# Nothing says "Christmas" like ... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 12, 2006, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759 "2006-12-12T00:46:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/21 "2006-12-12T17:56:52Z")
[MST3K](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug) (YouTube Linky) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/22 "2006-12-12T20:07:08Z")
[QUOTE=Heffalump and Roo] It wasn’t a Christmas light but a very cute Christmas decoration where an inflatable rabbit pulls a Santa out of a chimney. And the Santa deflates and goes back down the chimney. My description can’t do it justice. . .it’s cool. [/QUOTE] My parents neighbor has this bunny/santa thing too. It is cool. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/23 "2006-12-12T21:19:10Z")
[QUOTE=Lord Il Palazzo] A few years back, one house in my neighborhood didn’t bother to hang their Christmas lights; instead, they just threw then up onto the roof in a big tangled pile. It was very… er … festive. [/QUOTE] This is so excellent. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/24 "2006-12-12T21:21:32Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] Someone near us has a blow-up Santa in a blow-up nascar. The car is apparently in a pit stop with elf attendants, who are closely attached to the blow-up car. In fact, they’re so closely attached that they look like they have been run over by the car, and Santa is waving cheerfully out the window looking proud that he has trapped several devoted elves under his vehicle. [/QUOTE] This is also excellent. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/25 "2006-12-12T21:43:58Z")
I remember seeing a lot of [this](http://www.uglychristmaslights.com/2006_collection/e_for_effort.html) in the area where I grew up. Here in Raleigh, I’ve seen a house with a giant pine-type tree decorated with large, lighted plastic candy canes. There’s another house I’ve driven by that’s entirely lit up…if they couldn’t find a way to attach light strands to some part of their house or yard, they put a big green or red spotlight on it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e9c0ed/32.png) [@El\_Perro\_Fumando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Perro_Fumando)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/26 "2006-12-12T22:00:42Z")
You haven’t lived until you’ve been to 34th Street in Hampden in Baltimore. There truly is nothing like a good hubcap Christmas tree next to a Nativity scene where Snoopy and the Tazmanian Devil were present at the birth of our Lord. [linky](http://imageevent.com/publicgallery/holidays/hampdenbaltimoremdchristmas2005000)[linky](http://www.christmasstreet.com/gallery1.html) (Sorry the picture quality isn’t so good. Now that we have a digital camera, we’ll have to go take our own pictures.) ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/27 "2006-12-12T22:04:42Z")
There’s a parent at the school where I teach who’s made her car into a Rudolph car. She attached a big red ball to the front grill and made antlers out of the brackets for those window flags. It’s really cute. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/28 "2006-12-12T22:09:25Z")
[QUOTE=Jeep’s Phoenix] I remember seeing a lot of [this](http://www.uglychristmaslights.com/2006_collection/e_for_effort.html) in the area where I grew up. Here in Raleigh, I’ve seen a house with a giant pine-type tree decorated with large, lighted plastic candy canes. There’s another house I’ve driven by that’s entirely lit up…if they couldn’t find a way to attach light strands to some part of their house or yard, they put a big green or red spotlight on it. [/QUOTE] We’re not _quite_ that bad - I’m going to go out and decorate our house with the red bulb we put in the front light one of these days. Probably before Christmas, but no promises. ---
**Author:** ![According\_to\_Pliny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/29 "2006-12-12T22:12:51Z")
I like the window display shown on TV last night where every item related to Andy Warhol, plus there was a sort of tree. This was at some extravagant place, but I forget which. The other window displays were for Macy’s and Niemand Marcus, which looked so stodgy and corny by comparison. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/30 "2006-12-12T22:18:17Z")
Oooh, also, if you’re into, um, more ‘gaudy and different’ xmas art, I highly recommend Googling “37th Street” for Austin, Texas. I loved going to look around when we lived down there. They had the coolest stuff! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/31 "2006-12-12T22:21:32Z")
I live in a rural area, and a few miles from our house, there’s a back hoe and a tractor all decked out in lights. Plus there’s a lift thingie holding up lights that form a tree about 30’ tall. I think this year they added an inflatable Santa. ---
**Author:** ![Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tastes_of_chocolate/32/3232_2.png) [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/32 "2006-12-12T23:44:12Z")
I used to work across the street from a John Deere parts warehouse (the tractor manufacturer). In front of the building, they had a fountain with a deer statue in the middle of it. One year, someone put a wreath with lights around it’s neck, and a single red light on it’s nose. I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/33 "2006-12-13T00:00:32Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] Some of the richer neighborhoods (_cough_OrioleParkway_cough_) will deck out entire trees, branch by branch, with lights instead of just putting a few strings up. It’s really magical to see by night. …Sorry, nothing too cheesy yet to report. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Let me know when they start hanging pretty silver coins on it. I’ll be out to seize I mean see the display. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/34 "2006-12-13T00:08:11Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] We’re not _quite_ that bad - I’m going to go out and decorate our house with the red bulb we put in the front light one of these days. Probably before Christmas, but no promises. [/QUOTE] I hope you have more than a red light at the door. Doesn’t it cause problems with strange men knocking on the door, and asking for Madam. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/35 "2006-12-13T03:16:28Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] Someone near us has a blow-up Santa in a blow-up nascar. The car is apparently in a pit stop with elf attendants, who are closely attached to the blow-up car. In fact, they’re so closely attached that they look like they have been run over by the car, and Santa is waving cheerfully out the window looking proud that he has trapped several devoted elves under his vehicle. [/QUOTE] I bet that is what we tried to buy, but they were sold out. Instead, we have an inflatable Santa on a motorcycle, with three little reindeer in a sidecar. I know, it’s cheesy, but my little boys love it. We’ll have classier decorations when the wee ones are older. ---
**Author:** ![nocturnal\_tick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3d9bf3/32.png) [@nocturnal\_tick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nocturnal_tick)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/36 "2006-12-13T03:19:50Z")
Tiny sausages wrapped in bacon. I only ever have them at Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/37 "2006-12-13T15:33:34Z")
[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord] I hope you have more than a red light at the door. Doesn’t it cause problems with strange men knocking on the door, and asking for Madam. [/QUOTE] We got the red bulb because our trim on the house is green. My husband also thinks the red bulb is funny. I may have to give in and get a green bulb this year. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/38 "2006-12-13T15:46:33Z")
A local crane company puts a lighted Christmas tree at the top of the extended arm of the crane. It looks pretty cool. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/39 "2006-12-13T16:30:15Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] We got the red bulb because our trim on the house is green. My husband also thinks the red bulb is funny. I may have to give in and get a green bulb this year. [/QUOTE] You do have other decorations up so it’s not as bad a situation. You still may want the green bulb to be sure. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2006, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759/40 "2006-12-13T16:47:25Z")
Right in downtown Willoughby Ohio, there is currently a nativity scene (put in place by the Knights of Columbus, I believe) Immediately BEHIND the manger scene, is a permanent War Memorial Monument. Part of this Memorial is a large CANNON. The muzzle of which points directly at, and is less than ten feet from, the back of the manger. I have a picture of it and keep thinking that the caption should read… _the Romans were tipped off as to the whereabouts of this ‘saviour’_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nothing-says-christmas-like/383759.md?page=3)