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hpboats83
09-29-2013, 09:33 AM
Is anybody thinking about how they are going to do their house yet?
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riverrunner1984
09-29-2013, 09:35 AM
Yes I am! I absolutely LOVE Christmas!
There is a contest in my community and the winner gets $100 gift card.
I have been the champ the last 2 years in a row and am going for the hat trick this year!
I always do something different and add something to the Xmas light collection!
Ziggy
09-29-2013, 10:26 AM
Each year I am finging ways to shortcut or lessen the burden. Like this year I already thought about using a long pole instead of a ladder at the peaks.
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RogerThat99
09-29-2013, 11:46 AM
My second least favorite day of the year is the day I have to take my Christmas lights down. I will give you ONE GUESS what my least favorite day of the year is. LOL. I love Christmas, I just hate dealing with the lights. I start dreading it on October 1st every year. LOL.
GRADS
09-29-2013, 12:18 PM
My house was on the front page of the newspaper about 10 years ago because of how many lights I put on my house....about 20,000 in all. The very next year my house was vandalized by some people and they ripped over half my lights down.:cry2: I never really got into after that. I put up a few some years but nothing too big.
314joey
09-29-2013, 12:19 PM
I gotta get through Thanksgiving first and see if I can get on a ladder after all that food., lol
GRADS
09-29-2013, 12:20 PM
BTW...I used to start hanging them the day after Halloween.
Mrs.K034
09-29-2013, 12:21 PM
I enjoy putting them up, I do not look forward to untangling them each year! Seems no matter how carful you are putting them away, they find a way to get tangled! Would like to do a little more with the lights this year for the kids.
ChumpChange
09-29-2013, 01:15 PM
Was talkin about this last night at a party. In fact I went to last years "post your Christmas lights" thread to show them my house. Funny this was posted today.
hpboats83
09-29-2013, 01:36 PM
I enjoy putting them up, I do not look forward to untangling them each year! Seems no matter how carful you are putting them away, they find a way to get tangled! Would like to do a little more with the lights this year for the kids.
That's kind of where I'm at, I'm thinking of going big this year for my 3 year old.
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Mrs.K034
09-29-2013, 01:44 PM
That's kind of where I'm at, I'm thinking of going big this year for my 3 year old.
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Absolutely! And our kids, being 9,10,11 years old are going to start to Grow out of it.. But they still love it for the time being, so it would be cool to light up the whole street. Lol.
hpboats83
09-29-2013, 02:23 PM
Absolutely! And our kids, being 9,10,11 years old are going to start to Grow out of it.. But they still love it for the time being, so it would be cool to light up the whole street. Lol.
Really I'm just using my kids to give me an excuse to act like Clark Griswold :-)
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Mrs.K034
09-29-2013, 02:29 PM
Really I'm just using my kids to give me an excuse to act like Clark Griswold :-)
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Hahaha!! That's funny! Lets hope you can do it a little more gracefully.
ChumpChange
09-29-2013, 02:58 PM
Already have some more stuff I picked up over the year to add to this.
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Singleton
09-29-2013, 03:26 PM
Lights go up day after turkey day. I have been known to unplug neighbors lights if they are on before that.
Ziggy
09-29-2013, 07:11 PM
Lights go up day after turkey day. I have been known to unplug neighbors lights if they are on before that.
Yup, alway has been the fri or sat following Tday. :thumbup:
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GRADS
09-29-2013, 07:53 PM
Here is my house...not my biggest or brightest but the only picture I could find.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/30/zybuquve.jpg
hpboats83
09-29-2013, 07:56 PM
Here is my house...not my biggest or brightest but the only picture I could find.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/30/zybuquve.jpg
How much did your electric bill go up because of the lights?
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Tishimself
09-29-2013, 09:14 PM
It takes about 20 strings to do this house, and it is a bitch to do, trust me. But well worth it. Th highest peak we have is over 30' in the air, so I have to have a guy help me, I am afraid of heights and my old ass ain't climbing up there....LOL....in any case, we are replacing all the light strings this year, as ten Christmases in this place they are starting to show some wear on them. Chrissie has requested they go up early this year so I will do them the week before Thanksgiving but leave them dark till after the holiday, then flip them on..here is the house from last year....I am a purist....less is more around here.....please post up pics of your houses from years gone by..always fun to see what people do....
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Havasugirl84
09-30-2013, 03:29 PM
I love it. Maybe I can talk my husband into doing something like this. Can it be Christmas time already.
Here is my house...not my biggest or brightest but the only picture I could find.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/30/zybuquve.jpg
ChumpChange
09-30-2013, 06:28 PM
I love it. Maybe I can talk my husband into doing something like this. Can it be Christmas time already.
Poor guy.
McRib
09-30-2013, 06:32 PM
Fuck outside Christmas light!! My dad ruined that for me growing up. We put lil trinkets up around the house and do like 4 strands of lights on our tree (real!) I hate the holidays. All the family fakes are in full effect with their hands out. Bitch! I havent seen you in a year. How about a hand shake and a promise I wont punch u in the face while we are here.
HB Vic
09-30-2013, 06:45 PM
Fuck outside Christmas light!! My dad ruined that for me growing up. We put lil trinkets up around the house and do like 4 strands of lights on our tree (real!) I hate the holidays. All the family fakes are in full effect with their hands out. Bitch! I havent seen you in a year. How about a hand shake and a promise I wont punch u in the face while we are here.
Grinch lol.
hpboats83
09-30-2013, 06:45 PM
Fuck outside Christmas light!! My dad ruined that for me growing up. We put lil trinkets up around the house and do like 4 strands of lights on our tree (real!) I hate the holidays. All the family fakes are in full effect with their hands out. Bitch! I havent seen you in a year. How about a hand shake and a promise I wont punch u in the face while we are here.
How do you really feel Andrew?
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McRib
09-30-2013, 06:53 PM
Grinch lol.
How do you really feel Andrew?
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Ur all thinkin the same thing fockers. :P
HB Vic
09-30-2013, 06:56 PM
Ur all thinkin the same thing fockers. :P
Whats your address? we're coming over in a few weeks and putting up lights at your house :D
ChumpChange
09-30-2013, 06:59 PM
Whats your address? we're coming over in a few weeks and putting up lights at your house :D
And then taking a dump on his lawn!
hpboats83
09-30-2013, 07:05 PM
Just leave a bike behind his truck with battery operated Christmas lights, he will loose it.
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CampbellCarl
09-30-2013, 07:46 PM
I spend hours putting mine up....
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HB Vic
09-30-2013, 07:48 PM
I spend hours putting mine up....
Its the thought that counts :D
McRib
09-30-2013, 07:52 PM
Whats your address? we're coming over in a few weeks and putting up lights at your house :D
Ill have them if someone else is puttin them up. My dad was very elaborate and I had to do ALL the labor. It was an entire weekend. Ill never hang another light again.
HB Vic
09-30-2013, 07:59 PM
Ill have them if someone else is puttin them up. My dad was very elaborate and I had to do ALL the labor. It was an entire weekend. Ill never hang another light again.
So If we get 20 people to show up with 10-20 strands each, we put them up, you take them down, you're in?? :D
McRib
09-30-2013, 08:15 PM
So If we get 20 people to show up with 10-20 strands each, we put them up, you take them down, you're in?? :D
Im mexican. Once they go up they stay up!
HB Vic
09-30-2013, 08:15 PM
Im mexican. Once they go up they stay up!
lol....
Napanutt
09-30-2013, 08:35 PM
Here is my house...not my biggest or brightest but the only picture I could find.
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/09/30/zybuquve.jpg
Where's the one with you dancing and shit out front? ;)
niceguyeddie
09-30-2013, 10:09 PM
I usually just put a wreath on the door and call it a day.
niceguyeddie
09-30-2013, 10:12 PM
Btw- I have a buddy that installs lighting in OC and provides lights and decorations (if you don't have your own). If anyone is interested, ill pass along his info.
Napanutt
10-04-2013, 10:11 PM
Where's the one with you dancing and shit out front? ;)
Found it grads...
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You're a pretty good sport, I guess?
westair
10-05-2013, 07:12 AM
I'll put lights up after thanksgiving, but I don't want to hear or see anything Christmas until then! Then I make my one and only visit to a shopping mall for the year!
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