Christmas Is Beating the Pants Off the Competition

So as most of you know we decorate for Christmas. No. We don't just decorate. We decorate. We Griswold the shit out of our house, both inside and out. Why? Because we like to. Because it's fun and it's nice to look at and it's completely and disgustingly festive. And because we're awesome. 

My Snowman and the No-L Sign. (No-L. SOUND IT OUT)

Our walkway

Unrelated to amount of decorations we put up, our neighborhood has a Christmas decorating contest each year. Last year we won "best theme" which is funny because we really don't have a theme, unless you consider "quantity" a theme. 

The winners of this year's contest were announced and we won first place overall for best house, PLUS our 5-unit townhome won "best block" of the whole neighborhood. 

Because that's the true meaning of Christmas. Beating the pants off the competition. 

Disclaimer: Like I said, we really didn't put up any more than we normally would have. We didn't even buy additional lights this year like we usually do, except for replacement strands to the ones that stopped working. Also, obviously we know that's not the true meaning of Christmas. We believe in Jesus and family and big dinners and Santa Claus and presents. And lights. And if they want to throw a contest in our general direction then they better be ready to pay up since we're already awesome by default. Save your hate mails. Bah-humbug to you. 

Today's Christmas activity happened to be related to the lighting contest. We put the kids in pajamas as if they were going to bed, but they tossed them in the truck with a blanket, some hot warm chocolate and a rice krispie treat, and we drove around Cape May on the hunt for Christmas lights. The Victorian mansions in town were pretty awesome but it was THIS house heading towards the ferry that won super amazing house of the night. 

I couldn't zoom my lens out far enough. This goes straight back a further 100 feet, plus probably 20 feet to each side of this picture. Plus music and half of these were moving.

I asked Calen which house was his favorite tonight, and he said "the house that has EVERYTHING in it." That pretty much sums it up. 

  



 

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