Holiday Hibernation Is Over

After a busy holiday season filled with much pizza eating and a bizarre present wrapping accident that involved tape and no opposable thumbs, I am back to blog in 2009! But I would be remiss in not including a picture of the 2008 Piggy Award Winner for Excessive Christmas Lights (known as the Griswold Award). This is a new award that I just invented this past Christmas season, but I am proud to announce that this years winner is already in the hall of fame for displaying lights above and beyond the standard set by the Griswold house in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (first picture). Well that, and the creative use of about 127 plastic Santas! Our winning house was discovered not too far from our house during one of our neighborhood drives to check out Christmas lights. And without further ado, the winner is (drumroll, please!).....

Griswold House

2008 Winner of the Griswold Award