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  December 14, 2006
What child is this?

Last night, on the way home from the yoga studio, AJ and I went in search of the camping Holy Family. Those of you who have been reading here for a while, may remember my previous hilarity at the sight of a suburban creche scene installed in a pup tent, apparently for protection from the elements. Alas, these neighbors seem to have moved out, for their yard is now the picture of tastefulness. I am seriously bummed.

Fortunately, you don�t have to look too far in suburbia to find the tacky and sometimes the downright bizarre. Like the yard full of inflatable Homer Simpsons dressed as Santas that are deflated during the day, making the yard resemble a balloon factory explosion. Nothing says Christmas like flaccid Homers. So you can imagine my joy to find that just around the corner from the former site of the camping Holy Family, the Holy Family is having a barbecue! On tacky green plastic lawn furniture! Yes, the luminous Holy Family is propped up in the kind of green plastic lawn chairs you can find at Walmart for $5 apiece. Baby Jesus, not being quite big enough for his own chair, is displayed like garage sale merchandise on a small plastic table. They are huddled in a corner of a tract house porch next to the grill, possibly for warmth, possibly for improved access to the brats. Who brought the brewskis?


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