bagger
Footballguy
i don't do any Xmas decorations until day after thanksgiving.Would never put them up before but it's becoming alarmingly common.
Driving back from the airport though my neighborhood on 10/30 saw someone putting up Xmas tree.
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Christmas lights outside: when? (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Otis
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Driving back from the airport though my neighborhood on 10/30 saw someone putting up Xmas tree.
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Otis
Footballguy
Goood lord man what's wrong with you people!?To tide you over, here is a video I made of last years display.You need to post pics.all of the above.. I have the "old fashioned" big bulbs, LED's, White strings, colored strings, etc...Next year should be a bigger display as we are having a 2nd garage built in a few weeks so even more things to decorate next year.
I've moved the lights around a lot this year and used different ones for the roof so will definitely get some photo's & Video in about a week..
The music.
Otis
Footballguy
Actually sort of bummed I didn't have the lights to finish up yesterday. Was a beautiful day to be out there and smoke a stogie while I worked on it. Temperature dropped a crapload overnight, and it's a whole lot less pleasant.
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Flip side of the coin is how long is too long after Baby Jesus day? I see folks leaving that crap up and lit I might add at night until mid to late January. Those folks are definitely getting some Wendy's in the front yard.
flapgreen
Footballguy
You work there now?
bagger
Footballguy
january1st or weekend after.
Otis
Footballguy
Agree with bags here. The after question is well settled.
Apple Jack
Footballguy
Nothing wrong with putting them up a little early. All manner of wrong turning them on prior to Thanksgiving. Might as well have antlers on your mailbox.
Im not surprised some mental piece of garbage that has nervous breakdowns on FBG forums would do this.
Homer J Simpson
I don't push
James Daulton
Footballguy
I like a giant light display, however yards filled with tons of those giant inflatables are a little shaky.
PlasmaDogPlasma
Footballguy
Up on December 24th, down on December 26th. Anything else is just gauche.
squidrope
Footballguy
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Uh oh, haven't checked in a while. If GM posts this btw you all erect shrines for him, I do it and I win the imaginary dildo contest. It's funny.Homer J Simpson said:Ministry of Pain said:
Looks like someone got word that a certain contest was gearing up again.
Fat Nick
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I still don't know why people vary so much on this...You don't put up turkeys and pilgrims before Halloween do you? Then why would you ever put up Christmas stuff before Thanksgiving? The earliest time it's acceptable to put up and light Christmas stuff is Thanksgiving night after you've eaten your turkey. Period. It doesn't matter that Thanksgiving varies year-to-year.
As for taking stuff down, anything after President's day is a bit tacky...and truthfully even that is a bit late IMO. The only exception is tastefully done white lights because they're more winter decorations than Christmas.
Remember...No Ho Ho Ho until you Gobble Gobble the Gobbler.
At least in my world, this is how it'd be done...but we've all got our own worlds. I'll complain about people who do it differently, and welcome them to complain about how I do it....and THAT's the American way.
As for taking stuff down, anything after President's day is a bit tacky...and truthfully even that is a bit late IMO. The only exception is tastefully done white lights because they're more winter decorations than Christmas.
Remember...No Ho Ho Ho until you Gobble Gobble the Gobbler.
At least in my world, this is how it'd be done...but we've all got our own worlds. I'll complain about people who do it differently, and welcome them to complain about how I do it....and THAT's the American way.
Limp Ditka
Footballguy
@ :147: comparing himself to GM
Phil Elliott
Footballguy
Turn on outside lights the night of Thanksgiving - just personal tradition. Inside we usually put the tree up the weekend after Thanksgiving but did it yesterday.
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Ministry of Pain
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Limp Ditka
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Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
I've got just enough lights to put up three big numbers on my front lawn, thanks for the idea.
Mr. Cross
Footballguy
You won't be laughing when you are in hell being raped by demons.I've got just enough lights to put up three big numbers on my front lawn, thanks for the idea.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
You don't know that. They might also be tickling me.You won't be laughing when you are in hell being raped by demons.I've got just enough lights to put up three big numbers on my front lawn, thanks for the idea.
Godsbrother
Footballguy
I put everything up 2 weeks before Christmas and take down everything on New Years Day. I like putting up Christmas lights on a cold December night and then going in for hot chocolate afterwards.
Zow
Footballguy
Does anyone without kids actually put up Christmas lights? I've put my foot down to the wife that I won't be putting up lights until we have kids old enough to "get it." She was actually fine with that so I'm assuming it's not normal for a non-parent to engage in hanging up multi-colored lights.
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
oofsnogger said:I have a feeling once my daughter moves out my display will only get bigger.. I'll have even more free time on my hands..Zow said:
snogger
Footballguy
With any luck, someday I'll have this effect on the entire townI don't get it. Why? Explain it to me like I'm Shuke McScroogesnogger said:I have a feeling once my daughter moves out my display will only get bigger.. I'll have even more free time on my hands..Zow said:
But truth is I enjoy it..
Also, the first year I started adding lights outside, in our neighborhood there were maybe one or two houses that had a few lights on them..
Last year, many more houses added lights and a couple houses are doing their best to out do me.. and that just can't stand!
Don Quixote
Footballguy
I have no kids, but put them up. My wife is definitely more into it than me. She does most of the light-hanging, so I'm okay with it.Zow said:
glock
"Don't grumble, give a whistle!"
glock
"Don't grumble, give a whistle!"
Officer Pete Malloy
Footballguy
St. Louis Bob
Footballguy
I take my lights down the end of November and then put them back up in the middle of January just to piss people off.
glock
"Don't grumble, give a whistle!"
I used to string icicles across the front of the house from the gutters. Because of the height- and the fact that we have a low hipped roof on our high ranch- I found it easier to lay on on the roof on my belly, facing the gutter- feet uphill towards the peak- and sort of slide along as I clipped them onto the gutter.
One year we got one of those flash frosts as I was getting set up. About 10 feet in, and over the garage- the highest portion- as I got down to lay on my belly- I began to slide.
Doing my best superman pose, I thrust my arms out in front of me and managed to jamb my palms into the inner rim of the gutter to stop my slide. As I stared down at our cars 20 feet below.
I sloooowly managed to inch my way back from the edge, turn, crawl back to the peak and escape down the ladder on the uphill side of the house.
After cleaning out my shorts, I retrieved the rest of the lights and strung them on bushes out front. The partially attached strand of icicles remained there until spring when I managed to rip them off.
One year we got one of those flash frosts as I was getting set up. About 10 feet in, and over the garage- the highest portion- as I got down to lay on my belly- I began to slide.
Doing my best superman pose, I thrust my arms out in front of me and managed to jamb my palms into the inner rim of the gutter to stop my slide. As I stared down at our cars 20 feet below.
I sloooowly managed to inch my way back from the edge, turn, crawl back to the peak and escape down the ladder on the uphill side of the house.
After cleaning out my shorts, I retrieved the rest of the lights and strung them on bushes out front. The partially attached strand of icicles remained there until spring when I managed to rip them off.
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St. Louis Bob
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Leroy Hoard
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snogger
Footballguy
Premier
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We decided to get the tree tonight. Not a soul there. Had our pick of the lot. Guy said if we came Friday there would be a hundred people there picking over the same trees and it would take an hour to get in and out. "I don't know why more people just don't come early" he said, "everybody is beholden to some dumb tradition that doesn't even make sense."
I slipped him a 20 as he loaded the tree onto my car.
I slipped him a 20 as he loaded the tree onto my car.
Otis
Footballguy
Seriously. Really bad.
snogger
Footballguy
snogger
Footballguy
Fat Nick
Footballguy
You probably need a separate panel just to support that kind of power draw. I drive by one of these over the top decorators on my way home. The guy has a huge hodge-podge with no style or order...just a TON of lights and a huge plywood Christmas Workshop facade he puts up. He uses a cherry-picker to get them all set up...anyway, I was driving by last night and was about to mutter, "Man, I'm impressed that this guy, who clearly loves X-mas, doesn't have lights up yet. Way to go." Then I noticed through his big living room window that he must have 5-7 lit x-mas trees in his living room. Unreal.
