Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animal
Angie and Tim Howard are no strangers to plentiful crowds and joyful voices. While the pair has eight children, they face a different type of foot traffic starting promptly after the Thanksgiving holiday: a three-hour car line waiting to get a glimpse of their festive home decorations.
The Howard family started decorating their Conway home with Home Alone-themed decorations three years ago, which Angie said provided a shocking realization. With each added homemade decoration, whether it be the Wet Bandits’ van or Old Man Marley holding a shovel, the holiday hotspot sees the mass of passers-by grow.
“The funny thing about Home Alone decorations is that it’s very hard to find any outdoor decorations, especially Home Alone-themed decorations,” Angie said. “We searched and couldn’t find anything and decided if we were going to do it, we’d have to come up with it on our own…