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The sexy Clifton mannequins are back, this time with a Christmas flair

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas... if Christmas looks like an internet comments section. A Lacey man made one of the year’s top memes the theme of his Christmas lights, declaring “These lights didn’t hang themselves... and neither did Epstein,” a reference to the death earlier this year of billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Kevin Gibson took a unique approach to his holiday decorating this year, the third year he’s used memes as a part of his light design. He says he couldn’t resist turning one of the year’s biggest memes into a light display, saying “I just...

As the weather turns from warm summer breezes to brisk chilly nights, the City of Cape May is transformed from a summer paradise to a winter wonderland. Numerous bed and breakfasts are decorated to the nines as holiday lights outline the beauty of the Victorian homes. Trees along the Washington Street Mall shine bright, lighting the way for shoppers looking for that perfect gift. A thirty-foot tree, decorated with colorful lights, is the centerpiece at Congress Hall. People bundled up in heavy coats -- appropriately dressed for a cold Thursday evening -- wandered the resort's annual Winter Wonderland that features...

The People’s House gets a holiday akeover....Drumthwacket, the official residence of the Governor of New Jersey, is dressed up and ready for visitors this holiday season. Garden clubs from around the state decorated rooms for the “Holiday Open House 2019” at the mansion in Princeton, presented by The Drumthwacket Foundation. A bust of George Washington wears a festive bow tie and Caesar Augustus looks ready for a walk in the woods. "Phil and I look forward to the tradition of opening the People’s House and sharing this joyful season with all New Jerseyans,” said First Lady Tammy Murphy, wife of...

Santa survived, as did the toy soldier, a snowman, a Menorah and other huge inflatable decorations that fill the front lawn of Marietta City Councilman Van Pearlberg’s home. But a huge white bear holding a dreidel didn’t fare so well — suffering a large slice to the back. A blow-up policeman, pulling a Santa over for speeding, lies on its side. Four teenagers were arrested by Marietta police for “grinching” — allegedly using a machete to destroy some of the inflatables. Marietta police caught the group of teens running from the home shortly before 3 a.m., before they could destroy...

72-year-old fights off man who trashed Christmas decorations BY RICHARD WEIR and DAVE GOLDINER DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Thursday, November 29th 2007, 4:00 AM A grinch-like robber was nabbed after he attacked a 72-year-old Westbury man as he strung Christmas lights in his front yard, cops said Wednesday. Santos Zelaya, 21, followed Reinaldo Herrera inside his house on Fifth Ave., put a BB gun to his head and trashed his living room tree and biblical figurines, police say. "Jesus, Mary and the wise men all fell to the ground," said Detective Lt. Raymond Cote. "He smashed up the Nativity scene."...

A Hoffman Estates man said Sunday that he is recovering from the minor injuries suffered when he was dragged by a car carrying youths who stomped on and broke pieces of the Christmas display that has illuminated his yard for 17 years. "There was about seven or eight boys just absolutely destroying our Christmas decorations," he said. "Just stomping, ripping and breaking them to pieces." OBrill, 46, of the 4000 block of Winston Drive, said he stood in front of one of the two vehicles that the vandals jumped into. "I got in front of the first car, thinking it...

The President has spent Christmas at Camp David as has become his tradition tomorrow he will travel to his Ranch in Crawford to spend a few days there before returning to the White House As there are no new photos today I thought I would do a special on White House decorations since 2001. Each year the White House is deorated beatitfully for the festive season. This year sees the 6th one since George W Bush has been President. Today lets look at each year and the wonderful photos and themes portrayed - enjoy. Probably the most difficult one was...

Carson Williams has achieved what many men dream of — being featured in a beer commercial. Williams' elaborate Christmas light display, which was so popular it snarled traffic in his Deerfield Twp. neighborhood, was featured in a Miller Lite beer commercial Monday on ESPN. Miller Brewing Co. representatives filmed the musically synchronized show earlier this month for the spot. Williams pulled the plug on his display, which synchronized 25,000 lights to music over FM radio, because of traffic concerns. He gained nationwide prominence for creating the display and was featured in several television programs. Williams and Miller Brewing representatives could...

(NOTE: Complete set of pictures are at referenced site above) I've "finished" my lights for this year, I put a couple at my blog but I couldn't get picture links to work from there so I've put them up on my "maj.com" picture site (which I only have because I use "brickshelf.com" to host a few lego pictures.....). In this picture, you see the house as it looks as you approach it on the road. I've moved the flag to the roof, to get it out of the way of a new tree but also it is much more prominent....

Holiday Display Shows Bleeding Rudolph Hanging From Tree POSTED: 7:27 am EST December 15, 2005 ORLANDO, Fla. -- A holiday display is getting some negative attention from neighbors. A homeowner's display in the Hunter's Creek subdivision features Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer hanging from a tree. One red light represents Rudolph's nose and the rest appear to be blood draining from its body. One red light represents its nose and the rest appear to be blood draining from Rudolph's body. The display represents a hunting technique called field dressing, which is what hunters do to a deer they kill, but many...

(To save money, people are cutting out or cutting back) Afraid of being iced by expensive electric bills, some business districts and homeowners around Milwaukee - including some in the sightseers' favorite Candy Cane Lane neighborhood - are changing their Christmas light-hanging ways this season. Some are stringing fewer lights; others are delaying hanging them. The City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee Downtown, the business improvement district, are converting to energy-efficient lights. "People are doing anything to save on energy," said Ed Staples, co-owner of Staples Bros. Paint & Hardware store at N. 34th and W. Burleigh streets. Sales of Christmas...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- Everyone celebrates religion and holidays in their own individual ways, but currently there are questions about whether the two should be more connected. One of the latest places involved in the controversy is a McDonald's restaurant in Raleigh.The sign at McDonald's on the corner of Falls of Neuse and Spring Forest Road reads: "Merry Christmas, Jesus is the Reason for the Season." It is a holiday message that Amanda Alpert thinks comes on a little too strongly. "It offends me because it specifically talks about Jesus, Merry Christmas. It doesn't give credit to anyone else," Alpert said....

Everyone celebrates religion & holidays in their own individual ways, but currently there are questions abouth whether the two should be more connected. One of the latest places involved in the controversy is a McDonald's restaurant in Raleigh. The sign at McDonald's on the corner of Falls of Neuse & Spring Forrest Road reads: "Merry Christmas. Jesus is the reason for the season." It is a holiday message that Amanda Alpert thinks comes on a little too strongly.

Huntington officials worked all night readying staff for the coming snow, but instead they woke up to a different storm Friday: a local lawyer sued to remove a nativity scene from the town's public lawn and stop Friday's Christmas tree-lighting ceremony. Mitchell Pashkin, 39, an attorney from Huntington, filed his suit in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, saying the nativity scene, Christmas tree and two signs on the Village Green that read "Peace on Earth" violated his constitutional rights because of their religious overtones. The display -- at the corner of Park Avenue and Route 25A -- included a...

It was only the first of December, but at Debbie Kennedy's Gladwyne home the lights were up, the wreaths were on the windows, and the porch was decked with garland. Branches of fresh cedar and noble fir adorned the china cabinet, the mantel, the top of an imposing painting, and a grandfather clock. A fresh tree stood decorated with pinecones, hand-painted ceramic balls, tiny birds, and sculptural-looking bare branches. Kennedy's secret for getting so far ahead of the holiday-decorating game? Waterloo Gardens' Christmas department, whose six-person crew spent half a day at her house. "It would have taken me days...

Take a look at this Christmas display. I don't know what I think of the peace sign, but still entertaining

Weston, WI - Late yesterday afternoon after receiving a demand letter from Liberty Counsel, the D.C. Everest School District reversed course and decided not to censor religious themes from a student-sponsored, homeroom door decorating competition. From December 12-14, students will be participating in the "Winter Spirit Week Door Decorating Contest sponsored by the Student Council. But in a December 7, 2005, Weekly Bulletin, the D.C. Everest Senior High School told students that no religious Christmas themes were permitted. The Bulletin stated that the doors can be decorated to depict "[a]ny winter scene," so long as there are "[n]o religious ties."...

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To get into the Christmas spirit, the following are pictures of the season. Please feel free to add any from your own town/city/state/country/world. That should cover it. :-)Clifton Mill, OH Epcot Center Hotel Colorado, Glenwood Springs Redstone, CO