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martip's polar bear post with my wife. Her reaction was an immediate and enthusiastic "I want one, too!" Which I guess sets our household firmly against the prevailing demographics, as I'm inclined to think such decorations are a bit tacky. In any case, I quickly quelled any impending plans to acquire a similar display for our yard by reminding my wife about our unfortunate history with lawn decorations.
Shortly after buying this house, we came into possession of a lighted nativity set (I can't remember if it was a gift, or if we purchased it). We attempted to display the set for several years. The first year, someone stole the infant figure during the night. My wife was pregnant with one of the Qgeeklets, and when she notice the missing figure, she called the neighbor and announced "Someone stole my baby!"
It took some effort, but eventually we were able to replace the infant figure (without having to buy an entire new set). We survived a couple of years without further incident, but then our nocturnal visitors returned. Not only did they take the infant, but our Virgin Mother figure vanished as well. They also attempted to take additional figures as well, but apparently left in a bit of a rush, as we found them scattered across the lawn and one of the Wise Men was in the ditch along the road about half a block away.
That was the final straw. As much as I really would prefer to have a Nativity display, we decided it wasn't worth the aggravation of worrying about the vandals. So now I limit my outdoor decorations to some icicle lights along the front of the porch, some multicolored lights in the azalea bushes in front of the porch, and a wreath with a red bow on each porch column. At least our history with vandals gives me ammunition to fight any trends towards tackiness in our decorating efforts.
martip's polar bear post with my wife. Her reaction was an immediate and enthusiastic "I want one, too!" Which I guess sets our household firmly against the prevailing demographics, as I'm inclined to think such decorations are a bit tacky. In any case, I quickly quelled any impending plans to acquire a similar display for our yard by reminding my wife about our unfortunate history with lawn decorations.Shortly after buying this house, we came into possession of a lighted nativity set (I can't remember if it was a gift, or if we purchased it). We attempted to display the set for several years. The first year, someone stole the infant figure during the night. My wife was pregnant with one of the Qgeeklets, and when she notice the missing figure, she called the neighbor and announced "Someone stole my baby!"
It took some effort, but eventually we were able to replace the infant figure (without having to buy an entire new set). We survived a couple of years without further incident, but then our nocturnal visitors returned. Not only did they take the infant, but our Virgin Mother figure vanished as well. They also attempted to take additional figures as well, but apparently left in a bit of a rush, as we found them scattered across the lawn and one of the Wise Men was in the ditch along the road about half a block away.
That was the final straw. As much as I really would prefer to have a Nativity display, we decided it wasn't worth the aggravation of worrying about the vandals. So now I limit my outdoor decorations to some icicle lights along the front of the porch, some multicolored lights in the azalea bushes in front of the porch, and a wreath with a red bow on each porch column. At least our history with vandals gives me ammunition to fight any trends towards tackiness in our decorating efforts.
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