Seasonal Extremes

There are always those who try to out do others at Christmas, usually in giving extravagant presents, or in the level of decorations outside their houses.

Giant Santa - Big As A House

I took this picture near where I live, and where Christmas house decoration has been getting decidedly competitive in recent years. I think this monster Santa was the easy winner.

Santa's Sidelnes

At this time of year we usually see a spate of 'Bad Santa' stories in the press, and indeed I have featured many of these in this Blog over the years.

Bad Santa News Reports

But this year has been remarkably free of 'Bad Santa's', and even the Elves have been pretty good .... this was the best (or worst) that I could find.