I was driving to a garage sale, in a middle-class neighborhood, when I saw my first dead santa on the ground, in front of an otherwise nicely decorated house. Further down that same street I saw a dead snowman, and some dead elves.
I was sure that this was the work of vandals. That people without the Christmas spirit had indeed probably sliced open, or shot BB pellets at these poor, forlorn inflatable forms we see at Christmas. What a way to deflate your Christmas spirit! And this surely did not look like the kind of neighborhood that such things would take place.
Then, later that same day, I went to another garage sale, in an even nicer neighborhood, miles away from the first "killing field." The same thing...dead santas everywhere. And this neighborhood even has a resident cop in their midst. At least the squad car was parked in front of the same house, as was seen on a previous ride through. How could we have so many vandals roaming the streets causing mischief?
Then a light bulb went off!
These inflatable santas, and snowmen, and elves, are all kept inflated due to a small air pump that they're attached to. And to conserve electricity, the home owners are turning off the pumps during the day, hence the inflatables DEFLATE, and thus cause the seeming carnage of dead santas.
It's still an eerie sight, but now I know the cause!
I was sure that this was the work of vandals. That people without the Christmas spirit had indeed probably sliced open, or shot BB pellets at these poor, forlorn inflatable forms we see at Christmas. What a way to deflate your Christmas spirit! And this surely did not look like the kind of neighborhood that such things would take place.
Then, later that same day, I went to another garage sale, in an even nicer neighborhood, miles away from the first "killing field." The same thing...dead santas everywhere. And this neighborhood even has a resident cop in their midst. At least the squad car was parked in front of the same house, as was seen on a previous ride through. How could we have so many vandals roaming the streets causing mischief?
Then a light bulb went off!
These inflatable santas, and snowmen, and elves, are all kept inflated due to a small air pump that they're attached to. And to conserve electricity, the home owners are turning off the pumps during the day, hence the inflatables DEFLATE, and thus cause the seeming carnage of dead santas.
It's still an eerie sight, but now I know the cause!
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