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A Grateful American |
I mean, look. I care about Smurfs, Whores and Aliens same as e'rybody else, but have you looked at yer 'lectric bill lately? I ain't showing that much love to anybody but Santa Claus, cus he brings me stuff that lasts... "the meaning of life, is to give life meaning" ✡ Ani Yehudi אני יהודי Le'olam lo shuv לעולם לא שוב! | |||
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I happen to be on a walk and ran into a neighbor that still had theirs up and asked them why and they said that their kids still love to come home at night and see the lights and that it brings them joy and that the world could use a little bit of joy right now. In war, truth is the first casualty. Aeschylus Greek tragic dramatist (525 BC - 456 BC) | |||
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There are at least 2 households in our area that leave the pair of human skeletons up in the front yard all year around They dressed them up according to the holiday. Spooky at Halloween, pilgrims at Thanksgiving, Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus at Christmas. I guess probably gonna be Saint Patrick's Day leprechauns soon. ____________________ | |||
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His Royal Hiney |
I'm not sure about the Christmas lights still being on. But when I read the title, it reminded me of when in the middle of summer, a young girl (maybe high school at the most) dressed in soccer uniform rand our doorbell. I was cautious when I saw her. She explained her car stalled at the intersection near our house. I helped her move the car to the curb. We let her come into the house to call her dad and my wife gave her a towel to dry off while waiting for her dad. Since our house was farther away than other houses, we asked if she went to other doors and no one answered. She said no and that she went for our house. We asked what was her reason for picking our house and she said she saw the christmas lights hanging from the eaves and she thought that indicated we were good people. We said she was right in coming to us but the christmas lights hanging outside in the middle of summer was an indication we were too lazy to take them down. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado  |
I have a single string of blue LED lights around my garage door that are up all year, lit at night. It is my tribute to police (my Best Friend is a cop). At Christmas there are many more strings of lights up all over the house, including the garage, but they come down when the season is over--the single blue string stays up and active. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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I leave the Japanese maple in the front yard strung with lights all year, soft white. On at dusk, off at dawn. My elderly neighbor across the road likes to look at them at night, my niece calls it my “happy tree”. And since streetlights are. It close, it provides a warm glow at the front of the house. It’s actually a pretty cool effect in the summer. -- I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. JALLEN 10/18/18 https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...610094844#7610094844 | |||
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Fire begets Fire |
My neighbor across the street, who happens to also be the appointed manager of the nature preserve here - still has his residential Christmas lights up. I like it. I wonder what he will think when I hang my “appeal to heaven“ flag? It’s funny to me, because we actually have a singular tree (cedar) in the nature preserve that is ~230 feet tall, standing above everything else (at 35-50 feet). "Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
One of my neighbors had flashing red and blue lights. But then I got closer and saw they were on police cars. | |||
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| drop and give me 20 pushups |
Our Christmas tree has been up and decorated in the front hall way/foyer since late November 1976. Once in a while wife might add some extra trinkets to honor some holiday but normally lights lit up only for Christmas Holidays....Tree stands 4ft tall and on top of a box.................................................. drill sgt. | |||
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Invest Early, Invest Often |
Around here a lot of houses have had the "Permanent" lights installed. Very small bulbs and hardly noticeable during the day. They will have them lit for various holidays. Quite a few house with green lights lately for St. Patrick's Day. | |||
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| W07VH5 |
Nevermind. I must be speaking another language. | |||
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Oriental Redneck |
Might as well take your ball and go home. Oh, and ask Para to lock it up.  Q | |||
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Optimistic Cynic |
So you're saying it's bait?!?!?! Funny, the van with "free candy" painted on the side has always worked pretty well for me. Have to look into that Christmas light thing. | |||
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| and this little pig said: |
In our neck of the woods, people have been keeping their decorative lights on to offer cheers during the pandemic. Me, I'm too lazy to take the Xmas lights off our deck. When I put the lights on out there, it's Christmas!!! | |||
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| Muzzle flash aficionado |
I have a couple of light strings that are a pain to put up and take down. Fortunately, I have a Handyman who does it for me (for pay, of course). Otherwise, some of the decorations would definitely stay up (unlit) all year. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Ubique |
Yes, there are more and more of the permanent installations here. They are sold as seasonal programable decorations. Red for Valentine's day, white for security, blinking patterns, you name it. Calgary Shooting Centre | |||
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| Who Woulda Ever Thought? |
It's just 289 days until Christmas! | |||
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When I was deployed during my first Christmas in the Marine Corps my mother kept the family tree up til I returned home. | |||
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I do not know of a movement or a reason for Christmas lights to be put back up at this time. I just wanted to throw you a bone  | |||
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