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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 11:16 AM
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Any Strange Holiday Sights or Decorations?

Has anyone seen any strange decorations or holiday sights this year?

I have. I swear I was riding down the road a couple of hours ago and about wrecked my car.

In a fenced in pasture, I saw three LIVE CAMELS! Hello?!?!?!?! Live camels in South Carolina?

Someone is going all out for their manger scene this year.

Anyone else?
 
Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 01:19 PM
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No, not yet. But maybe I'll dress up the DH as a wise man and make him stand out in the front yard this year
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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 01:24 PM
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Yes! I just saw it...the ultimate Santa house. Everything was Santa...every square inch of the house, yard, roof, fence...you name it! It was on the highway right through our wine area. Wonder how many people will think they have had too much to drink after seeing that
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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 01:31 PM
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Yes, Clay Aiken and Jessica Simpson "singing" downstairs from my office building here in Rockefeller Center. It's so loud that it feels like they're singing outside my door. As I mentioned in another thread, light the damn tree already!!! :-&
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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 01:46 PM
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I have to drive by to get a better look but there is a house nearby that has huge cutouts of what look like cows and flamingos in their yard, covered in lights.
Is this a version of Florida Santa?
LOL
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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 01:55 PM
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GoTravel, your story reminded me of the time I was in NYC in early December a few years ago. Not realizing I was near Radio City Music Hall, I was taken aback by the three camels on the sidewalk. Strange site; camels on a NYC street.
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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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Sorry - on a NYC street no sight is strange. Stay here long enough and you'll see everything - and everyone.

(I once saw a guy try to get on the Broadway local with a stuffed moose head - at rush hour! Fortunately for the riders the antlers(?) wouldn;t fit through the doors without his turning sideways - and there wasn;t room for that.)
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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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HAHAHA re the camels
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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 02:30 PM
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For you NYC dwellers, I was wondering if the Naked Cowboy changes to a more festive colored underwear during the holidays.
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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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Well folks, how about this one. About ten years while visiting relative they said "we are taking you over to our neighbors to see their tree". I thought to myself "hmmm, must be a fantastic tree". I had never met their neighbors.

Would you believe the entire Christmas tree was covered with artifical spiders?

I have never seen anything so gross in my life. We stayed all over 10 minutes.
This baby cousin has always enjoyed playing jokes on me, but really!!!

So camels seem really tame to me.

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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 03:11 PM
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Maybe the camels are for a church's living nativity?

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Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 07:19 PM
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Perhaps Auntiemarie can help me on this one. Last year in Kauai, there was a remarkable display at a house between Kaapa and Princeville.........I know that's a lot of ground...but, saw it from the road, my husband thought I was crazy, then when we found it.......well that was some good holiday electric cheer!!!
 
Old Nov 30th, 2004 | 07:54 PM
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Oh my, Go Travel and Scarlett!
Last night on our walk we were
enjoying all the lights that had
gone up-this house that house-
Petaluma is big on decorating...
When yet to my wondering
eyes did appear 9 pink flamingos
swirled in lights, pulling a sled!!
They all had little white boas
around their necks-good thing as it
was about 40 degrees outside-and Santa was wearing a Hawaiin shirt.
Actually pretty clever!
R5
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Old Dec 1st, 2004 | 06:42 AM
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Oh my goodness Razzledazzle! I must confess that I do have one lighted pink flamingo in my yard! It is under my lit up palm tree!
 
Old Dec 1st, 2004 | 08:51 AM
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Not really strange but the most charming sight I have seen was 5 small kids and a dog flying down a local sledding hill in a plastic wading pool. All grinning from ear to ear with their scarves flying behind them. Or tongue in the dog's case.
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Old Dec 1st, 2004 | 03:48 PM
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Just back from Orlando!! What a great place...what a great mall!

anyway- Around the corner from where I live, a couple who have a house right on the water (perhaps this is why) have put out a completely lit up, Palm tree and............................Alligator!!
Merry Alligator !
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Old Dec 1st, 2004 | 04:07 PM
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Every Christmas, dozens of babies in the mangers are stolen. Today they announced the first that is missing.
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Old Dec 1st, 2004 | 07:38 PM
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Did they put his picture on milk cartons? "Missing: Baby Jesus"
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Old Dec 1st, 2004 | 10:03 PM
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When I lived in W. Palm Beach, Florida, there was this Jewish family who didn't want to be left out of the holiday decorations. The put a GIANT and I mean GIANT dreidel (Channukah spinning top) on the roof of their house. It was so odd looking; I'm surprise someone didn't mistake it for a UFO...In addition, they strunge blue lights along the edge of the roof and put other Channukah stuff in the yard. I'm Jewish (in case you couldn't tell from my nickname. LOL) and had never seen anything quite like it--and I still haven't!
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Old Dec 2nd, 2004 | 04:32 AM
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In Atlanta, there was a house on a major midtown street that every year put out a strange nativity scene and the 3 wise men were lawn jockeys painted with neon glow in the dark paint....
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