The inflatable snowman for the first dark evening of December

A six foot snowman surrounded by two penguins, lit from inside by rotating colored LEDs. The listing gives its size as approximately 72 inches tall and 50 inches wide, and it fills with air from a built in blower once it is connected to power.

An inflatable on a lawn is mostly air inside a thin shell, and in December that makes wind the main concern. Anchoring is where the listing is specific: 6 ground stakes, 2 tethers, and 3 weighted sandbags. Several anchor points spread the load, so no single stake or tether has to hold the whole figure.

The fabric is described only as lightweight polyester. The listing does not state whether it is waterproof, how it handles freezing temperatures, or what wind speed the anchors are meant for, and it gives no cord length or power draw. Those are the details to look for before placing it far from an outdoor outlet or leaving it up through a wet stretch of weather.

Setup is simple by the listing’s account: connect the built in blower to power and the figure rises without assembly. The rotating colored LEDs are built inside the figure. After the season it deflates and folds down, which matters in February, when a six foot figure would otherwise take up real storage space. The listing says it suits indoor displays too.