Levee Posted December 17, 2007 Author Share Posted December 17, 2007 Bah Humbug Is that German? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firekisses Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I simply adore holiday lights sparkling in the cold winter night. It just looks so lovely, especially when there's fresh snow on the ground! (oh and I love gargoyles too. Have a few in my home) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzyMerkin Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Mistletoe galore. And lots of candles around the house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firekisses Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Candles are always great! I have them in every room of the house...all year long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I simply adore holiday lights sparkling in the cold winter night. It just looks so lovely, especially when there's fresh snow on the ground! (oh and I love gargoyles too. Have a few in my home) You did not say if you liked the Flying Monkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firekisses Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 You did not say if you liked the Flying Monkey. Sorry.....and the Flying Monkey as well! Now all I can picture is those flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 my monkey thanx ya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firekisses Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 my monkey thanx ya Niiiice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dig zoso Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I'm not so keen on Christmas decorations, but occasionally I do enjoy wreaths/swags, pinecones, candles, and lots of red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 Flying monkeys? I love gargoyles, too. I wrote a paper on gargoyles vs. grotesques for a humanities class last year, and I had way too much fun doing it. I like the cozy feeling you get when it's Christmas time. I wish we had the time to go up to my favorite little resort yuppie town to snowmobile this year--they have restaurants that have nice HUGE fires that are always going. I'd love to get a schnapps spiked hot chocolate and eat dinner by the fire while in my snowpants. Sad--I'd have to drive to see snow. I love it when you're driving at night, and you come home and most of your neighborhood is lit up with lights. Most of my neighbors have lots of lights, even if some of them are tacky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evermore Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I made my favorite ornament my avatar!.A little Zeppelin that my kids picked up somewhere. It's a promo item for the movie "Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilot of the Storm Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I like the Gargoyles on tops of buildings. They don't have anything to do with Christmas, but they are decorations, and I was just talking with my friend who knows a lot about architecture, and we talked about Gargoyles. Then later I saw this thread. You know. Re: Gargoyles: Why do they exist? When did they begin? Did the architects who put Gargoyles on their buildings ever see Wizard of Oz? If so, what did they think of the monkeys' performances? Meet Gordon! He lives on the side of my house! Think I'll put a santa hat on him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoubleNecker Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I love the hell out of colored tree lights. I love 'em so much, I have some going around my room, except they have been there since last year and it only goes through half of my room. I want to get another pack and keep it going all the way around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Dawg Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I saw this one in Movie once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lake of Shadows Posted December 17, 2007 Share Posted December 17, 2007 I like all kinds of decorations. I like the mix of it all around here. Some homes have formal, kinda understated decorations, usually with just the clear lights. With some homes that looks a bit distant and cold to me, yet with other homes, it just seems stately and dignified. I really enjoy the multi-colored lights. Some homes are really 'over-decorated' and yes, some look tacky. Others just look exhuberant to me. There's just something kinda touching to see a small 'humble' home that is cheerfully decorated with all kinds of lights and things. I admit I'm not a big fan of the huge blow-up yard things. I always expect to see the yard full of shiny, new cars for sale and some big sign exhorting us to "come on down for a real deal." We have multi-colored icicle lights with the large bulbs at the top of each 'icicle'. We had to unscrew every other large bulb because they were drawing too much current or something like that... I like the way it looks but it is kinda odd. My daughter says it reminds her of our favorite Mexican restaurant. (She's right, it does look kinda like Rosie's). I love having a hodge podge of different kinds of ornaments on our tree too. I know some folks like the more elegant single color themes, etc. They do look elegant ... and I think they're quite appropriate for the bank or somesuch. Our tree has ornaments handed down from grandparents, sturdy ones from when I was a kid, whimsical ones, elegant and/or ornate ones, and we also usually have some big plastic ones on the bottom 1/3 of the tree... so the cats and dogs don't destroy them. We have some wreathes inside the house. I made one for each member of the family, based upon their interests. My dad's wreath has small tools on it and it hangs on the basement door-- which is where his woodshop is located. Mom's wreath with horse related items on it hangs on my parents bedroom door, and my daughter's wreath has bird ornaments and some Harry Potter and LOTR stuff on it. (I really need to update hers though). Mine has different craft-like things on it. We also have one I made out of a straw hat... it hangs on the wall in the 'computer area'. For me, Christmas has always meant family and friends, and the things that I like about various decorations, etc. kinda reflect what I've grown up with and then continued as an adult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levee Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 I like all kinds of decorations. I like the mix of it all around here. Some homes have formal, kinda understated decorations, usually with just the clear lights. With some homes that looks a bit distant and cold to me, yet with other homes, it just seems stately and dignified. I really enjoy the multi-colored lights. Some homes are really 'over-decorated' and yes, some look tacky. Others just look exhuberant to me. There's just something kinda touching to see a small 'humble' home that is cheerfully decorated with all kinds of lights and things. I admit I'm not a big fan of the huge blow-up yard things. I always expect to see the yard full of shiny, new cars for sale and some big sign exhorting us to "come on down for a real deal." We have multi-colored icicle lights with the large bulbs at the top of each 'icicle'. We had to unscrew every other large bulb because they were drawing too much current or something like that... I like the way it looks but it is kinda odd. My daughter says it reminds her of our favorite Mexican restaurant. (She's right, it does look kinda like Rosie's). I love having a hodge podge of different kinds of ornaments on our tree too. I know some folks like the more elegant single color themes, etc. They do look elegant ... and I think they're quite appropriate for the bank or somesuch. Our tree has ornaments handed down from grandparents, sturdy ones from when I was a kid, whimsical ones, elegant and/or ornate ones, and we also usually have some big plastic ones on the bottom 1/3 of the tree... so the cats and dogs don't destroy them. We have some wreathes inside the house. I made one for each member of the family, based upon their interests. My dad's wreath has small tools on it and it hangs on the basement door-- which is where his woodshop is located. Mom's wreath with horse related items on it hangs on my parents bedroom door, and my daughter's wreath has bird ornaments and some Harry Potter and LOTR stuff on it. (I really need to update hers though). Mine has different craft-like things on it. We also have one I made out of a straw hat... it hangs on the wall in the 'computer area'. For me, Christmas has always meant family and friends, and the things that I like about various decorations, etc. kinda reflect what I've grown up with and then continued as an adult. Very nice post Lakey. I really think it's cool that you made individual wreaths for your family. And as you said, it's really about family. But....I'm not giving the car back......I got damn good financing and balloon animals for the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I made my favorite ornament my avatar!.A little Zeppelin that my kids picked up somewhere. It's a promo item for the movie "Mr Magorium's Wonder Emporium". We saw one of those at Wendy's the other day. Dave said he would buy the happy meal just so I could have a Zeppelin...and that he'd cross out the "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium" that's written on it and put "Lead Zepeln" on it with--you guessed it--sharpie. He is SUCH a funny guy... He's obsessed with giving me a cheesy looking plastic zeppelin. I don't want one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 I've got a few. Got a great shiny glass tree bauble. Sky blue with the Grateful Dead 'Steal your face' logo. And Elvis. He's our fairy you know. Stuck up there with a tree up his jumper. It used to be a plastic Bart Simpson on a skateboard. Complete with plastic speech bubble that said 'Fuck Off'. That got pulled a few years ago when my daughter learnt to read. My most hated thing is a foot tall polar teddy bear, sitting on his arse, who sings 'Jingle Bells' every time you get within 10 feet. And dosn't stop for ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 Elvis is at the top of your Christmas tree! How do you get him to stay up there? How funny. Sounds like something my sister or my dad would do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 With an ecstatic band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 19, 2007 Share Posted December 19, 2007 har. har. har. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Blue Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 Here you go. The King of Christmas. (Bart's board just above him, I though he was outa there, but not so). And here's the offending little fucker that sings all bloody night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manderlyh Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 ^ Brilliant! Now if I could only get away with something like that...the Elvis ornament would "disappear," I'm sure... not really "disappear" so much as be highly protested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kirchzep27 Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 empty green beer bottles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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