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The Vicky Files: Slumpers

By Victoria Matiash
Special to ESPN.com

Saturday, December 29, 2007

When it comes to festive decor, allow me to share my pet peeve with you. Oversized, bloated, gaudy -- there is nothing I dread more than inflatable Santa Clauses and snowmen on front lawns during the holidays. An otherwise-classy residence instantly becomes the kitschiest of dwellings when one of those wretched, nylon behemoths takes over. They look tacky, cheap and completely out of place. Large inflated figures belong at fairs and carnivals, not in residential neighborhoods. Admittedly, the d ...

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