The story for this post has its beginnings in December 2014. Those of you who have been long time readers may recall the time we stole an inflatable Christmas hippo from our Virginia neighbours' yard and put it in our yard. Those of you who are new to this blog can read all about it
here. The neighbours retaliated by placing
a garden gnome army on our doorstep. A few days later, the neighbours took it one step further and left an inflatable
Santa on Fire on our lawn. And this is where the story ends...or so we all thought. Fast forward to this past October (2017). We are living in Alaska. Said neighbours still live in Virginia. Husband and I were able to take a trip to Virginia at the beginning of October. As we were packing, Husband suggested we take Santa on Fire to Virginia and set it up on the neighbours' lawn, just for old times sake. That's exactly what we did. We all had a good laugh over it, and Husband and I were pretty much declared geniuses for coming up with such a great plan. I must admit, we were extremely proud of ourselves. We thought we were so clever. Well folks, I have to tell you, we have been bested by our Virginia neighbours. Last night as I went to make sure the front door was locked before going to bed, guess what I noticed sitting on our snow covered front lawn?
I have no idea how it ended up back in Alaska. The only logical explanation is our Virginia neighbours somehow got in touch with friends here in Alaska. Promises were made; backroom deals were brokered; alliances were formed; and Santa on Fire ended up in front of our house. The Virginia neighbours have refused to names their co-conspirators thus far, most likely to protect the guilty.
To the person or persons who set this up, I commend you. It was -20*F/-29*C out last night. That is pretty cold to be outside helping a stranger try to win a battle that started almost 3 years ago.
To our Virginia neighbours: You have definitely won this round, but the battle still RAGES on. Although to be honest, I am not sure how we are going to top this but you can bet we will definitely try.
