, Snoopy, Charlie Brown, reindeer and more. I cringe whenever I drive past it and I admit I have contemplated ways of deflating them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165111640128148482006-12-02T21:07:00.000-05:002006-12-02T21:07:00.000-05:00God, they're horrible. I am guilty of putting up m...God, they're horrible. I am guilty of putting up my Christmas lights early this year, thanks to the good weather, but it's only one string! Some of the things I've seen are soooooo awful.landismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328094347362872558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165029450806105922006-12-01T22:17:00.000-05:002006-12-01T22:17:00.000-05:00Tacky, tacky, tacky.Tacky, tacky, tacky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165006410800033202006-12-01T15:53:00.000-05:002006-12-01T15:53:00.000-05:00Our neighbour has one of those blow up Santa's. I...Our neighbour has one of those blow up Santa's. It freaks J out every morning to see Santa lying on the grass (now snow). We just keep telling him Santa sleeps during the day.BeachMamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17936777379292996065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165006116548578192006-12-01T15:48:00.000-05:002006-12-01T15:48:00.000-05:00I'm exactly with you on that, jo(e). They give me...I'm exactly with you on that, jo(e). They give me the creeps. I also only decorate for Christmas once there's snow on the ground. Unfortunately, it turns out that I moved to a place where normally it doesn't snow. (As a result of it not looking Christmassy, I actually forgot to decorate last year.) Fortunately, we had a freak snow storm this week, which got me decorating earlier than I normally do.Queen of West Procrastinationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17216968234999269409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165004889616658372006-12-01T15:28:00.000-05:002006-12-01T15:28:00.000-05:00Hee hee! I tried to convince Josh that we needed ...Hee hee! I tried to convince Josh that we needed to buy a family of light-up snowmen for the front yard, but apparently that is tacky. I say that a mommy, daddy and baby snowman is damn cute!halloweenloverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05226515861332754382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1165003124434831972006-12-01T14:58:00.000-05:002006-12-01T14:58:00.000-05:00Your description of it is going to give ME nightma...Your description of it is going to give ME nightmares... eeeeeek!Coffee-Drinking Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11029304444311098520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164995572112283152006-12-01T12:52:00.000-05:002006-12-01T12:52:00.000-05:00*shudders* I really dislike those monstrosities. W...*shudders* I really dislike those monstrosities. We have several on our street and they are just creepy.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407981987874669303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164991521246370612006-12-01T11:45:00.000-05:002006-12-01T11:45:00.000-05:00Those inflatable things are an abomination. Hate ...Those inflatable things are an abomination. Hate 'em. We put our lights up early this year,too. We got them out and ready, and will start plugging in on the 5th, which is my official, totally arbitrary start to the season.Yankee, Transferredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06627693160131161133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164988173247632252006-12-01T10:49:00.000-05:002006-12-01T10:49:00.000-05:00You'd never survive here. We have had snow that st...You'd never survive here. We have had snow that stuck to the ground exactly twice in my life here. In 2004, we had snow on Christmas Eve...a first! It was definitely the most magical Christmas we've ever had....but normally, there is no snow to compliment our Christmas decorations. It was above 85 when we decorated our home. <BR/><BR/>I hate inflatable Santa's...they seem like a decorating cop out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164987949026925832006-12-01T10:45:00.000-05:002006-12-01T10:45:00.000-05:00I hate those blow-up things, too. They're both ta...I hate those blow-up things, too. They're both tacky <I>and</I> noisy <I>and</I> wasteful.<BR/><BR/>The lights-with-no-snow thing doesn't bother me -- that describes most of my experience with the holidays. <BR/><BR/>I do find that I miss the tradition of luminarias (little paper bags filled with sand and a lit candle, aligned along the driveway). They tend to get soggy and sad in any kind of rain or snow. They do now have plastic, plug-in versions (!) which are not at all the same.Ranahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041247235612040796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164987576324316902006-12-01T10:39:00.000-05:002006-12-01T10:39:00.000-05:00Heh...when i lived in FL after college, I was alwa...Heh...when i lived in FL after college, I was always amazed at the lengths they go to to decorate...then I realized it was because it is warm. In the NE, it's sometimes all we can do to run outside quickly and barely chuck some lights on a bush before coming in from the cold. The weirdest thing they do in FL is COVER their lawns with white felt to pretend it is snow.<BR/><BR/>Oh...and those blow up santa/snowmen/snowglobes...T-A-C-K-Y...I consider them the plastic glow nativity sets of the new Millenium :)Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131011667990422886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164983732516860242006-12-01T09:35:00.000-05:002006-12-01T09:35:00.000-05:00Those inflatable things ARE hideous.Have you seen ...Those inflatable things ARE hideous.<BR/><BR/>Have you seen the inflatable "snow globes"? EEEK.<BR/><BR/>And I can't help thinking that the carbon emissions in December alone must be frightful.<BR/><BR/>There is never snow here for the Christmas lights. It's rather sad.<BR/><BR/>But when you look at the US Weather Service Map of who gets a white Christmas, it's always surprising how narrow the 75-100% chance band really is.<BR/><BR/>http://www.weather.com/outlook/homeandgarden/holidays/Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18380822736915028078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164966629250842542006-12-01T04:50:00.000-05:002006-12-01T04:50:00.000-05:00Oh no. Those huge inflatable things are hideous.Oh no. Those huge inflatable things are hideous.purple_kangaroohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02543172194041505144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164945699183648132006-11-30T23:01:00.000-05:002006-11-30T23:01:00.000-05:00I hear there's a giant Abominable Snow Monster som...I hear there's a giant Abominable Snow Monster somewhere in our vicinity. I'm not at all sure I want to see it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08235049965406944684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164943811399302802006-11-30T22:30:00.000-05:002006-11-30T22:30:00.000-05:00Those things are all over my neighborhood--some pe...Those things are all over my neighborhood--some people even have them on their roofs. I just don't understand why people like them.Repressed Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03856510904954806776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164941160533817892006-11-30T21:46:00.000-05:002006-11-30T21:46:00.000-05:00Ooohhh, horrors! That sounds like a nightmare!Ooohhh, horrors! That sounds like a nightmare!Rev Dr Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11607665272056430039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164940286181496562006-11-30T21:31:00.000-05:002006-11-30T21:31:00.000-05:00Yes. Could it get any more ridiculous? I saw a S...Yes. Could it get any more ridiculous? I saw a Santa at one store that moved and talked. My husband jumped a mile. It was terrifying.<BR/><BR/>I guess our lights over here always look a little out of place. It's a lot different to have lights bobbing above the flooding streets.Raehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07910277414363208229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9799907.post-1164938731051109352006-11-30T21:05:00.000-05:002006-11-30T21:05:00.000-05:00Those inflatable things give me the creeps too. I...Those inflatable things give me the creeps too. It's really weird to see them deflated and spread out on the lawn at night after the fans that inflate them are turned off.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com