Christmas Oddities
Isaac was obsessed today with finding another 15 feet of the silver garland he was using on the blue tree this year. We finally found some, I'm happy to say, so he's bearable to be around tonight.
Anyway, our travels took us to Lowe's hardware store where two items in the seasonal shop caught my eye.
One was what they described as a "Tripod Tree", an outdoor decoration (actually, a "pair" in two different sizes) that looked rather like a camera tripod with flashing lights on the legs and a star with hyperactive flashing lights on the top. Trouble for me was that this "tripod" had five legs. I'm not sure I could get past that.
However, the pièce de résistance for me was the "Pre-Lit Soft Tinsel Pig" ("Cochonnet illuminé "), happily labeled for "Indoor and Outdoor Use". Please note: this pig had wings and — oh look, it's in Lowe's online catalog, at least for the moment (here). A further note: the online catalog indicates that the pig is animated. Yours for only $58, presumably only so long as supplies last.
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on Tuesday, 8 December 2009 at 15.48
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$58 !!!! When pigs fly . . . . .