The Official You Might Be Tacky List

• You might be AMAZED, you might be DISGUSTED, you might be INSPIRED, you will be TACKY!!!
• The "You Might Be Tacky If..." List is a collection of the unique, creative, silly and ridiculous things seen in Christmas displays throughout the world. Let this serve as your guide to identifying those decorations that should be listed on our site or as inspiration to decorating your own home. Oh, and don't forget to add to our list if you run across something truly "special"!
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You might be tacky if...you incorporate used shotgun shells into your Christmas decorations. You might be tacky if....caffeine and sugar made you do it! You might be tacky if....you have 6 empty beer kegs and can't afford a real Christmas tree. You might be tacky if....Texas longhorns land on your roof instead of reindeer. You might be tacky if....lamps inside your house are mistaken for references to cheesy movies. You might be tacky if....you are the guy on the left! You might be tacky if....your Christmas tree money was spent on pale ale beer! You might be tacky if....this is your house! You might be tacky if....this is your idea of recycling! You might be tacky if....your decorations are Thanksgiving leftovers! You might be tacky if....this is your idea of Christmas! You might be tacky if....you couldn't afford a house to decorate! You might be tacky if....any one of these ornaments are on your tree! You might be tacky if....you have a fleet of cars in your yard just for this! You might be tacky if....this was one of two hogs you had to use! You might be tacky if....this was the only hitch cover you could find! You might be tacky if....you have this many bottles of wine laying around!

You might be tacky if Might B Tacky If you have over 20,000 Lights bbear from Brentwood, MD Added on January 06, 2010 at 4:23PM     You might be tacky if If your neighborhood association revises its covenants to ban you from the tacky light tour. Tracie from Midlothian, VA Added on December 06, 2009 at 5:53PM     You might be tacky if you might be tacky if the 3 thrones you have in your display for the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost were in your bathrooms a month earlier :) Charles from Mechanicsville, VA Added on December 05, 2009 at 6:02PM     You might be tacky if you had the largest most elaborate light display in the country featuring over seven million lights powered by 6,400 amps, nearly one megawatt of power, lighting over 200 giant robots spread over four acres with a giant 50' godzilla wielding a colossal size candy cane, a massive 40' king kong holding Santa's sleigh over his head, an egyptian christmas robot mummy and a one ton rocket sleigh being towed by nine- 300lb robodeers. All This at one residence all made by one artist, Kenny Irwin. I spend an average of 2,000 hours of work on ROBOCHRISTMAS a year. kenny from Palm Springs, CA Added on January 17, 2009 at 8:24PM     You might be tacky if You time your electic meter to see how fast its spinning this year The Mull's from Gum Spring, VA Added on December 11, 2008 at 5:55PM     You might be tacky if veteran "Tacky Light Tour" guides avoid your neighborhood until the end of the tour because your house would make any house with less than 100,000 lights look dimly lit. Tim from Richmond, VA Added on December 07, 2008 at 6:39PM     You might be tacky if you blaspheme Rudolph by making his wire Christmas lighted figure nose-dive into the ground upon landing in your yard. Angela from Dripping Springs, TX Added on December 23, 2007 at 11:03PM     You might be tacky if your city population goes up when your lights are on. David from Hemet, CA Added on December 19, 2007 at 10:45PM     You might be tacky if there is more people in front of your house looking at your Christmas Light display then the whole town. David from Hemet, CA Added on December 19, 2007 at 10:44PM     You might be tacky if Wal-Mart asks you if they can use your house in their ads. . . Candi from Manassas, VA Added on December 08, 2007 at 5:39PM     You might be tacky if the power it takes to run your Christmas lights exceeds what it takes to power the city. Christopher from Milford, CT Added on December 06, 2007 at 10:47AM     You might be tacky if you have a Leg Lamp and Red Rider BB Gun in your window display. I DO!!! Marvin & Julie from Valparaiso, IN Added on December 03, 2007 at 7:06PM     You might be tacky if you had to create an artificial wall-just to hold more lights! ted from Vacaville, CA Added on December 02, 2007 at 6:47PM     You might be tacky if A HANDMADE CHRISTMAS TRAIN WITH AN ENGINE MADE FROM A GARBAGE CAN AND SCRAP PLYWOOD, ALIVE REINDEER WITH ANTLERS MADE FROM MAGNOLIA BRANCHES, EIGHT DIFFERENT TYPES OF CHRISTMAS TREES, THOUSANDS OF LIGHTS, CHRISTMAS BEARS HAVING TEA, AND LIGHTS BLINKING TO THE BEAT OF CHRISTMAS MUSIC. cleveland from Richmond, VA Added on December 02, 2007 at 2:01PM     You might be tacky if If no one in your neighborhood dares to put up any decoartions before you do... Larry from Queen Creek, AZ Added on November 26, 2007 at 2:48PM     You might be tacky if you raise sheep all year long just to use them in your Christmas nativity display! ted from Vacaville, CA Added on November 08, 2007 at 4:42PM     You might be tacky if Your neighbor simply puts up a sign stating - "Your kidding right?" thomas from Marlton, NJ Added on October 11, 2007 at 8:51PM     You might be tacky if your lights are synchronized to music on the radio The Sparks from Richmond, VA Added on January 15, 2007 at 12:23PM     You might be tacky if if your lights are synchronized to music broadcast on the radio! The Sparks from Richmond, VA Added on January 15, 2007 at 12:17PM     You might be tacky if Santa is Driveing twin engine 1200 hp pulling tractor! tom from Cornelius, OR Added on January 06, 2007 at 1:22AM     You might be tacky if the lights begin telling you things. llori from Falls Church, VA Added on January 03, 2007 at 9:15AM     You might be tacky if you erect a deer stand on your roof on Christmas Eve Nancy from Round Rock, TX Added on December 30, 2006 at 9:33AM     You might be tacky if Your Christmas lights display is so big; you are sending a code message to another world with all the blinking going on. David from Hemet, CA Added on December 22, 2006 at 11:23PM     You might be tacky if your the first house everyone wants to see as that's how they see whats new for the season....the latest rage is apparently inflated snow globes with action. nadine Added on December 22, 2006 at 8:43PM     You might be tacky if people stop thier cars and take pictures of themselves in front of your house. jennifer from East Dubuque, IL Added on December 21, 2006 at 5:46PM     You might be tacky if your house has so many inflatable decorations that people roll carts into your yard thinking its the home and garden section of Wal-Mart Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on December 17, 2006 at 7:29PM     You might be tacky if municipal planners and engineers consider building a new off ramp from the highway to your neighborhood, and install temporary traffic lights at each intersection around your house from Thanksgiving to the new year. Tim from Richmond, VA Added on December 17, 2006 at 6:28PM     You might be tacky if your lights get so hot that people are siting on the other side of the street are roasting marshmellows by the heat of your lights matt from Elpaso, TX Added on December 17, 2006 at 3:29PM     You might be tacky if your lights get so hot that you save your neighbors one hundred dollors on heating matt from Elpaso, TX Added on December 17, 2006 at 3:24PM     You might be tacky if yourlight get so hot that you save your neighbors onehundred dollors on heating matt from Elpaso, TX Added on December 17, 2006 at 3:22PM     You might be tacky if you use stuffed coyotes as reindeer and Santa has a lasso and spurs. Barry from Sierra Vista, AZ Added on December 14, 2006 at 2:50PM     You might be tacky if Your Saguaro Cactus arms no longer point upward, they aim at your house. Barry from Sierra Vista, AZ Added on December 14, 2006 at 2:47PM     You might be tacky if you need a sign warning of possible epileptic seizure onset if viewed for more than 5 seconds at a time. Barry from Sierra Vista, AZ Added on December 14, 2006 at 2:46PM     You might be tacky if most of the 'lights' in your yard are really just bug zappers. Sam from Nashville, TN Added on December 08, 2006 at 8:45AM     You might be tacky if NASA forwards you a phone call from the international space station and they ask you to please turn your lights off because its overloading their solar panels. Ryan from Richmond, VA Added on December 07, 2006 at 3:19AM     You might be tacky if your street looks like day time though its midnight. Ryan from Richmond, VA Added on December 07, 2006 at 3:18AM     You might be tacky if All you ask for for Christmas is another 200 AMP panel box and 10 boxes of 150 count C-7 bulb light strings. Jeff from Glen Allen, VA Added on December 06, 2006 at 12:13PM     You might be tacky if Your subdivision has a temporary brown out when the homes on your block turn their circuit breakers on at dusk. Jeff from Glen Allen, VA Added on December 06, 2006 at 12:12PM     You might be tacky if Your neighbors next door to you feel that they really don't have to decorate since you have done enough for them and you. Jeff from Glen Allen, VA Added on December 06, 2006 at 12:10PM     You might be tacky if Virginia Power sends you a gold-embossed Christmas Card every year. Jeff from Glen Allen, VA Added on December 06, 2006 at 12:09PM     You might be tacky if Jets landing at Richmond International mistake your front yard for Runway 7. Sam from Nashville, TN Added on December 01, 2006 at 11:06AM     You might be tacky if the power company's headquarters is named in your honor. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if your home inspired www.TackyLightTour.com. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if astronauts have to shut blinds and close curtains when the Space Station passes over your house. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if people drive by your house to see Christmas lights and get a tan. A sign outside says "Warning: ONLY drive by once to avoid looking like George Hamilton!" Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if you decorate your livingroom furniture, which happens to be in your front yard. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if that rotating disc inside your power meter picks up enough speed to functions as a circular saw. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if the sun comes up, and your neighbors don't notice any difference. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if the lights of your entire Zip Code pulsate in synchronized rhythm to your blinkin' light display. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if your Christmas lights produce so much heat that your neighbors use your mailbox as a microwave. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if you have a permanent deer decoy that doubles as Rudolph during December. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if the sputtering of generators and inflatable displays hum the tune of "Grandma Got Ran Over By A Reindeer". Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if the weeds in your yard are harvested each year as Christmas Trees. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if your outdoors lights have been permanently stapled or duct-taped to your house for 8 years or more. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if your nativity scene uses a 1985 cabbage patch doll or garbage pal kid as the Baby Jesus. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if you use strands of lights (preferably colored and blinking) to misspell messages on your roof. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if you incorporate stock car racing or professional wrestling into your Christmas decorations. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM     You might be tacky if Frosty the Snowman, Toy Soldiers or Santa Claus appear next to Mary and Joseph in nativity scenes in your yard. Matt from Douglasville, GA Added on November 22, 2006 at 1:24PM