Agree or Disagree?: Inflatable yard Christmas decor is tacky

[Anonymous]

I used to dislike them, but now I’m on board with “tacky and fun/awesome”. Especially when people get creative or have some kind of theme. Like the one house in our neighborhood that goes all out with a “Christmas in the tropics” theme, with inflatable palm trees, flamingoes in Santa hats, Santa on a surfboard, reindeer lounging in beach chairs with sunglasses on. It’s awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Several neighbors have inflatable Christmas decor in their front yard, and it is so tacky blowing around in the wind. Does anyone else find this method of decorating tacky and cheap looking?

SO WHAT! It's fun and festive. And puts a smile on most peoples' faces, including mine. I don't have inflatables but i love the homes that do.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

I really think they're tacky and I don't find them fun. I prefer lights. My kids like them, and I'll drive them around to look at them in others' yards. But personally, I think they're tacky and it's not happening at our house, sorry not sorry.

[Anonymous]

We had one about a decade ago that my then-toddler LOVED. We added 2 more and kept it at that for years until the neighborhood kid told us she loved her inflatables and wished she could have some, but her mom said they were tacky. So yeah, I don't actually love inflatables but my yard is full of them.

[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.

Omg. You must be so painful in real life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Omg. You must be so painful in real life.

Lol. “Sorry kids. No inflatable Rudolph. How bout a hug instead?”

[Anonymous]

I think most people who use them know they're tacky but they're tacky in an ironic way. They've taken on a life of their own like the Ugly Christmas Sweater. It's fun and while we will never do it, I enjoy seeing them in other peoples' yards.

[Anonymous]

+1 for both fun and tacky. If it was up to me only, I wouldn’t have them at my house but DH loves them (and keeps wanting to buy more) and the kids get a kick out of them too. They also enjoy walking around and seeing the neighbors.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

Tacky but fun.

My favorite tackiest was Homer Simpson in a Santa Claus suit in a sleigh on top of a house in my old neighborhood.

But the one that cracked me up every time I passed it was a big inflatable manger scene. Joseph looked exactly like the lumberjack Yukon Cornelius from the old Rudolph TV special.

[Anonymous]

Love it! We tour certain neighborhoods every year just to see the displays.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tacky but fun.

My favorite tackiest was Homer Simpson in a Santa Claus suit in a sleigh on top of a house in my old neighborhood.

But the one that cracked me up every time I passed it was a big inflatable manger scene. Joseph looked exactly like the lumberjack Yukon Cornelius from the old Rudolph TV special.

An inflatable nativity scene is the epitome of tacky.

[Anonymous]

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

[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.

I guarantee you are guilty of being wasteful too. So get off your high horse.