Warning - Husbands don't read!

[Cage]

I exchanged all the fall/Thanksgiving decor on Black Friday while the Mrs. did the whole start at 3AM until you drop (8PM) shopping thing.
Already no room to walk in the living room with all the gifts and my son has just asked for another gift. He wants a kilt (his first) and pointed out that he really likes a Campbell tartan. YAY!

[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 .

[threebanger]

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

LOVE that one!!

[James MacMillan]

Here ya go James

Yaish - You have made my day, Heck my week, no, my month!

This rates a new high in rofl!

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[heartofglass]

I'm still exhausted from all the Thanksgiving cooking!

[Woodsheal]

That is just wrong on sooo many levels .

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

[GreenDragon]

my wife puts up all the Christmas decorations.

i just find decorating hard to get into.

[davedove]

Too bad for all you guys. As a single guy who normally spends Christmas away from the house, I generally don't put up any decorations. Okay, if I'm really feeling in the spirit, I'll put a wreath on the door. I am working on recording some Christmas songs this year (strictly amateur, I do stuff like this for the folks instead of trying to find a present).

When I was growing up, we never put up our tree until the weekend after my Mom's birthday on the 15th. Then she was always ready to take it down on the 26th, since Christmas was over.

I guess we always focused more of our efforts on baking all the goodies and didn't put much effort in the decorations.