anyone know who i can blame for this trend. nothing like watching a six-foot blow-up santa humping a four-foot snowglobe on a windy afternoon. sheesh. can we get rid of these things?

i couldnt agree more... but alas, it looks as though they are here to stay.

i couldnt agree more... but alas, it looks as though they are here to stay.

 

*sighs*

 

*bows head in resignation*

My daughter loves them, and since the whole Christmas thing is way more about her than it is about me, I'm okay with them.

My aunt has an inflatable get-up for every single holiday imaginable. Gets kind of nuts.

My daughter loves them, and since the whole Christmas thing is way more about her than it is about me, I'm okay with them.

 

i hear ya. on more than one occasion my daughter has said, "daddy, daddy, look at that, can we get one?"

 

i'll usually pause, summon up my best dad voice and say, "too expensive. i'll buy you a car."

i hear ya. on more than one occasion my daughter has said, "daddy, daddy, look at that, can we get one?"

 

i'll usually pause, summon up my best dad voice and say, "too expensive. i'll buy you a car."

HAHAHA, excellent!

And don't get me wrong, just because I'm okay with them doesn't mean I'm BUYING any!!!

LOL!!

My daughter loves them, and since the whole Christmas thing is way more about her than it is about me, I'm okay with them.

 

OH MY GOD!!! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!!! CRITIC HAS A TEENY WEENY BIT OF CHRISTMAS CHEER IN THAT HEART OF HIS THAT IS TWO SIZES TOO SMALL!!!

 

 

My a-hole neighbor spent - no lie - the month of November erecting his Christmas decorations. On December 1, my wife came home and he had a sandwich board on the curb announcing "Lighting Ceremony Tonight! 6:30pm Sharp." When I got home about an hour after the ceremony, the cul-de-sac was full with him, his a-hole family, and three neighbor families. They were all looking at the house when I pulled into my driveway.

 

OK, his house looks nice, but not really any nicer than mine. It took me about 6 hours total over 2 days to string my trees, put up two stories of icicle lights, some candy cane lights, a small manger scene, an *ahem* iflatable snow globe, and wreath on my door. Six hours vs. one month. And I'm not exagerrating when I say he was out there for about four hours four days a week.

Edited December 15, 200619 yr by Middle Buffalo

Around here we have hundreds of thousands of retirees. Store bought decorations?! Too expensive. They collect their garbage all year and figure out how to light it up. My favorite was the 8oz clear drink glasses, glued together and lights stuck inside like a giant lighted ornament. I've seen beer can santas, soda bottle elves, and more coffee filter snowflakes than I can count.

My favorite was the 8oz clear drink glasses, glued together and lights stuck inside like a giant lighted ornament.

My Grandma bought / received as a gift one of those. Most God-awful ugliest thing I've ever seen!

My daughter loves them, and since the whole Christmas thing is way more about her than it is about me, I'm okay with them.

 

 

in other words... "I hate them but my bratty kid likes them and my nagging wife made me go to home depot to pick three up, and I spent 4 hours of my day off wrestling with the foot pump and my dog that can't stop humping my leg"

 

we feel your pain...unspoken or otherwise

 

My a-hole neighbor spent - no lie - the month of November erecting his Christmas decorations. On December 1, my wife came home and he had a sandwich board on the curb announcing "Lighting Ceremony Tonight! 6:30pm Sharp." When I got home about an hour after the ceremony, the cul-de-sac was full with him, his a-hole family, and three neighbor families. They were all looking at the house when I pulled into my driveway.

 

OK, his house looks nice, but not really any nicer than mine. It took me about 6 hours total over 2 days to string my trees, put up two stories of icicle lights, some candy cane lights, a small manger scene, an *ahem* iflatable snow globe, and wreath on my door. Six hours vs. one month. And I'm not exagerrating when I say he was out there for about four hours four days a week.

 

 

in other words.... nevermind

I really enjoy tastefully done X-Mas decorations, but I agree that the blow-up ones are a touch tacky.

 

When I was younger (maybe 10-15 years ago at this point) a street of of 22nd in Westchester I believe use to all be lit up. It was great the first few years, then it was a spectacle with tons of traffic, then a-holes started stealing stuff so they stopped doing it...

in other words... "I hate them but my bratty kid likes them and my nagging wife made me go to home depot to pick three up, and I spent 4 hours of my day off wrestling with the foot pump and my dog that can't stop humping my leg"

 

we feel your pain...unspoken or otherwise

Couldn't be further from the truth.

 

OH MY GOD!!! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!!! CRITIC HAS A TEENY WEENY BIT OF CHRISTMAS CHEER IN THAT HEART OF HIS THAT IS TWO SIZES TOO SMALL!!!

LOL

Yeah, I have to admit it....I do enjoy watching my kid enjoy the Christmas season.

I know it's going to ruin my rep as The Man With No Soul, but when it comes to the kid I'm way softer than I ever expected to be.

OH MY GOD!!! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!!! CRITIC HAS A TEENY WEENY BIT OF CHRISTMAS CHEER IN THAT HEART OF HIS THAT IS TWO SIZES TOO SMALL!!!

 

 

Couldn't be further from the truth.

LOL

Yeah, I have to admit it....I do enjoy watching my kid enjoy the Christmas season.

I know it's going to ruin my rep as The Man With No Soul, but when it comes to the kid I'm way softer than I ever expected to be.

 

That's all right we all know the inner(a-hole) you

That's all right we all know the inner(a-hole) you

 

 

uh...speak for yourself.

 

I don't know ANYTHING about the critics inner a-hole....

That's all right we all know the inner(a-hole) you

Oh, absolutely!

I always thought I was 100% heartless douchebag, but then I met my wife and that dialed me down to like 75%, and now the kid has me at 50% heartless douchebag and 50% whimpering sissy.

Good thing I still hate animals, any other driver on MY road, and the Yankees.

Oh, absolutely!

I always thought I was 100% heartless douchebag, but then I met my wife and that dialed me down to like 75%, and now the kid has me at 50% heartless douchebag and 50% whimpering sissy.

Good thing I still hate animals, any other driver on MY road, and the Yankees.

 

Stupid women ruining our lives

 

Around here we have hundreds of thousands of retirees. Store bought decorations?! Too expensive. They collect their garbage all year and figure out how to light it up. My favorite was the 8oz clear drink glasses, glued together and lights stuck inside like a giant lighted ornament. I've seen beer can santas, soda bottle elves, and more coffee filter snowflakes than I can count.

 

 

My Grandma bought / received as a gift one of those. Most God-awful ugliest thing I've ever seen!

 

I've seen those things and always thought they were pretty cool. But it's been proven I have no taste in many things (mostly music and clothes) so I'm not suprised.

 

A few years ago my wife made a Christmas tree with 6 wire coat hangers, some garland and a string of lights. She made quite a few and gave them to family and friends.

I have an inflatable Christmas decoration. She looks like an angel. Her mouth is shaped in an "O" shape like she's starting to sing 'Oh Holy Night!' or 'Oh Come All Ye Faithful'. I put a Santa hat on her. Neighbors got upset for some reason.

I have an inflatable Christmas decoration. She looks like an angel. Her mouth is shaped in an "O" shape like she's starting to sing 'Oh Holy Night!' or 'Oh Come All Ye Faithful'. I put a Santa hat on her. Neighbors got upset for some reason.

 

I have an inflatable Christmas decoration. She looks like an angel. Her mouth is shaped in an "O" shape like she's starting to sing 'Oh Holy Night!' or 'Oh Come All Ye Faithful'. I put a Santa hat on her. Neighbors got upset for some reason.

I have an inflatable Christmas decoration. She looks like an angel. Her mouth is shaped in an "O" shape like she's starting to sing 'Oh Holy Night!' or 'Oh Come All Ye Faithful'. I put a Santa hat on her. Neighbors got upset for some reason.

 

They probably hated your inflatable sheep in the manger scene as well, I gather.

They probably hated your inflatable sheep in the manger scene as well, I gather.

 

Baaaaaaah Humbug!

The angels has to look long and hard for virgins there.