My House is the Only House on the Street Not Decorated for Christmas

Who are you, OP? Ebeneezer Scrooge?

I assume that your house is in Whoville, OP.

My neighbor on the west has a yard full of blow up Santas, reindeer and other Christmas decorations. Lit up candy-canes line her lawn. I'm not talking about a big lot either. My cousins suggested I get a neon sign saying "ditto" with an arrow pointed towards her yard. (But that might indicated some sort of tacit approval of the tackiness).

r3 I lived in Pasadena last year. You've just described every house on the street.

UK here. My neighbours have their house covered in lights, reindeer and sleigh in the garden, Santa climbing a rope ladder into a bedroom, and all the windows have lights around them. This has been since the beginning of November. Their children will probably be hysterical by the time Christmas comes. In my family decorations only went up for the twelve days of Christmas!

r4. One of the problems is that during the day, the balloon things are deflated, looking like ginormous used condoms littering the lawn. I just sigh. I had a friend that used to say, in a sad voice, "good taste is such a burden".

Your neighbors are probably more concerned about the meth lab, 33 illegitimate children, and the rusted out 73 Chevy that are in your yard the other 355 days of the year, OP.

Is your last name Krank?

You just did, OP.

Decorate for The Saturnalia on the 17th?

Do you live next door to Clark and Ellen Griswold?

Are you the Kranks OP?

OP here, I live on a lovely street and I prefer traditional decorations. It seems like everyone is into garish blowups, and wacky lights now. I want to go for understated elegance; everyone else wants Vegas. I've decided that it's best if I just bow out from decorating.