Tall, imposing, lit from within, these blow-up holiday decorations seem to be everywhere. It's not brand-new technology, but it seems to have reached a price point or a tipping point that makes it the decoration of choice.
When glimpsed at night among spotlit tree trunks or fairy-lit boughs, these inflatable holiday sculptures are one thing. But when spotted in daytime, without their electrical assist, they are quite pitiful: a bunch of unblown-up balloons littering the half-dead grass of early winter.
Inflatable Santas: what goes up, must come down.