So if you've lived in Lexington in the 90s, you will likely remember the Turner house on Chinoe, which everyone visited when looking at Christmas lights. It was tacky and overdone even then, but the kids loved it, right?
Well, the Turners sold the house in the early-to-mid 2000s, so it had no Christmas display for a few years, but then rebought it in 2012 , and since 2020, instead of true, traditional Christmas decorations and lights, they did this instead ...
Sigh.
Nothing says Christmas like tacky red, white, and blue ... everything ... PLUS an ugly new Tesla out front, right?
No ... just ... no.
We do not mix Jesus' birthday with frenzied, American over-nationalism, I'm sorry.
BTW, this is not my photo - I won't be visiting the Turner house, thank you!
I have no young children anymore, and if I did, I wouldn't be taking them, because I don't want to indoctrinate them in American fascism disguised as patriotism disguised as Christmas decorations. They're confused enough about this political era as it is.
Sigh again.
If you want to see Christmas lights, go to the Southern Lights at the Horse Park, the Jones' Mt. McKinley and Toronto Road Houses, or the Fire Station on Harrodsburg Road, the Tanbark or Hartland subdivisions, Hays Road, or our favorite - the Ellerslie Lake community across from Jacobson Park, if you're into more tasteful Christmas lights and decor? (Well, mostly.)
Regardless, at some point, all of this Trump worship, American arrogance, and choosing propagandic belief/paranoia over fact must end.
PS UPDATE
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The above photo was taken last year, before the election - this year, they have resorted back to traditional Christmas fare.
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