Christmas Gnomes?

On the way to our church Christmas Eve Candlelight Service we decided to give ourselves a little bit of time to drive around town to take a few pictures of several festive light displays. We spotted this house with a wonderfully lit manger scence with supporting appearences from Santa, a few elves as well as couple of reindeer.

We didn't have to go far to find our next light show as directly across the street was another house lit up with splendor. This manger scence not only had appearences from Santa, and his reindeer, but the driveway was being gaurded by a couple of tin men. You'll also notice the Alaskan Christmas theme as there are a couple of walruses and an igoloo mounted on the roof, along with a moose mounted on the back fence.

After turning our vechile around on a cul-de-sac we found these Christmas Gnomes standing watch over a garden spot along the street. This particlar neighborhood was well lit and as we drove away we thought perhaps there was a bit of firendly competion going on. Anyway I'm sure this neighborhood doesn't compare to the Jones in the lower 48 States. Believe it our not, there is a Free The Gnomes website dedicated to stopping the enslavement of these little garden people. The things people come up with. (Click the images to view a larger image.)