I Guess It Ain't Over Yet!

I guess Christmas isn't over in central Tennessee. I don't think it's over until the Christmas decorations come down within the city. Especially this one.  After I took the picture, it dawned on me that kids (those in their twenties, not those 1-19) probably have no idea of the significance of pink elephants. So they probably have no idea that it really isn't a good thing to see a pink elephant, on skis, with a Santa hat. Click on the photo for a better view.

This is what I was looking for!

Yesterday, with our balmy, non-rainy weather [first time in a week?] DH and I went out exploring the neighborhoods for Christmas lights. All I can say, is that there is no neighborhood that we can get to easily that has gone reindeer-wild on lights. You know what I mean? Those neighborhoods where there are so many lights, the space shuttle could find it. We found the odd house here and there that was decked out like mine, in a mild fashion, but nothing that really says "A really outrageous Christmas decorator lives here."

Until we drove to Algood. Let me say this about Algood, it is so small they share our zip code. As usual, DH made a wrong turn that turned out to be the right turn, because where our little misguided turn ended was at a house that was so fully decked out, it was amazing. And did I have my camera with me? No, I only had the camera phone. Unfortunately, Santa, who was out waving to passers-by did not show up in the pictures.

Well, the Outside is Christmasfied

Finally, the outside lights are all up. The weather on Tuesday was perfect, if a bit windy, to hang the light clips on the gutters and put up the icicle lights. I had two strands of white lights left, so I put those on the deck, so that is decked out too.

The top picture is the deck - the lights reflect nicely off the grill, don't they? The other picture is the front of the house.

What A Weekend

The Christmas decorations are up! Yay. The final touch was something to put our Christmas cards in. Found a cute little gift box at Hobby Lobby and now it is mostly complete. I was unsuccessful in searching for something to raise up the Snow Village portion that is on top of my bookcases. And the dining room is curiously unholiday like. I might have to do something about that!