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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-03 08:28 AM
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Fourth annual "Tacky Christmas Decoration" thread!
For the fourth year, I'm accepting inputs of really tacky Christmas decorations, that you've seen.

There's only one rule: It can't be a hand-made item.
It has to be manufactured, that way you know there are many more of those horrible things out there.

The winners were-

A cartoony lighthouse with an animated face, about a foot and a half tall, that sang Christmas Carols in a "Las Vegas Lounge Singer" (just imagine Bill Murray's lounge singer sketch) style.

"Billy Bass" with a Santa Hat stapled on it's head and singing Christmas tunes.

A Nativity scene, using the Scooby-Doo characters.

(BTW, all of these were seen at Wal-Mart, so that should tell you something...) :-)

Any entries yet?
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-03 08:31 AM
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1. Are you kidding?
A Nativity scene, using the Scooby-Doo characters.

That's pretty tacky. :eyes:
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-03 08:35 AM
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2. Oh yeah.
Wally's though got so many gripes about it they pulled it from the shelves a month before Christmas.
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-03 09:04 AM
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5. Sheesh--you win! At least for now . . .
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-03 10:20 AM
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7. Jinkies... it's Jesus
That's not Jesus, it's Old Man Hansen...

And I would have gotten away with it too if it weren't for you meddling kids...
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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-03 08:36 AM
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3. Patriotic Santa gnome ornament thingy
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Archae Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-03 08:37 AM
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4. That one is bad...
But not REALLY bad.

Now, if that gnome had Bush*'s face... :wow: :puke:
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scarlet_owl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-03 10:14 AM
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6. How about the one where Santa is kneeling
before the Christ child in his manger? That creeps me out.

:scared:

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spinbaby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-03 12:26 PM
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8. I haven't seen that one
What do you suppose the religious significance is?
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grannylib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-29-03 12:45 PM
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9. Santa at the manger
I think it is MEANT to show that the commercialism of Christmas should take a distant second to the religious significance, but I agree, it is creepy. Something really WRONG about marketing an ornament meant to denigrate commercialism, ya know what I mean??O8)
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