# Time for the Christmas Stegosaurus! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109 "2011-11-06T23:00:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/41 "2011-11-10T23:07:30Z")
> [@Lare](#): > > Oh, here’s a problem: > I guess you’re supposed to sit on the lawn and keep it company. Well, it gets lonely out there with only a flying pig to talk to. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/42 "2011-11-10T23:40:32Z")
The pig is so ridiculous that I want three just to enrage my HOA. But I can’t possibly be the only one that wants the Bumble, right? I want him in my house all holiday season, actually. What I _really_ would like is one of these ridiculous things, but a Grinch. I’d like him to live by my fireplace all Christmas season. Oddly, no such thing seems to exist. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/43 "2011-11-10T23:55:35Z")
I’m so glad I live in an apartment which causes me to restrain myself decoration-wise because I want the stegosaurus! I actually want a whole set of holiday dinosaurs. The christmas stegosaurus, a velociraptor that wears a yarmulke and lights a menorah, a t-rex in bunny ears and a basket full of chocolate eggs for easter, two brontosauruses that wear pink sweaters and kiss one another for valentines day, etc. My neighbors would _beg_ me to switch to garden gnomes. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/44 "2011-11-11T00:14:06Z")
The steg would look AWESOME next to our flamingo light, giraffe light, and labrador light. I’m running out of room on my tiny townhouse lawn. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/45 "2011-11-11T00:28:45Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > The pig is so ridiculous that I want three just to enrage my HOA. But I can’t possibly be the only one that wants the Bumble, right? I want him in my house all holiday season, actually. I’m still calling shenanigans on the Bumble. It doesn’t bounce. Bumbles bounce. If it doesn’t bounce then it is not a Bumble. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/46 "2011-11-11T16:17:15Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I’m still calling shenanigans on the Bumble. It doesn’t bounce. > > Bumbles bounce. If it doesn’t bounce then it is not a Bumble. Silly Rand, for that you need a [Tigger.](http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&productId=202456661&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&MERCH=REC-_-product-3-_-tigger;202352456-_-202456661-_-N&locStoreNum=6175) ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/47 "2011-11-11T18:22:49Z")
Outrage! The Home Depot site refer to it as a “Tiger” both in the description and the ad copy: > [@](#): > > Tiger is ready for the holidays wearing a Santa Hat. This item is a perfect companion to the 32 in. 3D Winnie the Pooh lighted yard art. This item is made of shimmery soft tinsel material. Some assembly is required. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/48 "2011-11-11T18:45:11Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > I’m so glad I live in an apartment which causes me to restrain myself decoration-wise because I want the stegosaurus! I actually want a whole set of holiday dinosaurs. The christmas stegosaurus, a velociraptor that wears a yarmulke and lights a menorah, a t-rex in bunny ears and a basket full of chocolate eggs for easter, two brontosauruses that wear pink sweaters and kiss one another for valentines day, etc. My neighbors would _beg_ me to switch to garden gnomes. Don’t forget to get a Kwanzeratops. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/49 "2011-11-12T12:17:33Z")
Ridiculous…the next Prehistoric Creatures Day isn’t until _January!_ ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/50 "2011-11-12T17:39:56Z")
> [@Wile\_E](#): > > If only there were A T-Rex, too. And a Godzilla! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2011, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/51 "2011-11-12T17:41:54Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > The steg would look AWESOME next to our flamingo light, giraffe light, and labrador light. > > I’m running out of room on my tiny townhouse lawn. Couldn’t you have the Flamingo getting farked in the bum by the dog whose getting farked by the Giraffe to make it a “Very Special Space Saving” display to make room for the Stegosaurus? ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/52 "2011-12-04T13:13:06Z")
Xmas Stego purchased !! Unfortunately, Mrs Labtrash nixed the idea in the post above, but maybe I’ll sneak outside after she’s in bed… ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/53 "2011-12-04T17:44:24Z")
We looked at the Christmas stegosaurus on Black Friday for a couple of minutes. If it had been $75 instead of $120, my friend would have bought it. I think she should have, it would go nicely with the Christmas hippo and Christmas lobster she already has. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/54 "2011-12-04T19:17:37Z")
Christmas Lobster? Does he hide in the stockings of bad children like an oversized scorpion? This is an awesome concept. I’m so glad to hear they celebrate Christmas under the sea. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/55 "2011-12-04T20:19:27Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > Christmas Lobster? Does he hide in the stockings of bad children like an oversized scorpion? This is an awesome concept. I’m so glad to hear they celebrate Christmas under the sea. 😃 What he does is nearly scare a nice old lady to death. See, we found it last year in either K-Mart or Sears, and while her parents were out, we set it up on their front stoop. It’s probably 2’ long, and moves his claws back and forth (oh, there’s also a santa hat on his head), and of course all the lights are red. The intention was to annoy her parents with it. The real result was that one of their elderly neighbors saw this wavery patch of red on their stoop some time after I went home, and…like most reasonable people, didn’t think “oh, a Christmas lobster. How cute.” No. She thought there was something **on fire** on the stoop and called in a tizzy. My friend ended up carting it over to the neighbor’s house so she could see what the hell was going on 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/56 "2011-12-05T03:08:48Z")
That poor lady. I guess I can understand her confusion. I do think a Christmas lobster is pretty great though. Maybe they’ll make an animated Christmas Pet Rock soon… ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/57 "2011-12-05T19:31:19Z")
See, now I need a demmed Christmas Lobster to sneak onto my Father’s lawn. Wher’dja get it? [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14470765&postcount=9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14470765&postcount=9) ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2011, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/58 "2011-12-05T23:08:25Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > See, now I need a demmed Christmas Lobster to sneak onto my Father’s lawn. Wher’dja get it? > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14470765&postcount=9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14470765&postcount=9) I’m about 98% positive it was bought in the Salem, NH Kmart. If it was, they don’t have 'em this year ☹ I can’t even find pictures of it online, nevermind a place to get another one. ---
**Author:** ![booklover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@booklover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/booklover)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/59 "2011-12-06T15:02:41Z")
No luck finding a light-up moveable lobster yet, but I did find a lovely [inflatable lighthouse](http://www.standardconcessionsupply.com/catalog/item/1413476/8309244.htm) complete with a friendly lobster and snowman! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109/60 "2011-12-06T16:47:17Z")
Thanks b! Normally that would be a great substitute, as he’s from NH. Unfortunately $109 is a bit over my obnoxious prank budget this year. Shucks. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-the-christmas-stegosaurus/602109.md?page=4)