Here’s this year’s collection of Christmas yard decorations in my neighborhood.
Nativity
From inflatables to cut-outs to full figurines, the Lord was well represented this year.
Snowmen
I love seeing snowmen in Florida. Ironically, they wear hats, scarves, and gloves, as if snowmen could get cold.
Santa
I believe Santa’s popularity has waned in recent years. He’s still a mainstay, but has to share lawn space with a lot of other characters.
The Grinch
Candy Canes
I walked by many “candy cane farms” this year. For a season they replace driveway and landscape lights.
Lights
Of course there are plenty of lights. New designs include dripping icicles, programmable strings of LEDs, and red and green floodlights.
Miscellaneous
Anything with a Santa hat is now part of the Christmas landscape. From turtles to flamingoes, pigs to dinosaurs, all are welcome to join the cast. As long as you have a storage unit for the other ten months of the year.
When Eli and I were decorating the tree yesterday, I noticed that my collection of ornaments included eight snowmen. We haven’t bought any ornaments for ourselves, so all of these were given to us by someone sometime in the past. Try as I might, I can’t remember where any of them came from. But since the snowmen hold eight seats in our congress of decorations, I thought I would make a few observations.
Waite for it... 