It's that time of year again, when everyone in the neighborhood puts out their Christmas yard decorations. Some have lights and garland around the railing, some have those "nets" of lights over their bushes, some have the lighted plastic nativity, some have the inflatable decorations that have become so popular for every season/holiday. Of course, there are also the indoor decorations placed in front of a window so that passers-by can enjoy as well as the residents.
To make the point of this post, I must explain that I love anything "Snoopy" and I love the movie "A Christmas Story".
There are folks down the street who have inflatable Snoopy Christmas decorations. I only wish they weren't so far down the street so I could enjoy them.
Fortunately, the 2 houses up the street from me apparently enjoy "A Christmas Story" as much as I do! One has the leg lamp in the window. One has an inflatable leg lamp in the yard.
We're friends with the family right next door - the ones with the inflatable leg lamp; the other family we don't really know at all. But, it was when I saw the leg lamps that I realized that the decorations you put up can say a lot about you.
YEA!! MY NEIGHBORS ARE COOL!!
My lighted garland will be staying in the box again this year...I'll spare you the long story about my attempt to put it up 2 years ago...Let's suffice to say the lights didn't come on. I put the wreath on the door and called it good. The wreath is probably all the further I'll get on outdoor decorations again this year. I have a couple of Christmas Snoopy yard signs - if I can find them - that I may try to stick in the rock hard Alabama clay. (I may have to wait until after it rains!) Maybe I'll have to put the tree in front of the window this year so my neighbors don't have a quiet revelation about my "Bah Humbug-ness" lack of outdoor decorations!
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Naddafinga!
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