Hooniverse Asks: Do you put holiday decorations on your car or truck?

Jeff Glucker

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Tis the season, for lights, cheer, overpriced seasonal coffee flavors, spending lots of money on those you love, and …dressing up your car?

My daughter asked me to put a set of antlers on my 1974 Mercedes-Benz 280 sedan. That was for Christmas last year, and I declined. I would go with the wreath though, and if I find one I have no problem throwing it on the grille of the Montero. No, I’m not going to hunt one down but if I see something in a store, I may grab it.

I believe there’s a level of fun to be had with making your ride a bit more festive for the season. Another fellow Benz fan, Ed Kim posted some holiday cheer he applied to his ride. And I think it’s a great example of a lighter touch with respect to decorating:

There’s this level. Then the cars become less fun as you climb and start adding more and more stuff. Until you get to an insane level and it sort of becomes fun again.

So, do you decorate your car? And if so, how crazy do you take it?

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Jeff Glucker

Jeff Glucker

Jeff Glucker is the co-founder and Executive Editor of Hooniverse.com. He’s often seen getting passed as he hustles a 1991 Mitsubishi Montero up the 405 Freeway. IG: @HooniverseJeff

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31 responses to “Hooniverse Asks: Do you put holiday decorations on your car or truck?”

  1. Sjalabais Avatar
    Sjalabais

    Neither a decorator nor a missionary here. A pair of antlers would get you stopped by the police here though…for safety reasons. Also: “Would you mind to blow into this apparatus?”

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  2. P161911 Avatar
    P161911

    No, but it might be time to start blasting some Christmas music. https://youtu.be/CRW2poUfJ34

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    1. onrails Avatar
      onrails

      Ah, Bob Rivers… a couple friends and I did a comedy radio show at our high school station (The songs were funny. We… well, we tried.). “I Am Santa Claus” came out the Christmas of our senior year. I think it doubled our listenership from 5 to 10!

      These guys were a bit more close to home.

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    2. onrails Avatar
      onrails

      Ah, Bob Rivers… a couple friends and I did a comedy radio show at our high school station (The songs were funny. We… well, we tried.). “I Am Santa Claus” came out the Christmas of our senior year. I think it doubled our listenership from 5 to 10!

      These guys were a bit more close to home.

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  3. Fuhrman16 Avatar
    Fuhrman16

    No, I can’t say I’ve put holiday directions on my cars, nor decorations for that matter.

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    1. Zentropy Avatar
      Zentropy

      Ha! I didn’t even notice that.

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    2. 0A5599 Avatar
      0A5599

      Step 1: put up an unadorned aluminum pole…

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    3. Hatchtopia Avatar
      Hatchtopia

      Step 1; get a box…

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      1. mdharrell Avatar
        mdharrell

        Done! What’s step two?

        https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2614c22ad7037b271d05f9bed840326fd109a63ebdefd0cd06401516dd2b0fdf.jpg

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      2. dead_elvis, inc. Avatar
        dead_elvis, inc.

        Step 1: Cut a hole in a box…

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      3. dead_elvis, inc. Avatar
        dead_elvis, inc.

        Step 1: Cut a hole in a box…

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    4. outback_ute Avatar
      outback_ute

      I steer my car in holiday directions for Dec 25, does that count?

      Often see tinsel wrapped around bull bars and roof racks, and easy one.

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    5. Lokki Avatar
      Lokki

      I took it as a sign…..

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    6. Jeff Glucker Avatar
      Jeff Glucker

      https://media3.giphy.com/media/Al6SNTP8zkWpW/giphy.gif

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  4. Zentropy Avatar
    Zentropy

    Absolutely not, and I deride those who do. The only holiday decorations a vehicle needs is winter tires or chains.

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    1. crank_case Avatar
      crank_case

      It is useful for spotting idiots though, if they have those reindeer antlers attached to their windows, give them a wide berth.

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    2. smalleyxb122 Avatar
      smalleyxb122

      Nothing says Christmas like some Hakkapeliittas on some steelies.

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      1. 0A5599 Avatar
        0A5599

        They look closer to “Hannakka” than “Christmas”.

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      2. Batshitbox Avatar
        Batshitbox

        “Jingle Bells” ain’t got nothing over the singing buzz of the metal studs on the Semperit tires that pulled my sleigh SAAB through New England winters.

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  5. Christopher Tracy Avatar
    Christopher Tracy

    Does irresponsibly leaving copious amounts of snow on car/truck count as decorations?

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    1. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      Only if carefully sculpted. Here are some ideas: https://calvinandhobbes.fandom.com/wiki/Calvin%27s_snowmen

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      1. Christopher Tracy Avatar
        Christopher Tracy

        Fully approved C&H content.

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  6. Maymar Avatar
    Maymar

    I use my factory steelies and hubcaps for my winter tires, so I spraybombed the hubcaps green (albeit lime green rather than something more festive). It’s less celebratory though, and more just that a grey car in a grey concrete city while the skies are all grey and drab is dreary enough, and the little punch of colour is nice.

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  7. Sjalabais Avatar
    Sjalabais

    Neither a decorator nor a missionary here. A pair of antlers would get you stopped by the police here though…for safety reasons. Also: “Would you mind to blow into this apparatus?”

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    1. outback_ute Avatar
      outback_ute

      Even the toy antlers that clip onto the top of your side windows?

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      1. Sjalabais Avatar
        Sjalabais

        Never seen them, but I guess basically every change to the exterior needs some sort of “approved”-stamp from a dusty bureaucrat wielding the power of the vehicular laws of our fine nation.

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      2. Sjalabais Avatar
        Sjalabais

        Never seen them, but I guess basically every change to the exterior needs some sort of “approved”-stamp from a dusty bureaucrat wielding the power of the vehicular laws of our fine nation.

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        1. outback_ute Avatar
          outback_ute

          This is what I’m talking about. As per crank_case’s observation above/below, the ‘profile’ often fits. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6e0cff62820c75cfb3a79b558bac750589f6eecf9d41d140ea7a0c4b2d7e9646.jpg

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          1. Sjalabais Avatar
            Sjalabais

            Haha, yikes – I am just imagining the OEM’s wind noise teams getting group heart attacks.

  8. Jeff Glucker Avatar
    Jeff Glucker

    Y’all… I put a wreath on the grille of my Montero today.

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    1. KentMB1 Avatar
      KentMB1

      Good Dad https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/65fd74d6bb905cdec82a94501216b07f79e2fc39990abc97b53fd10c5d11bf56.jpg

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