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The Best Inflatable Christmas Decorations for 2011

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Inflatable Christmas Decorations: The Best of the Airblown Bunch for 2011
snow globe inflatable marla showfer christmas house

A well-placed inflatable snow globe coordinates nicely with other holiday decorations at this house in Northern California

Photo © Marla Showfer
The Christmas season brings out the decorator in most of us, and is the one time of year that home dwellers and whole neighborhoods show their holiday spirit with lights and often-extravagant yard displays. While those lighted plastic blow-mold figurines dotted lawns and porches of Midcentury, Post-World War II homes, giant airblown inflatable decorations have taken over holiday yards of the early 21st Century.

Critics' Words: Blown Out of Proportion?

Sure, the Christmas inflatables have their critics -- but that's bound to happen with any large object you place in your front yard, on your porch or the roof of your home or apartment. During the day, when the inflatables are off-duty, it's been said they look like the morning after a raucous party, or the aftermath of a Christmas massacre.

Whatever. Inflatable Christmas decorations have plenty of fans, and sarcastic words or eye-rolling won't dismay them. That's the holiday spirit! For the giant airblown inflatable Christmas decoration lovers who live among us, this list is for you. We present the best holiday inflatable decorations for 2011. Are you ready to pump them up?

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