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Violations: WTH? 
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Violations Cited
- Unharmonious Arrangement Violation: Yard decorations should be placed in aesthetically pleasing arrangements. Please refer to other rules for tips. Lining up the figures in rows or alphabetically is still not pleasing, organized yes, pleasing, no.
- Griswold Family Violation: If your neighbors have nicknamed you the Griswold family and you are aware of this (you have rude neighbors, your nickname should never be divulged), you probably shouldn’t tell people.
- Monochromatic Violation: If your decorating theme involves the over-use of one color, you are in violation.
- W.T.H. (What the Heck!?) Violation: Random, non-holiday decor has no place in December. Just because you were given a cool giant light up smiley face does not mean you should put it on the roof this month!
- King Kong Complex Violation: If a giant polar bear is standing anywhere near a mid-sized Santa or the Abominable Snowman is lurking over the manger, do something, quick!
- Seizur-ific Violation: Sometimes using foil is just a little too much when combined with all of those bright lights. Also, too much blinking or out of sync movement can put you in jeopardy of losing your Christmas light license.
- Frequent Lighter Card: If you have the electric company or an electrician on speed dial, you need a new hobby.
- P.O.W. (Prisoners of a Wall) Violation: Trapping your Christmas village behind a fence is way too constricting for the purpose that these figures must serve during this time of year. Free the inflatables!
- More is Not Less Violation: Just another reminder that Christmas is a season of minimalism. Too much of anything is not a good thing. Remember that other cliché; less is more? It really is. Less of an energy bill is more money in your pocket to give to others or to buy something nice to not put on your lawn.
- Fallen Figurines/Drive-by Shooting Victims Violation: These poor souls should not be illuminated. If you aren’t going to go outside to set them all back up, don’t plug them in. No one wants to see Mary and Joseph laying down as if involved in a deadly drive-by shooting.
- Multiple Clauses Violation: There is one Santa Claus and only one. I repeat- you may not have more than ONE Santa in your yard at anytime. (The exception is this; if you have a Santa from another culture or a Santa of another ethnicity, THEN you may have another Santa among the deciduous forest that is your yard. This does not mean you may have an inflatable Santa AND a plastic, light-up Santa. Inflatable is not an ethnicity). The same rules apply for Mrs. Claus. Santa is not an adulterer. We must show Santa as an upstanding and moral citizen, despite the 3rd world wages he pays the elves.
- Elves: While we are on the subject. This is one group of people that even we don’t mess with. Everyone knows that Santa hardly does any work at the North Pole. His input on who’s naughty or nice is non-existent. He’s too busy making mall appearances and such. The elves are the ones that MapQuest directions for Santa, they check the list, they pack the presents, THEY are in charge. Go buck wild with the elves…if you must.
- Intermingling Violation: This is strictly prohibited. There should not be a North Pole sign lit up outside of the manger scene. A giant inflatable Santa should not be peering into the manger. Jesus was born in a manger, a place of nothingness, a symbol of scarcity and minimalism. Santa and friends next to the manger is mockery of the Lord! They are taunting the KING!
- Snowman In-Laws Violation: I hate to say it but we MUST have limitations on how many snowmen may appear on the lawn of the average single family dweling. The average family size in the United States is 3.14 with the average household size being 2.59 (US Census Bureau). That being said, we will be generous and say that there cannot be a family of snowmen that exceeds 4 on your lawn. Four is plenty. Again, real snowmen, inflatable snowmen, plastic snowmen, etc are not classified differently, they are still snowmen.
9 comments:
Oh come on. This one isn't so bad. It could be someone in the family is a chopper pilot in the military. I think we need to cut this guy some slack.. except on the general over indulgence in energy consumption.
is that a burning bush on the right?
Yea, it looks like the tree on the right is on fire. This one isn't so bad at all. I actually like the lights from the roof.
If you take away all the other crap then it would look so cute.
After reading the caption and looking at the enlarged image, I almost wet my snowsuit.
The burning bush comment really made me laugh! If it's not, then something is probably burning anyway, what with the homeowner taxing his circuit panel like that.
I actually really like this house. It is simple yet bold. There needs to be a catagory for burnt out/non working strands...or even "GAPS" I really think that is tacky. You know when there is just end to end strands and the hanger doesn't stop and realize that the last 12 inches of a strand has not lights and they just have a big "blank" spot....Tacky! LOL, to each their own. Merry Christmas!!
It will be a miracle if that tree doesn't catch on fire. I wonder if the owner has noticed that one of the sections of the lights on the house aren't working anymore??? I would love to know the significance of the helicopter. Hopefully, SOMEone in the house is a helicopter pilot. If not, then, I just don't get it. Maybe that's Santa's new mode of delivering presents...just hover over the ol' chimney, drop those puppies down and you're out of there! : )
This house isn't all that horrible (compared to the other ones), except for the burning tree. Poor tree. I would leave a fire exstinguisher next to it.
My favorite "tacky" display is when there are lots of lights, and only a few strands are blinking. come on... how can you NOT notice that. Don't make a Christmas tree on top of your house by stringing lights off the TV antenna, and then have two of the 18 strands blinking! Take 5 minutes to make it look right!!
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