"Seasonal decorations can be as over-the-top as the neighbors want to make them -- and some of them have a lot of trashy fun..."

Same in my neighborhood. I still applaud the fellow who, in response to all the six-foot-tall inflatable Santas/elves/reindeer, went out and got an enormous inflatable menorah--the thing was big enough to kill and eat passers-by--and covered every available surface in blue and white lights.