In Lubbock, Christmas decorations aren\u2019t just decorations; they\u2019re like…a competitive sport or something. Some cities have Christmas spirit, but we have Christmas bragging rights.\u00a0In certain neighborhoods, it’s like, you either go big, go wild, or spend December explaining to your neighbors why your house looks like you\u2019re in the witness protection program.<\/p>\n
Photo by Eric Perez<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n The truth is, once that first cold front hits (or the dust storm that pretends to be one), something inside a West Texan snaps. Suddenly, we\u2019re in the aisles of Walmart debating whether 15,000 twinkle lights are \u201ctoo much\u201d when we know, deep down, that limit does not exist. Electricity bills double. HOAs send strongly-worded letters…<\/p>\n Read More:\u00a0What To Expect At Lubbock’s New Downtown Park Opening<\/a><\/p>\n And yet, when we plug it all in, and the house glows like a radioactive gingerbread man, the world is in order. Everything feels right. Kids are joyous. People are cheering in the streets. God smiles or whatever. It’s bliss.<\/p>\n Photo by Juliana Malta<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n But overdecorating in Lubbock comes with risks, and not just the risk of your uncle saying, \u201cLooks like Clark Griswold threw up on your lawn.\u201d No, I\u2019m talking dry-ass grass from almost no rain all year long, which is HIGHLY flammable. We’ve all got that one extension cord that looks kind of iffy. That’s because it is. Throw it away now while you’re thinking about it. AND then, of course, the wind, which yeets Santa inflatables across the neighborhood. The combination of the two is a Christmas horror film in the making.<\/p>\n Still, we do it. We risk it for the biscuit. Year after year. We staple lights to shingles like overeager DIY surgeons. We hammer rebar into the ground so our inflatables don\u2019t end up in Plainview. We pretend we read the wattage limits. We lie straight to our own faces.<\/p>\n Photo by Kevin Fitzgerald<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n Because at the end of the day, Lubbock is pretty dang ugly, and it’s nice to see it twinkle and shine at least once a year, even if it means risking the safety of the entire neighborhood (or city, for that matter).<\/p>\n I’m giving us a solid 2 thumbs up in the festive department! Be careful out there, friends, and keep scrolling for more silly Lubbock ramblings in the galleries below…<\/p>\n Inside Lubbock\u2019s Craigslist: What Your Neighbors Are Really Up To<\/p>\n Well, this was somehow better AND worse than I expected. How does that happen?<\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy <\/p>\n The Seven Deadly Sins of a Lubbock Tailgate Party<\/p>\n If you want to get into heaven, you have to follow this tailgating code in Lubbock. I’m sorry. I don’t make the rules, but your salvation depends on them. <\/p>\n Gallery Credit: Chrissy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In Lubbock, Christmas decorations aren\u2019t just decorations; they\u2019re like…a competitive sport or something. Some cities have Christmas spirit,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[168,170,169],"class_list":{"0":"post-77637","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lubbock","8":"tag-lubbock","9":"tag-lubbock-headlines","10":"tag-lubbock-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77637"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77637\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}