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Do you decorate for Thanksgiving? You know, that holiday in between Halloween (when we decorate) and Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa (when we decorate). You know--the one with the turkey and the pilgrims and native Americans?
Yeah, that one--the one with the food...and the antacid? Well, believe it or not, when some folks have scarcely gotten down their skeletons and pumpkins others are tacking up turkey lights and pilgrim lamps. Yeah, that's right, you read that correctly.
See, there's this family a few blocks away in my Brooklyn neighborhood who decorate for almost every holiday. They own a brownstone and decorate it from head to toe for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Easter, 4th of July and, yes, Thanksgiving.
I love it that they decorate like this. The put up tons of lights and lit decorations in the windows. They put up decals. They have those tall, thin freestanding lamps of pilgrims or witches or the Clauses or whatever figure is appropriate for the holiday.
And, this is going to sound strange, I know, but it's never tacky. They always do just the right amount and it always looks geometrically appropriate. And, heck--it's cute and fun too.
I also like it that they choose to decorate for Thanksgiving. It's a holiday no one seems to care about anymore. Since the most that can be sold is generally food related and not candy or gift related, Thanksgiving seems to have taken a back seat to other, more profitable holidays.
Well, not with this family. And I'd like to see more of that. So head on down to your local hardware store or wherever it is one would purchase such things and get a glowing turkey decoration for your window. I suggest these because they take up less room than the freestanding pilgrim lamps.
Would that I could get a picture of this house for this blog....
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11-15-2007 @ 4:33PM
Joy said...I really like to decorate for things. Thanksgiving is kind of dull to do but I have knick knacks and window clings and stuff like that. I have never seen what your describing and if I had, I would have gotten lots. I tend to go over the top with stuff like this. I really love Halloween and go way out for Christmas. They seem to have more "stuff" for those two holidays. I do the small holidays too but not to the extreme.
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11-15-2007 @ 9:50PM
bremarie03 said...Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday BECAUSE it's not candy or gift related.
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11-16-2007 @ 11:15AM
Ann Adams said...I like Thanksgiving too and it's a shame it's almost obliterated coming as it does between Halloween and Christmas.
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11-17-2007 @ 4:05PM
Kirstie said...My mom and I love to decorate, and do it for every holiday. Halloween, Christmas, and Easter are the big three, of course, but my mom goes out for everything. :) It's predominately inside the house, but we've got window clings, leaf-shaped lights around the door, a few big pumpkins and a bale of hay outside. (The hay is only there because it's usually a permanent fixture in the backyard; it's an archery target in the Thanksgiving off season!)
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