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Christmas Kitsch

Posted on December 16, 2011 By Tom No Comments on Christmas Kitsch
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The Chia Pets have emerged from their long hibernation. The gaudy decorations having been springing forth in stores for the past month and a half. We have now hit the peak of the season for Christmas Kitsch.

Laura and I make regular trips to Garden Ridge this time of year to supplement our light supplies and see what other decorating ideas we can get. This place has the most extensive collection of blow-up, illuminated decorations in town. There are Santas, snowmen, elves, and just about any variation thereof. How about a snowman clad in camouflage? They’ve got ’em.

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Any color of Christmas tree imaginable can be had, along with acres of other decorations.

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One of the more disturbing trends this year is the “Santa in the Outhouse” themed merchandise. There is the blow-up version…

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But they had smaller animatronic versions, complete with upset Santa and lots of bathroom noises…

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There are several YouTube videos showing this thing in action, but I’d rather not link to nor embed them here.

Then there are the nativity sets. One blogger listed his 27 Worst Nativity Sets. Some of these I don’t think are that bad, but the animal-themed ones are just weird.

Cat Nativity

Dog Nativity

Chicken Nativity

So, Christmas seems to get weirder and weirder with each passing year. As for our house, we’re keeping things fairly simple. We’ve added more colored lights to the back of the house and we’ve got quite a few white lights out front. Our tree has no ornaments, but only lights for one very good reason…

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Yep, we now have not only Cosmo, but Rory climbing the tree. They hopped up it when we first put it up, but for the last several days they have not bothered it. I just know that if we added ornaments, it would be an attraction.

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