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Reasons NOT to Get Holiday Inflatables

As I make my way through residential areas to get to the main roads, I've noticed fewer lights up this year, as well as fewer inflatables--but there are still inflatables.

Reasons NOT to have them:

1. What blows up will come down--usually at knife point. Soon, kids will be out of school for the holidays, and become bored. Bored kids = mischief, and all it takes is one kid with a sharp object to bring down an expensive inflatable...or worse--they could STEAL it!

2. I always thought that these inflatables were like beach balls--blow up once, cap off, and done. Hubby tells me there are little fans in them that need to be plugged in and running 24/7 to inflate and KEEP INFLATED these yard monstrosities. Apparently, they're closer to hot air balloons than beach balls. Some are even lit from within by the fan unit. I can hear the meter running from here!

I ask "what's the point?" other than to show off some ineptness in money and energy use. I personally favor non-electric displays you can see in the daytime, like banners, creches, plastic snowflakes hanging in trees, garland draped around front porches, etc., even wreaths on the fence.

Posted by Cute at 8:16 PM

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