# Damn, but those inflatable Christmas decorations are tacky!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 7, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-but-those-inflatable-christmas-decorations-are-tacky/709232 "2015-01-07T16:28:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-but-those-inflatable-christmas-decorations-are-tacky/709232/41 "2015-01-08T18:18:52Z")

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Spiderman, Spiderman!  
Steals whatever ain’t nailed down!

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**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-but-those-inflatable-christmas-decorations-are-tacky/709232/42 "2015-01-08T18:42:05Z")

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> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
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> 😕 I don’t get this. Mexicans celebrate Christmas too. Are you saying they shouldn’t? That’s not very culturally sensitive, especially for a doper.

Didn’t you know? Santa is interested in NASCAR, not mariachi music. Shouldn’t that be self-evident?

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-but-those-inflatable-christmas-decorations-are-tacky/709232/43 "2015-01-08T18:45:24Z")

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> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#):
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> 😕 I don’t get this. Mexicans celebrate Christmas too. Are you saying they shouldn’t? That’s not very culturally sensitive, especially for a doper.

I live in a very heavily Mexican neighborhood, and not only have I not seen a single one of these, the overwhelming number of houses put up absolutely no outside decorations of any kind.

No comment for the “culturally sensitive” marketing person who came up with this stereotype “decoration”?

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**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damn-but-those-inflatable-christmas-decorations-are-tacky/709232/44 "2015-01-10T02:40:57Z")

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When they’re deflated we call them Santa’s condoms.

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