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To: Corin Stormhands

You know... my family has a tradition. Every year we go looking for the most... um... well, "tacky" is the way we put it, Christmas house display. We always say we're looking for the "Griswald Award Winner".

I guarantee you, the flamingo of lights would win. Doesn't matter if that's the only thing in the yard.

Though... you know... I could see it sitting out on my balcony, almost...


3,976 posted on 11/26/2004 6:38:39 PM PST by JenB (I'll be home for Christmas...)
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To: JenB
Every year we go looking for the most... um... well, "tacky" is the way we put it, Christmas house display.

Heh...in Richmond the "Tacky House Light Tour" is a business. You can rent a limo. The newspapers and TV stations publish the "best" houses. It gets to be a contest.

I'll likely never get there since it would involve lights on the roof.

It started because "old" Richmond has the tradition of only the white lights in the windows of the colonial homes. Granted, that's nice. But folks got bored with that.

3,986 posted on 11/26/2004 7:09:51 PM PST by Corin Stormhands (It's beginning to look a lot like RamaHanuKwanzMas)
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