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[Archangel]

I purposefully left mine on all year. The evergreen's lights were on every night. Even the prancing reindeer got to boogie sometimes in the summer.

So, did I win?

[emolas]

I purposefully left mine on all year. The evergreen's lights were on every night. Even the prancing reindeer got to boogie sometimes in the summer.

So, did I win?

I came up with the great idea to just leave them up all year once. I was living in military housing at the time and apparently somebody complained because I got a warning letter saying that I had to take them down. It really annoys me when people feel a need to complain about things that don't concern them and it was only a week before independence day so, rather than take them down, I laboriously replaced every bulb with alternating red/white/blue bulbs then replied to the letter saying that my Christmas lights were taken down and my 4th of July lights replaced them.

Yesterday I went deer hunting all day - all I saw was squirrels and a couple of grouse (and a mob of woodpeckers sounding like teletype machines!).

Today I was a good family guy and did all the outside decorating: one of those plastic light-up Nativity sets with figures about 20" tall (I built a wooden "stable" thingy to place them in. With spruce boughs and little white lights on top it looks pretty cool). Also, little white lights on the bushes (non-blinking! I hate the blinkers!!).

The best part was my Dad gave me all of his old fashioned strings of lights with the large-sized bulbs (some of them dating back to the `50's). With these around the windows, we now have a "retro" look as well.

The tree won't go up for a couple of weeks yet....

One of my favourite displays I have seen is a lighted lawn deer gutted and hanging from a tree.

[James MacMillan]

I came up with the great idea to just leave them up all year once. I was living in military housing at the time and apparently somebody complained because I got a warning letter saying that I had to take them down. It really annoys me when people feel a need to complain about things that don't concern them and it was only a week before independence day so, rather than take them down, I laboriously replaced every bulb with alternating red/white/blue bulbs then replied to the letter saying that my Christmas lights were taken down and my 4th of July lights replaced them.

One of my favourite displays I have seen is a lighted lawn deer gutted and hanging from a tree.

I just love both of those ideas! The first is labor intensive, but could be done with almost any holiday - Easter lights, 4th of July, Labor Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc etc etc - although choosing what color to change the light to would be interesting.

The second idea, I REALLY like. I have one of those wire frame deer thingies, that could be re-bent and displayed very easily...... of course the wife may have something to say on the matter.......

[Yaish]

Here ya go James

[ccga3359]

Here ya go James

That is just wrong on sooo many levels .

[Woodsheal]

That is just wrong on sooo many levels .

True! Most people hang their deer with the head up...!

[Coinneach]

True! Most people hang their deer with the head up...!

But then you couldn't make a display of the blood on the ground...let's just call this Christmas license.

[Mr. Kilt]

That is just wrong on sooo many levels .

It is, but it's also my favorite light display as well.
My wife's reaction..."don't even think about it!!", as she sees me eyeing the two lighted deers in our shed.

[James MacMillan]

True! Most people hang their deer with the head up...!

Having been a Life-Long hunter and fisher, and having shot more of Bambie’s cousins than I can remember (close to 135), I can honestly say that I have never seen a deer hung head up!

It is, but it's also my favorite light display as well.
My wife's reaction..."don't even think about it!!", as she sees me eyeing the two lighted deers in our shed.

I too want to do this in so many ways! I have everything that I need, and could whip it up in about 20 minutes. But the wife put her foot down Big-Time on this one!

Pout, Pout, Cry!

[davedove]

It is, but it's also my favorite light display as well.
My wife's reaction..."don't even think about it!!", as she sees me eyeing the two lighted deers in our shed.

I don't know, I got a big kick out of it and like the idea. However, I wouldn't want to be the parent who has to explain why Rudolph has been hung up that way.