I wish I had been the first person to realize that you can take any icon of any holiday, enlarge it to 8 feet, make it out of nylon and inflate it, and Americans will buy it -- Santa, scarecrows, pumpkins, cupids, shamrocks, you name it.
I am no longer surprised at what all I see adorning people's yards. Amazed, maybe, but not surprised. Today, however, I was taken aback. So, aback, in fact that first I turned my car around to make sure I was seeing what I thought I saw. Then, continuing to be taken aback -- I went all the way "aback" to my house to get my camera so that you, too, could marvel at this holiday icon:
'Cause, you know, NOTHING says "Christmas Spirit" like the Christmas Seal.
14 comments:
brilliant! absolutely brilliant! Oh how I long to adorn my little yard with fiberglass sea mammals :)
Huh. Maybe I should do the Christmas Giraffe. Or the Christmas Toucan.
Strange. This world is so strange.
That may be terminally strange, but it's not as butt-ugly as those merry-go-round thingies. I wonder if I could get my city councilman to introduce an ordinance naming them as litter?
Hey! We have one of those merry-go-round things just down the street from us! There's one right around the corner, too.
I don't get it. Shouldn't it play music loudly or something?
Tee-hee-hee...your dad said "butt." Hee-hee....
Okay...I, too, am laughing 'cause your dad said "butt-ugly!" Cracks me up!!
And, it doesn't matter that I am not fond of the merry-go-round thingies...Natalie thinks they are awesome!!
There is not limit to the ways we can icon-ify Christmas!
Here's a Swedish Christmas Goat.
http://hem.passagen.se/cmp/julbock.jpg
Sarah - I'm impressed that you turned around, went all the way back to get your camera, and made a point to snap this for us :)
I LOVE it when people put those things in their yard, 'cause the kids can look at theirs while we drive around and love them all they want since we don't have the likes of them in our yard. :)
It's disgusting. The people who are buying this crap are probably going into debt to do it! If you can't live without it, just put it on your visa.
Haven't you ever heard of Christmas Seals?
Ruth -- you made me laugh out loud. My your yard become a fiberglass Sea World!
Stephanie -- I'm all about the sacrifice for the blog!
Mindy-- I'll be on the lookout for YOUR sea mammal!
AM -- yes, they must be raising money for the March of Dimes,and this is their tribute to that!
Kendra -- I just can't imagine a Christmas seal OR inflatable thing in your yard, but I've stopped being surprised, remember?
*sigh* Y'all KNEW the "Word Nazi" would have to do that.
Ruth, it's MAY your yard be a fiberglass Sea World! :-) Please not MINE! :-)
Good job, Kendra. . .way funny.
Have y'all seen the giant blown up snowglobes? I'm not crazy about the miniature ones, much less one your kids could fit inside.
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