take down your freaking x-mas lights.... - Page 2

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

$0.01 for a MONTH?!?! Even with LEDs I have a hard time with that. Is that per bulb or per string. If it's per bulb, possibly. . .

Of course most people just use 10x the energy efficiency to justify buying 10x the number of lights. . .

ikarcuaso · 03-27-2007, 11:05 AM

OK, no blanket condemnations here. I understand there are allowable exceptions, X-mas lights and convertibles.

But the worst is the guy with the top down, his window down, but his wife/girlfriend's window rolled up! And if I follow him home in June and see X-mas lights hanging....

...HE MUST DIE!!

syncroid · 03-27-2007, 11:35 AM

There is a house I drive by every day on my way to work that still has the Christmas tree up! Still decorated and all. They still have the lights up on the house.....AND a wreath on the front door.
Our lights usually come down the day after New Years.

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

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Originally posted by ikarcuaso
OK, no blanket condemnations here. I understand there are allowable exceptions, X-mas lights and convertibles.

But the worst is the guy with the top down, his window down, but his wife/girlfriend's window rolled up! And if I follow him home in June and see X-mas lights hanging....

...HE MUST DIE!!

LOL!!! That one had me laughing out loud!

ikarcuaso · 01-01-2009, 01:30 PM

OK, which of you lazy bastards is gonna leave the Christmas light up for a few weeks...or months...or 'till next Chrirstmas.

Just took mine down in between bowl games.

imcarthur · imcarthur's Garage

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Originally Posted by ikarcuaso

But the worst is the guy with the top down, his window down, but his wife/girlfriend's window rolled up!

Oh, you've seen me driving with my wife?

No xmas lights though. Not this close to the north pole.

Ian

911Rob · 911Rob's Garage

I don't see a problem leaving Christmas lights on if there's still snow on the ground?

As an ex-cab guy; I totally agree with top down; windows MUST be down. Oh, and look warm.

I put lights up last year because there's 3 little boys living next door; but this year I didn't bother. My house isn't really visable from the road anyway and I have excellent yard lighting.

Zeke · 01-01-2009, 03:31 PM

I never put them up this year. You might say I'm saving a small amount of energy.

Mine.

campbellcj · 01-01-2009, 03:36 PM

Same here...put a few lights in a tree out front but nothing on the house. It is a PITA and I'm trying to enjoy my break, not make more work for myself.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

Epiphany is January 5th. The lights stay up, and on, until then.

Along with the tree.

The Gaijin · 01-01-2009, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by red-beard

Epiphany is January 5th. The lights stay up, and on, until then.

Along with the tree.

Yes, indeed. However the original post is dated March 26th..

The modern Christmas is built around pre-Christmas sales, movie releases on the 25th and post-Christmas sales. Quaint notions such ad Advent, Boxing day and Epiphany get in the way of this shopping mania..

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

Yes indeed! 2007!

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

I thought Epiphany was January 6 - hence the "12 days of Christmas" and all that...

Been years since I attended Catholic school though, and I've repressed most of it.

VaSteve · 01-01-2009, 04:17 PM

Hey, it's now Valentine's Day shopping season at the mall. I'm surprised they haven't found a away to sell things for MLK day and the Inauguration this year. The problem with putting this stuff up is that you have to work in the cold to take it down. No thanks. My kids like it, though, I guess I should do something next year.

syncroid · 01-01-2009, 04:18 PM

My lights are down as of today. Yeah, I know its a pain putting them up and taking them down every year but it keeps the wife happy. If she is happy, I am happy.

red-beard · red-beard's Garage

OK January 6th...

I'll keep them up for one more day!

RWebb · RWebb's Garage

hmmm... almost time to put up Mardi Gras decorations...

911Rob · 911Rob's Garage

original post by Bell was March 26, 2007.
Ha, OK that makes a little more sense to me now.
That's about the third time this has happen to me

You got me ikar:

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OK, which of you lazy bastards is gonna leave the Christmas light up for a few weeks...or months...or 'till next Chrirstmas. Just took mine down in between bowl games.

- Posted today on a two year old thread

Laneco · 01-01-2009, 04:35 PM

But if we take our Christmas lights down, how will we find out house?

Oh wait, it's the only one without a foreclosure sign in the front yard...

angela

Paul K · Paul K's Garage

Tree is down, lights are unplugged. They'll come down as soon as it's safe to climb up on the roof (i.e. it stops snowing).

I drive with the targa top off and the windows up on the freeway- is that okay?

Cheers,

Paul.