Palm trees in a robe of lights, cacti in the front yard with Christmas hats on and illuminated houses that could probably even be seen on a satellite image?
Anyone who thinks that Chevy Chase's "decoration love" (or shall we call it "decoration frenzy"?) in the 1989 Christmas classic "Happy Birthday" is overdone has probably never been to the holiday season or any other major holiday in the United States UNITED STATES.
Especially at Christmas, many Americans insist on living out their passion for sprawling decorations.
Anyone who knows the Americans and their country knows that there are celebrations - but really.
And no expense or effort will be spared to claim the unspoken prize for the house with the most lights, brightest colors and most whimsical characters in the neighborhood.
While Christmas is the most contemplative time of year for many people, some decorated homes are more reminiscent of the lights of the Las Vegas Strip or an amusement park.
Opinions differ on whether consumption, contemplation and religion can go hand in hand or are actually the complete opposite of each other.
I was able to experience for myself that this works for many Americans only last week when I was traveling in southern California and walked past a more than lavishly decorated and illuminated house in the Mojave Desert.
A sign on the roof that read “Let's put Christ back in Christmas” shone and flashed.
The photographer Jesse Rieser takes us through exactly this Christmas landscape.
Whether you enjoy the sight of the often creative and very colorful productions and make your Christmas heart beat faster - or you just shake your head.
That is probably up to each individual.
But anyone who has a thing for this country also loves the bizarre, crazy and often contradictory sides of America.