Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Halo on December 30, 2008, 02:22:00 PM
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New Year's day? Mid January? First day of spring?
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The lights and tree always came down on the 12th day of Christmas in my house growing up. I get depressed to see them drop before New Years.
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If you live in Michigan, never.
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we usually take ours down the first full weekend after new years
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I was always told that they could not stay up past New Year's Day. So, the outside lights went down Sunday and the inside stuff is being put up tonight, oh well, we both love it all but it's gotta go.
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I was always told that they could not stay up past New Year's Day. So, the outside lights went down Sunday and the inside stuff is being put up tonight, oh well, we both love it all but it's gotta go.
Is this a law where you live?
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No, just something my parents always told me.
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No, just something my parents always told me.
You get to change the tradition whenever you want when you're the parent. ;)
I created many a new traditions... daily afternoon naps for Mom... evening hour naps for Mom... mid-morning naps for Mom. And the awesome thing was that nobody's allowed to argue ;)
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They can't go up before Thanksgiving, ansd come down December 26th. Man Law.
Retail outlets, take note.
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Never, you just have to put the damn things back up again.
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You get to change the tradition whenever you want when you're the parent. ;)
I created many a new traditions... daily afternoon naps for Mom... evening hour naps for Mom... mid-morning naps for Mom. And the awesome thing was that nobody's allowed to argue ;)
Mom needs to cut back a little on the eggnog :uhoh
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Leave them up until next year
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Never, you just have to put the damn things back up again.
If you don't put up the stupid "Oh, look at me" things in the first place you never have to take them down.
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If you don't put up the stupid "Oh, look at me" things in the first place you never have to take them down.
Bah humbug you Grinch! Lights are marvelous. *smile*
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yeah well, I put them up 3 years ago. So far I flip a switch and turn on the christmas lights.
Soon, one of these years I'm going to flip a switch and turn on the christmas light.
But, I'm okay with that.
RTR
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Randomly. Just a lil bit at a time.
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You get to change the tradition whenever you want when you're the parent. ;)
I created many a new traditions... daily afternoon naps for Mom... evening hour naps for Mom... mid-morning naps for Mom. And the awesome thing was that nobody's allowed to argue ;)
:rofl :aok
My wife read your response, she asked me to (well told me to) tell you that your her hero!! And she is willing to send me to your husband training school. :D
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From a strictly historical or religious perspective, what does stringing blinking lights all over your house and yard have to do with Christmas? I understand the tradition and all, but where did it come from? Who was the first guy to who said "By golly, it's Christmas and I'm going to celebrate by making a spectacle of myself and wasting a bunch of electricity"?
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From a strictly historical or religious perspective, what does stringing blinking lights all over your house and yard have to do with Christmas? I understand the tradition and all, but where did it come from? Who was the first guy to who said "By golly, it's Christmas and I'm going to celebrate by making a spectacle of myself and wasting a bunch of electricity"?
I don't know who he was but I'm one of his fans. I love Christmas lights, they're woderful and put most people in a good mood. Just what you need to distract you from the endless amount of money you spent trying to please everyone.
I guess I could start my own rules now, but I took them down already anyway. As far as naps, I am a huge proponent of naps, now if I can just send my wife to TxMom's school of nap training, I'll be ok.
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Over the years our outside ornamentation has evolved into a relatively low key and simple display of 500 mini lights on the front hedge and bush from about Dec. 1 to Jan. 1.
Inside, mini lights on a couple plants sometimes stay up until February or even March to help us get through the winter darkness.
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Ours normally go up mid december and come down on my sons birthday which is next Monday.
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When I man up and get back on the roof...its a sheet of ice atm so not this week. I put alot of lights up so it happens slowly over the first week in january.
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Good idea viper. One of my former bosses went headfirst into a bench off his roof. It wouldn't have been pretty if it has just been the ground he'd fallen on ~ but to go headfirst into a bench? Ouch. It's worth it to leave them up long enough to be safely taken down. :aok
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My dad used to put up so many lights in the house that you could read the paper without having to turn on anything but the X-mas lights. We used to joke that you couldn't sit on the toilet too long or you'd have lights hanging off you.
Of course, he also used to hang garland off the ceiling fans and build wreaths around the lampshades. The guy went a little nuts come the holidays.
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Whatever their motives and resources, thumbs up for the elves who bring more light to the winter darkness. :aok
And any time we need a little cheer boost all year long, can Google a couple of those masterpieces set to Wizards in Winter by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.