Most Festive

According to our neighborhood association, that's what our house was. This is an improvement from last year's honorable mention.I decided to take a break from shoveling to let you see what the place looked like before the sun went down completely.

Man, it gets dark fast.


The major additions this year were the red bows on the cornices, the silver tree in the corner, the flickering snowflake between the windows, the "North Pole," and the penguins.

According to the head of the association, it was the penguins that did it.

I wonder if anyone other than my children and I are concerned with this holiday migration of waterfowl to the north pole? Penguins are strictly creatures of the southern hemisphere, yet here they are, donning top hats and toques, and making their way into Christmas decorations.

I'm surprised Lou Dobbs hasn't done a special on these immigrants.




Originally, the penguins were closer to the street, but we had to move them back because of the
constant threat of beign run over by gangs of roaming snowplows.

And what post of mine that involves Christmas would be complete without a shot of our tree? This year we went with a 7' concolor. Only 300 lights this year, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ornaments are relegated to the back, thankfully. Th positioning might change on Christmas Day when Lt. Trouble stops by for his yearly visit.



Hope your days are happy.

yeharr