Agree or Disagree?: Inflatable yard Christmas decor is tacky

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don't make me happy. They remind me of all the junk people buy at the holidays and how much of it winds up in landfills and also how much oil and fuel gets used up shipping it to people's homes so they can do this stuff. I get some people use them year after year, but some people don't, and also it becomes another thing that people compete over so what starts as one house with a few tacky inflatables because entire neighborhoods full of them. Yes it is bad for the environment.

Also, there are lots of ways to make kids smile. You can hug them! Bake some cookies! Say you love them! You really do not have to buy a generator and a $100 piece of tacky plastic on Amazon to make your child smile during the holiday season.

Sorry to be a killjoy. I love holidays and celebrating with family and friends and enjoying food and I even like plenty of decorations, just not the plastic crap ones, and the yard inflatables are sort of the poster child for "plastic Christmas crap." I'm not a grinch but I can't get behind these.

Apology accepted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I appreciate the people decorate differently. I think inflatables are tack....hold on....my lighted Costco reindeer just fell over.

I love you.

[Anonymous]

I don't put up the yard inflatables for me, I do it for the little kids. The magic of the season, you know? Never mind, OP. You don't get it. Just put up your lifeless wreath and call it good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why can't people do what makes them and their children happy? Without being subjected to your snobby judgement.

You are entitled to your trashy inflatables, and I am entitled to my judgement of your trashy inflatables. We both win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can't people do what makes them and their children happy? Without being subjected to your snobby judgement.

You are entitled to your trashy inflatables, and I am entitled to my judgement of your trashy inflatables. We both win.

And I’m entitled to judge you for being a petty jerk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They don't make me happy. They remind me of all the junk people buy at the holidays and how much of it winds up in landfills and also how much oil and fuel gets used up shipping it to people's homes so they can do this stuff. I get some people use them year after year, but some people don't, and also it becomes another thing that people compete over so what starts as one house with a few tacky inflatables because entire neighborhoods full of them. Yes it is bad for the environment.

Also, there are lots of ways to make kids smile. You can hug them! Bake some cookies! Say you love them! You really do not have to buy a generator and a $100 piece of tacky plastic on Amazon to make your child smile during the holiday season.

Sorry to be a killjoy. I love holidays and celebrating with family and friends and enjoying food and I even like plenty of decorations, just not the plastic crap ones, and the yard inflatables are sort of the poster child for "plastic Christmas crap." I'm not a grinch but I can't get behind these.

Coming from a person who probably has a too big of a house and hires out lawn care...

[Anonymous]

I dunno. I just came in from outside. A dad was walking his two kids home from somewhere. The 4 or 5 year old hit the corner to our street and shrieked "Daddy, there's a SANTA on the chimney! See the SANTA!" He started jumping up and down, he was soooooooo excited. And I looked up. Sure enough my neighbor had an inflatable Santa up on his room trying to stuff himself down the chimney. I don't know if inflatables are tacky or not but hearing the excitement in that little boy's voice certainly made me smile!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can't people do what makes them and their children happy? Without being subjected to your snobby judgement.

You are entitled to your trashy inflatables, and I am entitled to my judgement of your trashy inflatables. We both win.

And I’m entitled to judge you for being a petty jerk.

Yep, you certainly are. Only difference is I am not at all triggered by your judgement of me, but you are triggered by my judgement of you, lol

[Anonymous]

I just bought one for the first time. I love it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why can't people do what makes them and their children happy? Without being subjected to your snobby judgement.

You are entitled to your trashy inflatables, and I am entitled to my judgement of your trashy inflatables. We both win.

And I’m entitled to judge you for being a petty jerk.

Yep, you certainly are. Only difference is I am not at all triggered by your judgement of me, but you are triggered by my judgement of you, lol

Seems like inflatables "trigger" you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dunno. I just came in from outside. A dad was walking his two kids home from somewhere. The 4 or 5 year old hit the corner to our street and shrieked "Daddy, there's a SANTA on the chimney! See the SANTA!" He started jumping up and down, he was soooooooo excited. And I looked up. Sure enough my neighbor had an inflatable Santa up on his room trying to stuff himself down the chimney. I don't know if inflatables are tacky or not but hearing the excitement in that little boy's voice certainly made me smile!

I hated those things until ……..I had a kid. There is nothing more exciting for little kids than the inflatables at Halloween and Christmas. I will be doing inflatables for the rest of my life just to witness the pure joy and excitement of neighborhood kids when they spot it.

[Anonymous]

It's fun to look at when you're not the one buying it, installing and storing it, and it's not on your property. We're not talking elegance and grace, here, or environmentally-friendly.

So I'm going with "fun", not "tacky".

[Anonymous]

I hate them. It's just pure ugliness. And no, I'm not OP and yes, I have kids. When I grew up this trash didn't exist and I can't say I missed something existential in my childhood.

[Anonymous]

Remember the DCUM poster who found out her husband was having an affair, so she went to the Other Woman's house with a knife...and slashed all her Christmas inflatables?

[Anonymous]

OP you would love my mother's house! She has 15 inflatable snowmen (the largest is 18 feet tall) BUT she keeps them all in her back yard. They're just "for her" and she doesn't want people to drive by the house creeping on her house.