Christmas creatures, from sasquatch to Santa-saurus, invade our front yards

When did dinosaurs and aliens become Christmas decorations?

I ask because I'm kind of stunned (my natural condition) at some of the strange, weird and downright odd things you see in people's yards this time of year.

A lime-green Santa-saurus in our neighborhood caught my eye, and somewhere, I've seen a Santa alien wishing "humans" a Merry Christmas.

Just today, I drove by a place that featured an inflatable Santa riding a motorboat in the front yard. (Maybe I missed a line in " 'Twas a Night Before Christmas" where Santa has to replace the oil in the lower unit on his boat engine to enable hi...