For some years now we have had an unusual Christmas yard decoration that we call “White Trash Christmas”. It usually comprises an “iron Christmas tree” that I made, plus a cheap plastic Santa and a bunch of plastic yard flamingoes lit up from the inside. The flamingoes are the team of “reindeer” that pull Santa’s “sleigh”, which is usually something like a lawnmower or a wheelbarrow.
This year, I could
not make the light strings work for the “iron Christmas tree”, so I just set up the flamingoes and the
Santa. I used a wheelbarrow for the
“sleigh”, complete with a trash sack
representing the bag of toys. This
year, it’s near a security light on the
pole behind, which lighting allows one
to see the details. (Usually the “iron
Christmas tree” performs that lighting function.)
If you look close,
you can see the pipe cleaner “antlers” on the flamingoes. There are ten of these flamingo
“reindeer”: Rudolph out front, the regular eight from the Christmas
story, and Bambi following up
behind. Left to right and front to
rear, the eight are Dasher, Dancer,
Prancer, Vixen, Comet,
Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen.
(Yes, I marked the names on each
of them.)
I took this picture just after sundown, right at the point the camera wanted to use
its flash. This thing is quite striking
to see at night. Enjoy.
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