H is for Holly
It's colors green and red
Please don't eat the berries
Or you'll find yourself dead
Man-0-man. Have you seen the neighbors' house this season? What are they thinking? I mean, really. Trying to out do one another has become such a challenge it borders on the ridiculous.
I remember a simpler time when a wreath on the door and a strand of lights across the front of the house was a big damn deal. And, of course, the decorated Christmas tree that shone brightly through the front window. Not anymore. No more boughs of holly on the banister or mistletoe hanging from a light fixture - that just won't cut it anymore.
Now, it's go big or go home, baby!
Got a huge kick out of that for some reason. Kind of morbid for Christmas, but I like it!
ReplyDeleteAnd I was moaning last night when we HAD to put up the pre-lit tree.
ReplyDeleteYeesh.
There is a neighborhood in Houston that every house is REQUIRED to decorate for Christmas...and decorate like that video!!
ReplyDeleteH is for 'holy crap..I can't wait til Christmas is over.'
ReplyDeleteHa Ha! Love that. I want the rockin carols playing outside my house!!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of the Griswold Christmas Vacation! I loved the scene in that movie of Chevy Chase trying to decorate his house. I'd never seen this clip before. Here in Aylmer our house sounds like the first one you described - the light touch. Oh, see what I did there...a double entendre! HoHoHo
ReplyDeleteThe Griswalds live right around the corner from me. I know what you mean!
ReplyDeleteSomebody needs to tell these people LESS is MORE! We have what we affectionately refer to as "the K-Mart house" down the street. The yard is filled with "stuff", no plan, no organizing - they had Rudolph in the frikin manger!
ReplyDeleteWe have a neighborhood here in Tucson that requires every house to decorate as well. They have hayrides through it and sell hot cocoa. The neighborhood is called Winterhaven...imagine a neighborhood called Winterhaven in Tucson Arizona!
ReplyDeleteBy the way my Dad is Clark Griswald!
Ok so if my neighbors start decorating like that, I'm moving.
ReplyDeleteHoly Hell's Bells, Batgirl!
ReplyDeleteI love the poem!
This is when I'm glad I'm in a loft condo.
ReplyDeleteEvery neighborood should have a house like the one in the video. That way, everyone else can say, "there's no way we could ever compete with that, so let's not bother doing anything."
ReplyDeleteI hate to admit it, but I love excessive Christmas displays. And thanks for the tip about holly berries. I had no idea.
ReplyDeleteWhy stop at Christmas? I want my house to be a LCD video screen year round!
ReplyDeleteI never saw that film, was it explained how someone could have that much money turn their house into a U2 stage prop?
I'd much rather drive around town to view everyone's holiday excess than have to bother with having any of my own... it's a CatLady thing!
ReplyDeleteSimplicity is so underrated!
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