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Tis the season and we have new neighbors across the street. The property's prior owner was an elderly widower (90s) that may have put a Christmas candle in the window. The new owners are a retired couple consisting a retired Minister and his Fabric artist wife. While we have basses and easels, even in the garage (not good), they have looms of various sizes. In any case, the window decorations and lights started taking shape last week. I think they're complete, but I'm not sure. It certainly is nice and quite tasteful. In the evenings, my wife and I watch in awe .............

I said to my wife......."We suck".
She sighed and said......."I know, but he's in the business and she's tasteful"
I said....... "Business?"
She said ....... "You know, religion"
I said........"But, aren't you an artist?"
She said......."Screw that crap, I was raised by Unitarians"

On the other corner, we have younger neighbors. In prior years, they had a rotating multi-color spotlight......A sea of red, green, white and blue dots ...... swirling about the side of their house. That must have died. I kinda liked it. This year it's an inflatable, illuminated Santa with the most startled expression ... arms raised, big eyes and mouth open. It's like Rudolph goosed Santa while he was taking a dump. But, each morning, it's worse. Goosed Santa is found face-down in the front yard, sleeping off his hard evening.

Yep, that's Christmas in my neighborhood.

I don't decorate during the Christmas season, but I do make huge apple pies from the apples that I pick off of my backyard trees.

We have one of [b]Those Neighbors[b] as well.. For every so-called holiday they have a comprehensive display on the large sloping lawn that creates a stadium-like dispay, and house porch as well, of lighted, inflated, moving, noise making, flapping, steaming, flying beings, goons, goblins, and all manners of creatures.. it must take days to set each one up, and their storage bin area must be enormous. It makes me tired to simply look at it all and even think about adding to my one pathetic string of blinker lights..probly wont change my ways tho.. ha ha

Zitat von jimbob im Beitrag #3

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We have one of [b]Those Neighbors[b] as well.. For every so-called holiday they have a comprehensive display on the large sloping lawn that creates a stadium-like dispay, and house porch as well, of lighted, inflated, moving, noise making, flapping, steaming, flying beings, goons, goblins, and all manners of creatures.. it must take days to set each one up, and their storage bin area must be enormous. It makes me tired to simply look at it all and even think about adding to my one pathetic string of blinker lights..probly wont change my ways tho.. ha ha

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The famous DITTO house ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tIpWj6XVoU (Christmas Lights Ditto )

Just sums up the right way to compensate for 'one-upmanship' by neighbour.

https://youtu.be/2tIpWj6XVoU

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #4

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Zitat von jimbob im Beitrag #3

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We have one of [b]Those Neighbors[b] as well.. For every so-called holiday they have a comprehensive display on the large sloping lawn that creates a stadium-like dispay, and house porch as well, of lighted, inflated, moving, noise making, flapping, steaming, flying beings, goons, goblins, and all manners of creatures.. it must take days to set each one up, and their storage bin area must be enormous. It makes me tired to simply look at it all and even think about adding to my one pathetic string of blinker lights..probly wont change my ways tho.. ha ha

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Up the street, there's an inflatable Christmas Dinosaur.........Something between a T-Rex and Sinlair's Dino with a Santa Hat. I'm assuming they aren't hardcore creationists

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Zitat von Dave H im Beitrag #5

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The famous DITTO house ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tIpWj6XVoU (Christmas Lights Ditto )

Just sums up the right way to compensate for 'one-upmanship' by neighbour.

https://youtu.be/2tIpWj6XVoU

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #6

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deflate them and nail them

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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #6

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We have a storm arriving tomorrow with high winds, up to a claimed 55 mph at some locations in the SF Bay Area. The forecasters recommend that everyone with inflatable creatures, including Santa and his elves, deflate them and nail them to their lawn - or what is left of it after our drought.

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