the sleppys

Dear Giant Inflatable Snow Globe Owner,

I admire your festive sense. While the majority of the neighborhood waits timidly aside for the arrival of Christmas, you decorate your yard with an enormous, plastic, 100 volt round thing that reminds passersby that it’s not Christmas without snow. At night, while I drive past hundreds of unlit houses, your yard is like a beacon of blowing snow, guiding me through the dark streets, a whirring motor that serves as a fog horn.

Did you know that you spent one hundred dollars on an eye sore? It’s a good thing that you want to celebrate the season. Can you do it without the fake snow? Without the plastic snowman? It’s like you have put a round blender on your lawn and chopped up a trash bag inside. Perhaps you can put that thing in your backyard where only the people who are living with you can see it. Your closest neighbors might be insulted by the motor’s ruckus, so maybe you should just get rid of it.

Thanks and Merry Holidays,

Mom

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