Tis’ the season for blowup Santas—video

It’s obvious Claremonter Bill Buehler is enthusiastic about the holidays. Every year his collection of blowup Christmas figures make an appearance near Miramar and Bonnie Brea Avenues and light up his front yard at night. But during the day, the inflatables are deflated, creating a much different tornado aftermath look. Since all the figures are quite bright, nighttime is when they really shine. And it only takes several minutes to inflate the group, as Bill showed us. You can still see them on evenings into January. Courier video/Peter Weinberger