Happy New Year

Peace out 2010!

Thanks for the wreckage, Erin C.

Enlightening

I'm all for xmas lights - but a little thought and a little care (and some extension cords) go a long way.

This is a net light no-no. Just because you can throw it on a bush and it sticks does not mean it looks good. And by the way - we can't see the top of the bush, just the front and the sides.

Strings of lights are not extension cords. If you have to do this, at least make some sort of attempt to shove the lights down in the mulch.

It's not Halloween, people. And half of that string is out. Either shake the hell out of them to make them come back on or start using them as the sad spare bulb string.

Rimpy R. has found the ultimate in poor planning. No extension cords? No problem! And why bother with the sides? Or the trees? Or the windows?

Boz vs. Bevo

Here in Texas, we take our football pretty seriously. So seriously, in fact, that it infiltrates our xmas decor:

I realize to the non-Texan and/or non-football fan that this probably looks like a horrible accident playing out in someone's front yard in which a pickup truck rams into a steer causing a tremendous flinging of bloody truck and steer parts. You'd be absolutely correct.

The truck driver is from the University of Oklahoma and the steer is the famed Bevo from the University of Texas, which makes this gorefest charming and festive.*

*If you're an OU fan.

Blown Up

Ah, inflatables.

Rimpy R. was kind enough to stop and aid this poor snowman who has apparently been shot.

These sneaky snowmen stole Santa's sleigh for a joy ride and are about to face some serious consequences. Uh, fellas, the tree goes in the sleigh, not haphazardly tied to the back of it.

Toy Testers

Let's just say these elves probably need to be sent where the special elves work:

Rimpy R. found this little guy in a home improvement store.

I found this one pretending he knows how to read in someone's yard.

If you don't know who this elf is, then your xmas season is already a tremendous failure.

Santa?

Someone needs to tell the Chinese kids sewing these things together that Santa's beard is white*.

*Does anyone else have that episode from Family Guy running through their head where all the kids are arguing about Santa's ethnicity?