DECK THE HALLS

Lafayette Square is one of the oldest neighborhoods in STL with its original housing stock. Almost all of the 19th Century residences have been lovingly restored. Most of them have beautiful holiday decorations. Note the trees in the center windows of the upper floors. We are invited to a New Year's Eve party at one around the corner and I hope we can make it.               

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM ST. LOUIS

AT LEAST ONE THING ISN'T SCARY

 

I don't remember things being like this when we moved into our home thirty-plus years ago, Sure, some houses had fancy Christmas decorations but now other holidays are pretty crazy, Halloween first among them. This is down the street from us and the view is only half the yard. The display does have one very redeeming feature. There are other houses that are crazier. We only do a little.                 

Irrational Exuberance

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Younger readers or those outside the US and Canada may not know the novelty Christmas song from decades ago, I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas. Sung by one Yogi Yorgesson with a broad and probably fake Scandinavian accent, it tells a story of uncontrolled behavior brought about by holiday madness. There are lots of examples around this week.

This house in St. Louis' suburbs is far from the craziest but it's not bad. Nothing expresses the spirituality of the season better than an inflatable Homer Simpson wearing a Santa suit on the front lawn. It was tough to decide whether to use this or the color version of the picture on today's post. In the end, I decided the stripped-down version was the stranger of the two.

If you want so see some really outlandish Christmas home decorations, check this set on Flickr. What does it all mean? Semioticians, have at it.