Comments on Suburban Matron: That Is Not Festive

Thanks for the Spotify mix...Bruce Cockburn, yippe...

2011-12-10T20:14:29.472-05:00

Thanks for the Spotify mix...Bruce Cockburn, yippee. So many good artists and songs. I even subscribed to your lists...no pressure! Ha.

Yes! The airplane! And a friend sent me a little v...

2011-12-06T23:49:45.296-05:00

Yes! The airplane! And a friend sent me a little video of a Santa ferris wheel, turning sloooowly in the breeze. It was mournful.

I'm not a fan either and why is it the people ...

2011-12-06T23:36:36.375-05:00

I'm not a fan either and why is it the people that like them never have just one? They have like 10 and why is Santa in an airplane anyways?!

I like the idea of doing someone's yard full o...

2011-12-06T00:21:57.140-05:00

I like the idea of doing someone's yard full of supine blow up Christmas characters. The entire concept is just weird.

Kate, I don't have a blog. I think I would su...

2011-12-05T21:17:11.251-05:00

Kate, I don't have a blog. I think I would suffer from over-exposure in very short order.

I'm with Amy. Camp Papa, do you have a blog l...

2011-12-05T20:21:45.155-05:00

I'm with Amy. Camp Papa, do you have a blog like your daughters? Inflatables are tacky, but they are funny when they are flaccid and lying in a drunken stupor!!!

You had me at "Discarded Christmas condoms.&q...

2011-12-05T10:37:26.917-05:00

You had me at "Discarded Christmas condoms." Still laughing about it, and I will quote you for years to come!

"Flaccidity is never festive"... you kno...

2011-12-05T07:24:22.512-05:00

"Flaccidity is never festive"... you know, Camp Papa, I would have said that nothing could have made me laugh this morning in the wake of a 4:37a wakeup due to neighbor children playing with the alarm clock. But you proved me wrong. In spades.

I hate the inflatables, too. My boys, of course, t...

2011-12-05T00:13:43.676-05:00

I hate the inflatables, too. My boys, of course, think I'm nuts. Why, why is taste so difficult in children? Or when will or does it appear?

On another note -- thank you for the Spotify thing. I signed up and started listening to all your wonderful selections. I am going to lift several of them for my Carol of the Day feature, if you don't mind!

Also, I've always thought it would be a funny ...

2011-12-04T23:12:25.247-05:00

Also, I've always thought it would be a funny prank to completely fill someone's yard with those things. Cost prohibitive, but funny.

At first glance, it looked like Rudolph's eyes...

2011-12-04T23:11:45.161-05:00

At first glance, it looked like Rudolph's eyes were x'ed out. They must be brewing their own Eggnog.

I'm having that statement embroidered on cockt...

2011-12-04T21:28:10.359-05:00

I'm having that statement embroidered on cocktail napkins.

Flaccidity is never festive.

2011-12-04T21:23:56.987-05:00

Flaccidity is never festive.

"Mommy, why won't Santa get up? What'...

2011-12-04T21:14:14.344-05:00

"Mommy, why won't Santa get up? What's wrong with Santa??" Hee hee.

I figure they do it for the kids. One neighbor er...

2011-12-04T18:15:39.218-05:00

I figure they do it for the kids. One neighbor erects a large inflatable holiday something-or-other and the other kids (young,impressionable and enamored of cartoon characters) in the neighborhood see it and LOVE it. Then they talk their parents into putting one in THEIR yard. At least that is the story I tell myself as I drive past them in my neighborhood. It's the only way I can make sense of it.

Yeah, I know what you mean, maybe it is the pointl...

2011-12-04T17:31:47.315-05:00

Yeah, I know what you mean, maybe it is the pointless consumption of energy. But plug-in lights left on all night don't bother me. It just crosses over some kind of barrier into excess?

I'm firmly in your camp. I will go even farthe...

2011-12-04T17:14:16.759-05:00

I'm firmly in your camp. I will go even farther and say I hate the blow-ups. Like Justine, they really bother me, although I find it hard to articulate just why they bother me when other Christmas lawn decorations don't.

What I really don't like is when people over-decorate. More is not always better, in many aspects of life!

Those inflatable things represent something about ...

2011-12-04T15:24:44.319-05:00

Those inflatable things represent something about our American culture that bothers me. Can't quite put my finger on it. Blatant waste of energy, perhaps?

DIGGING the Belle and Sebastian "Oh Come Emmanuel." The Pogues, Vampire Weekend, The Pretenders! Looking forward to the listen. Thanks for sharing, B.

I thought I was the only one shaking my head at th...

2011-12-04T15:03:32.658-05:00

I thought I was the only one shaking my head at these ridiculous things! Okie...cute when blown up but who wants that on their lawn all day? Why not keep them inflated all the time?

I think those personages lying there in their drun...

2011-12-04T15:03:07.850-05:00

I think those personages lying there in their drunken stupor are very funny, but that's because I don't live next to them. One of our neighbors down the block has a light-up giraffe (it stands erect all the time, unlike those blow-up things) that I covet. My husband has forbidden any light-up animals, and I guess I am secretly grateful.

Omigod, I love you so much.

2011-12-04T14:52:05.722-05:00

Omigod, I love you so much.

I am also not a fan. Alfred suggested we purchase ...

2011-12-04T14:51:01.495-05:00

I am also not a fan. Alfred suggested we purchase one this year. I swear, sometimes it's like he doesn't know me at ALL.