Faux Fireplace Fries "Flat" Cauli !!!

You know December is practically upon us when you see the Decorinator's holiday displays around my Library.  The faux fireplace has returned, too.

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Hey, faux slobberdog!  You had better not get too close to the faux fire.

 "Flat" Cauli -- NOOOOOOOOOOO!

"Flat" Cauli is WAAAAAAY too close to that faux fire!  She will be burned to a crisp!  Especially since she's largely made of cardboard.  Nobody wants fried "Flat" Cauli.  Get away from there this instant!

Better Safe Than Singed

Whew!  That was a close call.  Lucky I was there to rescue "Flat" Cauli from certain incineration.

The Decorinator was busy putting up her December displays all around the Library.  My minions were quick to snap some photos.

 Candy Cane Bear With Some Sweet Decorations

 Willie Has a Yule Tree This Year

 So Does Hank -- Oh, Wait -- Same Tree

Somebody better plant that evergreen before it dries out.  I can tell, because of the burlap around the root ball.  Funny that it didn't smell like dirt, though.

 Santa & Helpers

Hold on!  Penguins come from the Antarctic, and Santa Claus lives at the North Pole.  So how can penguins be Santa's helpers?

I see little water dudes have some Christmas tree decorations in their bucket (or whatever they're holding).

 "Flat" Cauli Poses With the Yule Tree

in the Indiana Roving Reporter Room

 Mr. & Mrs. Claus Await Letters

From Good Girls & Boys

Youth Services Yule Tree

Once again, we're all set for the upcoming holidays.  Great job, Decorinator, as always.

Your Roving Reporter On The Go,

Cauli Le Chat

P.S.  Faux fireplaces are nothing new.  Here's a model that was popular during the 1950s.  How cheesy is that?  The Decorinator's is MUCH better!

More From the Decorinator

Let's continue with more photos of the fine holiday furnishings at my Library courtesy of the Decorinator.  She's like the Terminator, only without the Austrian accent.  Plus stuff almost never blows up when she's around.

The Decorinator

("I'll be back")

(pronounced "bawk")

Any resemblance to Arnold?  You be the judge.

Arnold Schwarzenegger in

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Same look of steely determination.

What about those decorations?  Well, now.

The Claus Couple

Frosty the Snowman with a Slobberdog Elkenfroster

(Li'l Reader Dude is amused)

A Rein-Moose?!  What's the deal with that?

 Where's your Coke, Mr. P-Bear?  Just asking.

I suppose this P-Bear drinks Pepsi

Another Slobberdog Elkenfroster

I'm sorry, but slobberdogs with horns attached do not an elkenfroster make.  They're kinda cute, though.

Okay, that Slobberdog glare is just creepy

Truly festive ornamentation for the Library.  Once again, a stellar job by Decorinator and her crew, Judy T. and Erma.  I should have "Cauli" names for them, but it's nearly 1:30 A.M., it's way past my bedtime, and my minions just spent an hour on the phone with our broadband tech support to get reconnected to the Internet so I could finish this post.  So grumpy is an understatement.

Glad to Have Such Wonderful, Talented Volunteers at My Library,

Cauli Le Chat

MPL Roving Reporter

Holiday Decorations News Beat

P.S.  Decorating songs are difficult to find, even on the Internet.  Best I could find in short order was "Our House," by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, from the album Déjà Vu (1970).  "Our house is a very, very, very fine house, with two cats in the yard," etc., etc.  Important lyrics like that don't just write themselves.