Holidays
Renshaw Santa decoration

Giant Santa Joins Gigantic Snow Monsters, Behemoth Rudolf on Darien Lawns

By |
Download PDF

Darienite.com can confirm that a fourth inflated Christmas giant has appeared at yet another location in town, looming over a yard with, in this case, a giant (inflatable) package in his hand and raising the other arm with a candy cane.  

Here we have a picture of Good St. Nick full of air, as he appeared on Dec. 31 on Renshaw Road, just south of Town Hall, but don’t try looking for him now — he was recently seen all deflated, while a Christmas tree lay by the curbside. Another Christmas season reaches its deflated end.

Holidays
Abominable Snow Monster

2nd Abominable Snowman Spotted in Darien, Giant Rudolf, Too

By |
Download PDF

Darien has been invaded by a second abominable snow monster, along with a giant reindeer, both spotted in front of a house on Buttonwood Lane. Care is advised when driving with small children past either the house at 83 Buttonwood Lane or the one at 108 Gardner St., where a 15-foot-tall abominable snow monster was first spotted in town: They may make sudden exclamations which could distract a driver. (“They” being the children, that is — not the snow monsters. If the snow monsters make sudden exclamations, step on the gas.)

Darien police are aware of the presence of giant inflatable monsters in town. In fact, it was Police Commission member Tom Joyce who alerted Darienite.com to the existence of the Buttonwood abominable.

Holidays
Abominable Snowman

Is This the Biggest Christmas Decoration in Darien?

By |
Download PDF

You can see this Abominable Snowman outdoor Christmas decoration at 108 Gardner St., near the intersection with Maple Street, and, yes, we think it’s the biggest decoration in town. Certainly, at least at a private residence. It appeared to us to be between 15 and 20 feet high, and it seems to reach up to about half-way up the second floor windows of the house it looms in front of, but a Web page of the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog says it exclusively sells the monster decoration, and it’s only 15 feet high. Which is big enough. The monster is a character in the 1964 Christmas special classic “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”