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Garish holiday decor

Posted: 12/16/04 at 10:51pm

Two houses down, my neighbors have, in their yard:

Four trees full of lights
One giant pine tree with lights strung vertically across
Approximately ten light-up reindeer
Two of those blow-up/light up things
Lights in their bushes
Spiral light trees
A cheap looking nativity scene, also illuminated.

The numbers may not be exact (it's so bright I can hardly count it all) but you get the idea. What do you have to deal with?

re: Garish holiday decor

Posted: 12/16/04 at 10:54pm

eek... thats kind of... ummm... alot. talk about holiday spirit...

my neighborhood's relatively calm.... very pretty... and its snowing really pretty out... i shoudl take a pic and show it!

::bust a move::

re: Garish holiday decor

Posted: 12/16/04 at 10:55pm

That's a bit much, but I'd prefer that to the 'tasteful approach', i.e. a near bare tree, with one or two drab, boring, colorless 'highbrow' decorations hanging off it. And a clove of garlic hanging from the door. The neighbors are on drugs - that does not make them superior. Snobby whore that mother, anyway.

Updated On: 12/16/04 at 10:55 PM

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 10:55pm

insomniak, stop talking about my house in public!

RIP glebby <3

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 10:58pm

cturtle, I had to. How else will I save money? I can't afford to sue you for disturbing the peace, posting was cheaper.

It's bad. It's very bad. One year I saw a light-up moose on the roof of someone's house with the backside right up against a window. Imagine going to sleep every night with a mooses' ass in your face.

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:00pm

you leave my moose's ass out of this!

RIP glebby <3

re: Garish holiday decor

Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:02pm

that was my 300th post. don't i get a prize?

RIP glebby <3

re: Garish holiday decor

Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:03pm

Only if you remove the moose.

re: Garish holiday decor

Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:03pm

I would venture to say your neighbors have children or grandkids that visit often.

Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.

#10

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:03pm

The illuminated nativity scene reminded me of something funny. A family in my neighborhood had a nativity scene too, and one of the wise men was very tan and had a turban and a beard... and he didn't look quite so unlike Mr. Bin Laden. You kind of have to have seen it to get the full humor, but my mom and I always joked about it in the morning on the way to school. Another thing, my stupid, rude neighbors had the christmas lights up all year, up until the holiday season... THEY ARE SO STUPID!

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#11

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:07pm

How is that rude? Or stupid? Some can't physically reach those gutters time and time again.

Give it 50 years and see how stupid and rude they were.

Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.

#12

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:10pm

Hee. When I lived in NJ, one time I visited these houses (more like mansions) in Franklin Lakes that were just covered in Christmas lights, glowing reindeer, "Happy Holidays" spelled out in lights, and (I think) Elvis music coming out of loudspeakers. I kid you not.

#13

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:12pm

etoile, I wasn't referring to the fact that they kept their Christmas lights up all year and just now, at holiday time, took them down. They are truly horrid people and I was just stating so. I know you love being a bitch, and I love you for it, but assumptions suck.

#14

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:16pm

There is actually a family near me who has so many Christmas lights that they have people walk around their house looking at it- there are workshops full of mechanical elves, a pathway filled with reindeer, penguins, a santa in a phone booth, more elves, and just about everything you can imagine... it's sick.

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#15

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:22pm

Who's assuming? I can offer up 101 different reason for why they took them down now. Like perhaps since the lights were up all year they no longer work. They don't make strings of lights like they use to.

Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.

#16

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:24pm

Holiday spirit is one thing, but tackiness is another. ewww

awkward.

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#17

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:26pm

But what's tacky to you looks different through a kid's eyes.

Rest in peace, Iflitifloat.

#18

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Posted: 12/16/04 at 11:27pm

true, etoile

awkward.

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#19

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Posted: 12/17/04 at 1:58am

Speaking of Nativity scenes (as someone was), my fav is the one my neighbors put up a couple of years ago. They had the usual illuminated Mary, Joseph, and the baby Jesus, but among the kneeling shepherds was an illuminated Winnie the Pooh.

#20

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Posted: 12/17/04 at 4:04am

My aunt's ex husband favorite time of the year is Christmas. Why?

So he can outdo himself and have all of his lawn ornaments pop up- last I heard, he's asking his neighbors if he can put stuff in their yards (I kid you not). It's an annual event that makes it officially Christmas- go to see Lanny's house.

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#21

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Posted: 12/17/04 at 5:45am

Sorry, but I think it sounds pretty fabulous.

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#22

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Posted: 12/17/04 at 10:08am

I live in a townhouse and my entire row is lit up blindingly bright and every one is identical – white lights around the door and in the bushes, icicle lights over the garage, multiple glowing reindeer in the 3 foot square grass area, Christmas tree centered in the front window, etc. This all might look lovely on a house but there’s just not that much space and, for crissakes, show a little originality! I’ve got a wreath on my door with a spotlight shining on it, a candle in each window, and two tiny bushes with green lights. What can I say? I’m a rebel. I had to – otherwise I’d never be able to find my driveway!

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#23

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Posted: 12/17/04 at 10:27am

You haven't seen ANYTHING until you've seen this house that's around the corner from me...EVERY. INCH. of their house is covered in lights, with HUGE decorations in the yard. It's unbelieveable. And they don't only decorate for Christmas...it's EVERY HOLIDAY!! Thanksgiving, Halloween, Fourth of July, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Saint Lucia Day...they ALWAYS have lights and decorations up, 365 days of the year. It's insane, but I love it, the people are really nice

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