Yard Inflatables... yeah or nay??

[kdibattista]

I always thought they were horrendously tacky but now, I'm not so sure. I think it was because I would see the same inflatable polar bear on every other lawn but now it seems like there are so many different ones. I don't know... do you think they are gaudy?

I must be on a holiday decorating kick

 

[Barb D]

I'm not a fan.

 

[chrissyk]

I love them! We have 2 for Halloween and 1 for XMas. We'll be getting more XMas ones if I have my way

 

[monkeyboy]

like a giant noid?

 

[palmtreegirl]

I like them. They're cute and easy to set up.

 

[camreesmom]

I guess we like them because we have so many little ones in our extended family and they really get a kick out of them. DH won the Christmas lighting contest in our community the last three years. We just moved to a new neighborhood (different town in the same area) and all of my co-workers joked that our old neighbors were probably happy that someone else would get a chance to win this year.

 

[cardaway]

Huge nay IMO. They are very tacky looking IMO and look even worse deflated. I wish our association had a rule against them.

 

[Lil_Tink]

Are you talking about the bouncing castles?

If so I think they are nice for Birthday parties and kid parties but not just for everyday sorta thing.

 

[Aimeedyan]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What she said.

 

[Fitswimmer]

What they said. I think they look silly, especially the Christmas ones that are already up and lit. Good grief people, it's not even Thanksgiving yet!!

 

[Robinrs]

My sister lives in a townhome community and every year there is a fight to the finish with Christmas decorations! One lady put up an inflatable snowman that was almost as tall and wide as the townhouse!!

It looked utterly ridiculous! We called it the snowman who ate the house!

That said, if it's a HUGE yard and it doesn't look out of place I think it's cute.

 

[Papa Deuce]

how do you get them back in the box?

 

[NewJersey]

Horribly tacky.

 

[Sthronds]

I'm not a fan but it's basically because they freak me out when they wave in the wind.

 

[Mandabella]

I think they say "I'm too tired to really decorate my house for the holidays, so I'm just going to put this huge thing on the lawn and call it a day."

 

[twinklebug]

I like seeing them in other people's yards... they're cute and make takign a ride to see the christmas lights more fun.

In my yard and house however I prefer the white candles in every window, traditional evergreen wreaths with big red bows, and white lights on the garland (think colonial new england style) A huge santa just doesn't go

 

[Kristi1357]

I think they say "I'm too tired to really decorate my house for the holidays, so I'm just going to put this huge thing on the lawn and call it a day."

They are so incredibly tacky!
We always are saying we "will not be blow-up people!"

My DH does an amazing job with Christmas lights on our house. He even won first place last year in the decorating contest for our city. I think it takes alot more creativity to light your house the 'normal' way than to throw out some blow-up contraption on the lawn. This year, we are changing our lights to make the house look like a gingerbread house. We have lots of candy cane & reg. candy lights we bought last year after Christmas. Can't wait!

My DS loves the gosh darn blow up thingies though!

 

[Not so Dumbo]

I like them...in someone else's yard. I don't want to have to worry about chasing them down the street everytime the wind blows hard.

 

[KingTryton]

IMO you can never have too many yard decorations!