The holiday season is upon us…

I braved Black Friday with my sister-in-law for the second time in a row. There’s something absolutely CRAZY about venturing out at 6:00 in the morning to go shop. I love shopping for my children, but shopping for adults is really hard. I think you get to a point where you just don’t need anything. It’s more fun to buy things like tickets to see a musical or “event” types of gifts.

We started decorating our house for Christmas. I actually am one of the sick, demented people who really enjoys decorating. We have garlands strung along the banisters of the stairs with ribbon and lights. I have wreaths on the outdoor windows and my Christmas tree is up. I keep trying to convince my husband to hang icicle lights around the windows and on the roof of our house. For whatever reason, the man is reluctant to climb a twenty-foot ladder, dangling above certain death. Huh. Wonder why?

So I am resigned to stringing colored lights on the bushes and casting envious looks at the illuminated reindeer that my neighbors have put up. Some people go all out and have inflatable snow globes with real snow blowing inside. And there are the crazy neighbors who look like they need to charge admission to see the thousands of lights they’ve put up.

What kind of holiday decorations do you put up? And what are the tackiest decorations you’ve seen?