When I was a kid, we used to drive around our suburb looking at peoples’ Christmas light displays. We lived near one of those cul-de-sacs that went full HAM when it came to Christmas decorations, and people would come from all over to have a sticky beak. Santa would always come by in a firetruck, roads were closed so families could walk around wearing glowsticks and Santa hats, it was a whole thing.
One year we were driving past one of the less populated streets, and one front yard display really caught our eye. There were your standard lights, reindeer, you know, your regular Christmas decorations. But standing pride of place in the middle of this yard was a LARGER than life-size angel. This in and of itself would have been impressive, but some genius — an engineer, I assume, or some kind of scientist — had somehow figured out how to make the angel wave.
It wasn’t a perfect wave — in fact, it looked suspiciously like a windscreen wiper had been involved somehow, as the arm bent awkwardly back and forth from the elbow — but was it iconic? YES. Yes it was.
It got me thinking — sometimes Christmas decorations can be unbelievably slay, even if they’re not absolutely perfect, flawless constructions. Genuine heart and effort will always shine through on any creative project!
Let us take a guided tour through some of the most iconic Christmas decorations the internet has ever seen. Some of them look as though they’re taken directly from some rich mum’s Pinterest board, some of them are downright cooked. All of them, however, slay the house down boots.
