Since writing my last Christmas Lamentations, I've been watching the houses and buildings throughout our region sprout star bright twinkle lights. The variations on the theme: Lawn and Building Holiday Decorations...run the gamete from tasteful to gaudy, and everything in between. My jaded eye has actually been recently inspired to play with phrases and begin working on some strange poem about all this stuff.
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12/16/2005, by S. Weisflock:
In my neighborhood:
Forests of twinkle lighted spiral wire trees grow up over night, competing for space with the living ones.
Twinkle light robotic deer-in-motion amble ever so slowly through the wire tree forests, cautiously looking about.
Twinkle lighted candycane fences built along sidewalk edges, either fence the deer in...or out...I'm not sure which.
Plastic lighted Jesus, Mary, and Joseph are oblivious to the gathering lighted herds, although blow-up giant Santa seems aware as he keeps watch by night.
As the deer move on, the welcoming billowing Snowmen, Sponge Bob, and Packer Football Player bob greetings in the night...only to deflate to silent sheets on the grass by morning.
And are joined in daylight by white wire framed deer and spiral tree sculpture awaiting the magical nightfall to come again with the breath of light.
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May the true spirit of Christmas find you, somewhere beyond the lighted forests, herds, blow-up dolls, and plastic Jesus'.
S~
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I agree, up to a point, that there are some displays out there which hover between the ludicrous and the insane. There are some, however (all together too few I'll admit) which are just so tasteful and simple that it is difficult if not impossible to get mad at the people who display them. There is one house on the east side of Madison which has a huge (at least 8 1/2 high) in thier front yard. Thier lighting is a simple spotlight from the bottom and a star in top. It could be considered gilding the lily, but it's gilded so nicely.
Stephen Lee Rich
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