And this year’s winner of the Griswold Award is…
9I saw an article in the paper about this Christmas display in Dallas, and I had to see it with my own eyes. It did not disappoint.
Have you ever seen so much happy in one place?
(Kip’s Big Boy makes an appearance here)
So Many Santas! Hopefully none of them are murderers.
A choir of snowmen, with penguins and Pooh:
And this eerie giant head that will haunt your dreams tonight? None other than the original noggin of Big Tex himself. As any @fool in Texas knows, Big Tex started life as a creepy Santa Claus in Kerens, Texas before becoming an ambassador to the State Fair of Texas. This head was sold to the highest bidder after he was upgraded in the 90’s, so it was not incinerated in the 2012 fire.
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Most blantant cry for “I need a life” ever.
Looks like the internment camp for the war on Christmas.
Why does one Santa look jolly by himself, but you put hundreds of Santas in one yard and it looks creepy?
Isn’t the same true of Libertarians?
Hope they have fun doing it.
If they move next to me I’m selling.
That eerie giant head has an insincere smile.
@KDemo It’s just a friendly clown smile.
@2many2no Please no! I was already sufficiently creeped out with the big head, so didn’t need this as a maniacal cherry on top.
@mehbee
/giphy pennywise
@RiotDemon Mean! But this one doens seem to be as creepy, is it the same one??
@mehbee the first one was a reproduction someone did of the one I posted. It’s Pennywise from IT.
This deserves to be part of a Dr. Who Christmas special. Totally how I’d invade the Earth if I was an advanced, sinister alien species
@mehcuda67 Oh my gosh, what a brilliant idea!!
http://www.christmasstreet.com
34th street in Hamden will always win for me.
Careful…@f001 might be known for inviting unsuspecting Santas into his home…
@mikibell
@f00l has no evil designs on Santas.
@f00l may have heard about what some people thought was a kidnapping, but it was actually Santa coming to the door and begging for a piece of pie. Santa went home happily afterwards.
Santas en masse are cool, esp if they stay in Dallas County.
@f00l I never thought I’d say this but please keep those Santas in your neck of the woods.
@mehbee
Those Santas are in Dallas County. Righteous folk around here take no responsibility for what happens in Dallas County.
That said, I kinda like them. As long as they stay in Dallas County.
@f00l I would probably like them if I drove by rather than looking at the pics…especially if Christmas music is playing. That tends to that the creepy factor down to extremely low.
@mehbee
Also seeing them IRL brings out the silly fun of it more that pictures do.
I always visualize the family having a blast as they get the display just right.
Altho dealing with Big Tex’s ex-head - I hope the might have had professional assistance with that.
@f00l I totally agree. And I think the familywho went through all this work is awesome to do it for others to enjoy. One of my best family memories is all of us bundling up and getting in the station wagon(there were six of us) and driving around looking at Christmas lights. It makes me sad that it is not as prevalent as it used to be. That head though…
@mehbee
If someone does an amazing or over-the-top setup, it can clog the traffic for miles.
In one local area where a neighborhood does it up big, police have to regulate the traffic every evening, otherwise residents can’t come and go. The local residents get passes to use special routes that the lights viewers aren’t allowed to use.
@mehbee We did that as kids as well and my mom asked me to drive her around to see christmas lights the other day… in my opinion looking at light displays never gets old.
I"d hate to have to pay their electric bill.
Actually the nicest (not creepiest) display I have ever seen is what they do in the city park in Chickasha (Oklahoma) with their Festival of Lights. That is pretty impressive.
http://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.15643 has a slide show however I notice they are missing from that all the displays along both sides of the road that winds about a bit over a mile through the park, the Santa and North Pole display… So there is far more to it than what that slide show shows.
These people in Dallas need to adds trashy RV for true ambiance.
And more roof lights.
@f00l shitter’s full!
We have one about 4 minutes from my house. Blocks up traffic big-time every year with all the lookey-loos.
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@ACraigL I’d be one of those lookey loos. I just love Christmas lights.
These people live a few miles from us- we’re checking it out tonight. They won.
http://abc.go.com/shows/the-great-christmas-light-fight/video/most-recent/VDKA3586719
@sammydog01 I think that is one of the episodes ii missed due to bad weather messing up my signal
There is a barn with lights on its roof and a display near the highway driving home and when I see it year after year (they have been doing it since I was a kid) I know I am about a half hour from home. It is part of tradition now to notice it.