Noelg From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1254 times:
Well its almost the season, and a few people in the neighbouring villages have their lights up already. Mrs NoelG has already started asking me to put the exterior lights up, although I think we will wait until 1st December.
They normally go up the last weekend in November but to be honest the thought of scaling a 30ft ladder to the roofline isn't particularly appealing right at this moment!
Seriously though - isn't 16 November like way to early to be putting Christmas lights up???
Noel.
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HT From Germany, joined May 2005, 6473 posts, RR: 27 Reply 1, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1234 times:
I already saw a small number of illuminated houses/gardens in the last days !
Quoting Noelg (Thread starter): isn't 16 November like way to early to be putting Christmas lights up???
I prefer to wait after that Sunday on which we remember or dead ancestors (it´s 20-NOV this year) before putting a few the lights.
OTOH, 27-NOC already is the first Sunday of Advent, so: Hurry up !
-HT
Carpe diem ! Life is too short to waste your time ! Keep in mind, that today is the first day of the rest of your life !
Alcregular From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1228 times:
A house in Sunderland has had the lights up for over 2 weeks now. All the families on benefits seem to be able to produce more lights than the Millenuim Stadium. One street has so many lights up they resemble landing lights, so Squeezyjet best make sure their navigation system is working so they don't land in the wrong place, lol.
Noelg From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1226 times:
Quoting HT (Reply 1): OTOH, 27-NOC already is the first Sunday of Advent, so: Hurry up !
Well we would usually put them up the last weekend of November so I suppose that's about right - but it's still almost two weeks away!
Quoting HT (Reply 1): I already saw a small number of illuminated houses/gardens in the last days !
I hate to say it, and I hate to sound like a snob, but to be honest the only areas with lights up seem to be the more rundown areas, council estates etc. Maybe Christmas comes early in their houses?
Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21 Reply 5, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1220 times:
Never before 23 December.
That's tradition in our family, the tree gets put up and the house decorated on my mother's birthday or the day after (originally because we didn't have room to receive the guests for the party with a tree in the house).
Of course personally I don't put up anything. I don't care for it myself, don't give a darn to do it for the neighbours (let them put up their own lights if they want to), and will likely not be home anyway.
DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11433 posts, RR: 81 Reply 6, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1206 times:
I will the day after Thanksgiving.......I am "that guy" in the neighborhood when it comes to holiday lights....
Noelg From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 7, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1204 times:
Quoting DL021 (Reply 6): I am "that guy" in the neighborhood when it comes to holiday lights....
Sounds about right - we have all sorts, icicle lights, animated reindeer, Santa on a parachute, you name it and we have it! Plus the missus has gone on another spending spree this year, I think she's hoping to have Times Square in our front garden...
But of course it has to be me who puts them all up!
OYRJA From Denmark, joined Feb 2007, 77 posts, RR: 16 Reply 8, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1197 times:
Nope not yet. But I planned to do it this weekend when I get off work.
I'm going to buy a plastic Christmas tree that I will have in my livingroom. And I will have lights around my balcony.
Fbgdavidson From United Kingdom, joined Oct 2004, 3687 posts, RR: 31 Reply 10, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1193 times:
I'm going to see my girlfriend's aunt this weekend who has children of 8 and 5yrs old and apparently they want to put up the Xmas tree!
Back in the UK I wouldn't consider putting up the tree or decorations before 15th December.
"My first job was selling doors, door to door, that's a tough job innit" - Bill Bailey
Willo From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2003, 1352 posts, RR: 14 Reply 11, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1189 times:
Quoting Noelg (Reply 7): we have all sorts, icicle lights, animated reindeer, Santa on a parachute, you name it and we have it!
I trust you've got plenty of coins for the electric meter!
I've only seen one house that's got its lights so far. I don't think they should go up until the first Sunday of Advent, which falls on the 27th November. Our (indoor) tree normally goes up a fortnight before Christmas. The dog's been telling us it should be up already as she knows there tree chocolates in the cupboard!
Pope From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 12, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 14 hours ago) and read 1187 times:
I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't take them down from last year. I don't put them on the house just the trees and shrub in front. I'm a white lights only traditionalist.
Don't get me wrong, I don't turn them on throughout the year, they've just been out there the entire year. I'll turn them on the day after Thanksgiving.
PHLBOS From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 7253 posts, RR: 25 Reply 17, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 1145 times:
Quoting DL021 (Reply 6): I am "that guy" in the neighborhood when it comes to holiday lights....
Do you have a separate generator to support the extra electricity load?
Normally, I put up the window candlestick lights on Dec. 1 & the tree around Dec. 10-15. Since I live in an apartment complex, I'm somewhat limited in what I can put up. If I was living in a house, it would be a whole different story.
Around my neighborhood, there were more houses decked out with lights for Halloween than for Christmas. Presently, a couple houses even have lighted Thanksgiving decorations (inflatable turkey & pilgrim) up.
15 years ago, putting holiday lights up other than Christmastime was essentially unheard of.
Quoting Pope (Reply 12): I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't take them down from last year. I don't put them on the house just the trees and shrub in front.
What's embarrassing about not wanting to got through the trouble of hanging them up & taking them down; especially if your not going to change the bulb type, scheme arrangement or colors?
Quoting Pope (Reply 12): I'm a white lights only traditionalist.
Truth be told, a traditionalist in Christmas lighting would use the standard incandescent C7s (indoor use) and/or C9s (outdoor use) in full multi-colors. Bonus points if the string contains the pre-1977 GE bulbs with the ceramic-peel-resistant colors. Double-bonus points if the entire string (& bulbs) were made entirely in the United States, or at least in North America.
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ANCFlyer From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 18, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1139 times:
Quoting DL021 (Reply 6): I am "that guy" in the neighborhood when it comes to holiday lights....
I'm seeing visions of Chevy Chase in my head here . . . .
Quoting Pope (Reply 12): I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't take them down from last year. I don't put them on the house just the trees and shrub in front.
When I had my house in South Anchorage I never took them down - in fact I put them up in the summer when I could more easily get to the trees in the front yard and the edge of the roof . . . without the hazard of taking a gainer off the snow laden roof or having to wade through three feet of white stuff. When the first serious snow fall hit, I ran an extension cord out over the front yard and had it at the ready for the the after Thanksgiving. All I really needed to do is replace a bulb or three . . . and no one noticed them in the summer.
I haven't put up a tree or lights in three years . . . and won't this year. I will be up north at work for both Thanksgiving and Christmas . . . I don't see the need to deal with the labor of decorating for the holidays when I won't be here. I bought a new Christmas Tree (fake of course) (that is still sitting in the box in my garage) two years ago . . . never opened the box . . .
DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11433 posts, RR: 81 Reply 19, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1135 times:
Quoting PHLBOS (Reply 17): Quoting DL021 (Reply 6):
I am "that guy" in the neighborhood when it comes to holiday lights....
Do you have a separate generator to support the extra electricity load?
I actually am considering having the electric company add a service to my place for all the lights, and yes ...we do have a generator....
Quoting PHLBOS (Reply 17): Truth be told, a traditionalist in Christmas lighting would use the standard incandescent C7s (indoor use) and/or C9s (outdoor use) in full multi-colors. Bonus points if the string contains the pre-1977 GE bulbs with the ceramic-peel-resistant colors. Double-bonus points if the entire string (& bulbs) were made entirely in the United States, or at least in North America.
check, check, and check. Target and Ace Hardware stock replacement bulbs. We are almost out of actual original bulbs, but a few still work. You can get either the clear ones or the ceramic coated ones too.
this does mean you are as big a geek as me since you knew all that....
Quoting ANCFlyer (Reply 18): I haven't put up a tree or lights in three years . . . and won't this year. I will be up north at work for both Thanksgiving and Christmas . . . I don't see the need to deal with the labor of decorating for the holidays when I won't be here. I bought a new Christmas Tree (fake of course) (that is still sitting in the box in my garage) two years ago . . . never opened the box . . .
Ilikeyyc From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 1373 posts, RR: 22 Reply 20, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1131 times:
Quoting DL021 (Reply 6): I am "that guy" in the neighborhood when it comes to holiday lights
Will you be putting your beacon lights on your roof again so Santa can identify your house from the air?
BHMBAGLOCK From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 2698 posts, RR: 5 Reply 21, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1131 times:
Yes and no. My crazy wife has halloween lights(ghosts) that I still haven't taken down. I'll probably just do a swap this weekend although I'm generally philosphically opposed to Christmas stuff before Turkey day.
DL021 From United States of America, joined May 2004, 11433 posts, RR: 81 Reply 22, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1125 times:
Quoting Ilikeyyc (Reply 20): Quoting DL021 (Reply 6):
I am "that guy" in the neighborhood when it comes to holiday lights
Will you be putting your beacon lights on your roof again so Santa can identify your house from the air?
ABsolutely......God helps those who help themselves......Santa feels the same way.
Seb146 From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 9830 posts, RR: 17 Reply 23, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 1120 times:
It makes me absolutly sick to have been seeing Christmas decorations in stores since mid-October. One radio station in Portland is already playing Christmas music 24/7! People ask why I am a Scrooge at the holidays. Do we really need to be reminded to spend, spend, spend during November and December? Everyone knows what is coming, so why can't we just enjoy one holiday at a time!
Kevinl1011 From United States of America, joined Mar 2005, 2964 posts, RR: 51 Reply 24, posted (7 years 6 months 1 week 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1100 times:
Naw! This year I'm going to Wal Mart and buying "Holiday Lights" instead.
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25 YooYoo: Not yet, but the wife and i spent a small fortune on the weekend on lights and other decorations. Me thinks that this coming weekend will be the one t
26 Noelg: Well that's it, my wife is off out today to buy another animated light of Santa climbing a ladder. Looks like this is the weekend folks! At least it
27 Dragon-wings: I will put them up soon after Thanksgiving, but I will not turn them on until it gets closer to Christmas. If I don't put them up soon the weather wil
28 Jafa39: To be honest, since we moved to NZ and have the bizarre experience of a baking hot Christmas we really don't do all that stuff, doesn't get dark until
29 FlyAUA: No and I'm not planning to! Signed, Moe the Xmas Grinch
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