Inflatable Christmas yard decorations

[haggardfan1]

People need to leave their air compressors on in daytime.

I have been traveling the same local route while working nights recently, and my neighbors' yards look spectacular at night.

By about seven oclock in the morning, these same yards are littered with deflated Christmas figures. I haven't been able to get any pictures, but to me it looks like the aftermath of some bizarre Christmas figure frat party. Innumerable Santas, reindeer, pandas, Minions, penguins, chipmunks, you name it---they are all sprawled out on the lawns like they're sleeping off a drunk.

The effect is surprisingly sad. You know that like Frosty they will magically be back when conditions are right, but the loss is rather jarring in the interim.

Just an observation.

 

[Killing Floor]

Haha that’s so true! It’s a holiday wonderland for 12 hours and a messy wasteland for the other.

 

[Informal]

My neighbor posted a pic of his Christmas yard a few days ago,
commented how it looks so good at night, but looks like a Christmas graveyard by day.

Well..... leave it plugged in dummy!

Those blowers are about the size of a computer fan, How much can it cost to run for a day? 20 cents lol

 

[yegbert]

Santa and his helpers gotta sleep sometime, you know.

 

[Rich_S]

I saw a picture on FB this week of a yard display with about half a dozen inflatables. In the middle, a PO’d-looking Yoda stood with his light saber. All the others were lying deflated around the yard. Creative nerd way to save electricity.

 

[studio1087]

Agreed.

 

[Flat6Driver]

Aren't they on a light sensor anyhow?

Those things look like crap.

Go tasteful in your decor or don't do it at all.

 

[Peegoo]

And if it snows even a little bit overnight, those anemic little fans don't have the beans to pop them up again.

 

[middy]

It’s our new Festivus tradition to get drunk and fight all the neighborhood inflatables.

 

[JL_LI]

My opinion doesn’t count. But what I notice where I live is that the new tasteful LED lights are put up mostly at houses occupied by adults. The inflatables are out on the lawns of houses where kids live. I told my next door neighbor’s little one that I like his big bright decorations and he told me that Santa can see them from the sky. Maybe that five year old is onto something.

 

[Toto'sDad]

People need to leave their air compressors on in daytime.

I have been traveling the same local route while working nights recently, and my neighbors' yards look spectacular at night.

By about seven oclock in the morning, these same yards are littered with deflated Christmas figures. I haven't been able to get any pictures, but to me it looks like the aftermath of some bizarre Christmas figure frat party. Innumerable Santas, reindeer, pandas, Minions, penguins, chipmunks, you name it---they are all sprawled out on the lawns like they're sleeping off a drunk.

The effect is surprisingly sad. You know that like Frosty they will magically be back when conditions are right, but the loss is rather jarring in the interim.

Just an observation.

Everywhere you look out here in Loonytuneville you see dead or slowly expiring blow up Christmas stuff. It can be ghastly to look upon in the cold light of day. Just another great addition to the modern experience. Like vampires they come back out at night, but it's hard to see the pretty, when you have that dreadful daylight vision burned into your mind.

 

[Toto'sDad]

It’s our new Festivus tradition to get drunk and fight all the neighborhood inflatables.

A modern-day Don Quixote fights the dastardly inflatables.

 

[Obsessed]

Consumerism gone amuck.

Humanity gone amuck.

My wife will not allow me to take the air rifle along on our drives during the
Xmas season for a reason.

Yup, I stay up here on the mountain as much as possible.

 

[Dan German]

I was dropping off recyclables in a church parking lot, and noticed what appeared to be a homeless person by a tree, sleeping surrounded by their stuff. I cautiously approached to see if they were ok, and as I got closer I realized it was a deflated inflatable nativity scene.

whah whah…

 

[bgmacaw]

Near where I live there's someone who lives in a trailer that has invested in every Christmas inflatable WalMart has sold over the years. It's quite a spectacle of tacky.

 

[trapdoor2]

My neighbor across the street has some. There's another on another block that has a large variety (and a 12yr old, so...). We have a consortium on another street where several neighbors appear to have joined forces in an attempt to corner the bright-white LED market. I can see the glow over the trees from here.

We're minimalistic. Front door outlined in colored lights, porch columns and railings same. Nothing I can't reach with a step-stool.

 

[Informal]

Aren't they on a light sensor anyhow?

Those things look like crap.

Go tasteful in your decor or don't do it at all.

No, they are not... nor should they be.

 

[Brad Pittiful]

not a fan of them

 

[MrGibbly]

People need to leave their air compressors on in daytime.

I have been traveling the same local route while working nights recently, and my neighbors' yards look spectacular at night.

By about seven oclock in the morning, these same yards are littered with deflated Christmas figures. I haven't been able to get any pictures, but to me it looks like the aftermath of some bizarre Christmas figure frat party. Innumerable Santas, reindeer, pandas, Minions, penguins, chipmunks, you name it---they are all sprawled out on the lawns like they're sleeping off a drunk.

The effect is surprisingly sad. You know that like Frosty they will magically be back when conditions are right, but the loss is rather jarring in the interim.

Just an observation.

Great description. Part of the appeal around our house is that they pack away small vs. those old, large, hard plastic ones of yesteryear.

 

[John Backlund]

I'd use helium in them and have them on a fifty foot tether.