Mood:  chatty

I am a huge fan of Christmas decorations.  I think they look really tacky in the daylight, but when night falls and the houses light up, I just love drving around to look at them.  Especially if there is snow on the ground, which around here has been plentiful this year.

There is an exception to the decoration thing though, and that's the giant blow-up deals.  One is OK, but it's the homes that have multiples that I just don't get.  They have about 20 feet of front lawn and there is barely an inch of room available because there's a giant snowglobe, a santa (or two), soldiers, snowmen, elves, and who knows what else.  It's even worse when they have them on the porch, and they practically block the door.  In some cases the decorations are even close to being as tall as the house.  I guess some people think it's attractive, but it's just not my taste.

I kind of long for the retro decorations from the 50's and 60's.