Friday, December 17, 2010

Christmas Day Massacre

(Thanks to my uncle, R.G. Ryan, for giving me the thought for today's post!!)

You see them everywhere. You may like them, you may not. I, for one, see them as a lazy man's tacky way of "decorating" the yard.

I'm talking about Inflatable Christmas Decor.

They are huge, brightly colored plastic creatures lurking around the corner, wobbling in the wind every evening. From Santas of various sizes, to trains and elves. Have you seen the ginormous snowglobes? I even saw a nativity scene.

But what happens when the rows of light-up candy canes and seizure-inducing blinking lights go off? You go to bed with these pillowy giants waving at you and wake up to...








...carnage.

It sort of looks like Gnome Capone grabbed all the other legit lawn ornaments and was all, "Look at these fakers! They're nothing but a bunch of imposters! They can't even stand up on their own. The Christmas Lollipop Lights can't even be seen behind this bunch of hot air. I say we take 'em!"

And then all the legit lawn ornaments grab some light-up candy canes and attack the Inflatables with a vengeance, leaving behind a mass of deflated carnage in their wake, and the world wakes up with no idea of the gangster-style hit that took place in their own front yards.

Bet you'll never look at these the same. You're welcome.

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