It’s October – that means that the time of “Tacky Seasonal Decorations” is upon us. This year, the Big House O’ Inflatables has added to their Hallowe’en collection by adding a big scary lawn spider and a giant Homer Simpson wearing a skeleton costume.
I was on my way home after church, feeling a bit low and anxious but hopeful
(more on that later) but felt much cheered and uplifted after seeing the inspirational sight of a 12 foot Homer, not to mention a spider big enough to be Shelob‘s stunt double.
Next month, of course, the Harvest Season will be the theme. Also, I’m wondering if there will be some sort of homage to Election Day or not (they could probably make do with the Uncle Sam/Eagle combo they had up for 4th of July. Last year, I think there was a turkey in a Pilgrim collar and hat, and also a Horn O’ Plenty. It would be pretty amusing if they had a Kerry/Bush confrontation reimagined as giant blow-up Rock’em Sock’em Robots. That’d be good (Hey, I knocked his block off!)
Also, in December we’ll be watching to see if the count of Secular vs. Sacred Winter Holiday Symbols will be even or biased one way or the other. In previous years, the Sacred is always more heavily represented until after Christmas, then the Secular takes over through New Year’s Day. As in previous years, I expect that we’ll now have some sort of inflatable displayed at TBHO’I through the end of July, unless they come up with a new holiday for August.
Here is Steve at our recent outing to Brookfield Zoo, with a unique way to take tea for busy people on the go.