OT: Holiday decorations
rickdugan
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Did anyone else spend the day stringing up lights and putting out other holiday decorations? Some of my neighbors go to elaborate lengths, but I try to keep it simple. But even "simple" is a fair amount of work. I normally don't like to put them out this early, but with all of this pandemic hysteria this year, a little early celebratory spirit seemed to be in order.
Anyone else put(ting) out lights and yard displays? If so, how elaborate are you getting?
Anyone else put(ting) out lights and yard displays? If so, how elaborate are you getting?
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This will be the first time in years that we haven't travelled south, so the process of decorating the house has taken on increased significance.
The first is a Nativity Set that my paternal grandmother brought with her when she and her parents left Germany in 1941 that always goes on my mantle each year. My greatgrandparents told each of their kids that they were each only allowed to bring 1 bag of clothes and 1 other item and this is the item my grandmother brought with her.
The other is a very simple silhouette of santa's sleigh and reindeer that was one of the first woodworking projects that I remember building and painting with my father when I was around 10 years old that goes between the two maple trees in the front yard.
When I lived in a subdivision I used to do a few yard decorations and lights on the outside of the house just because anyone who didn't had to deal with griping from the neighbors about how "you aren't part of the community" if you didn't participate. Now that I live in the country I don't have to put up with the HOA bullshit anymore.
As for myself. I don't put up any decorations. Nobody would see it except on 1 or 2 days. So why bother. Isolation sucks.
I think folks will put up some more displays this year - to hopefully lift the spirits.
And then a few strings of regular colored LEDs across the front of the porch. It's not an elaborate display, but it's petty in the fog/rain, and we like coming home to it.
for years people would just set up the front of the house. then gradually over time it became some sort of competition among neighbors. now in some cases it's so competitive that people hire companies to decorate their houses. some the the displays i do admit are nothing short of amazing to look at.
We were at a party one night and we're giving another couple a ride home to pick up their spare keys (primary pair wasn't lost, just visible in their locked vehicle, lol). We were dropping my wife at home first to let the sitter go home, and the couple were waxing ecstatic about their neighbor's display. We mentioned that our neighbors had a display that would blow their minds. "No way," she said. A few minutes later, we turned the corner that brought the two houses into view. "Ok. You win," was her quiet concession.🤣
My neighbors are thrilled. I was one of only a few who didn't decorate.