A very Bob Dylan Christmas, part deux

Its the hap hap happiest day of the year for me. The holiday season has officially started. No, I'm not referring to the beginning of Chanukah, which apparently it also is. No, I am talking about the unveiling of this year's Bob Dylan Christmas tableau.

As you can read here, I have been fascinated by Mr. Dylan's Christmas pyrotechnics for a few years now, probably because I am generally fascinated by Mr. Dylan. He is one of the few figures in entertainment I still regard with awe. In fact, I recently re-watched Don't Look Back and liked it better than I did the last time I watched it . What I am saying is that he was a big big deal to me growing up. And I guess because he still looms so large in my consciousness, I am completely entertained by his Christmas decorating ideas.  As I mentioned in last year's post, he and I live generally in the same neighborhood. (At least I do. I have no idea how much time he actually spends at the residence that is widely known to be his.) And that is the extent of my contact with him,( except for the time when I saw him perform at Berkeley High School in the sixties and got to sit on a folding chair right on the very stage.)

I guess what I like most about his Christmas decorating approach is the understatement… reminiscent of the way my irritable Uncle Mike used to put up his lights, after a few too many beers…as though they were thrown at the hedge in a fit of resentful rage in order to shut up my nagging Auntie Annie.  But this year, relatively speaking, Bob has gone all out. He not only appears to have used a ladder for the second year in a row, but he has added to the little winter wonderland display that looms just beyond the fence opening. Now there is not only a pre-lit Christmas tree and  led-reindeer, but five led- candy canes.

So thumbs up to Bob for another seasonal marvel.

Though I have to confess that I will not be truly happy until I see that he has gone to the Do It Center and purchased a few of the new mood altered hyper Santas they're showing for 2010.