I’m pretty sure that it’s beyond the generally accepted time frame for exterior Christmas illumination but maybe I’m wrong? What do you think??
Let me know, cuz’ it’s driving me nuts!
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: cards, Christmas, decorations, leftovers, new year, resolutions, tree
On the first day of Christmas my true loves gave to me: a fabulous wine opener and some wine stoppers! Finally, something I can use.
On the second day of Christmas: we took back our Christmas tree! Here’s the deal, this year we bought a fake tree. Being an Oregonian I have always thought that there was something very wrong about having a fake tree however I also remembered that real trees are messy, expensive, need water and cost money to dispose of. So I broke down and we bought a tree For $240 at a local big box store (that shall remain nameless) on December 13th. On December 14th they went on sale for $188. A few days after that MFH and I went to get a credit for the difference and the store refused to follow through with their own pricing policy because they claimed that the item was “on clearance” and therefore we were not entitled to a refund of the difference. SO, we bought the same tree at a local store for 50% off and took it back to another store, with the original receipt from the 13th! We showed them! They could have saved over $50 by just giving us the credit but we received almost $110 back because they were jerks! Merry Christmas!
On the third day of Christmas: I counted all of our Christmas cards and realized that half of the people that we sent cards to, didn’t return the favor. Do they hate us? Is it the economy? Either way, they’re off of next year’s list! And what about those Christmas letters? I finally got to read them and realized that I know a lot of perfect people with perfect families and perfect lives (yeah right).
On the forth day of Christmas: I started throwing out the leftovers, and there were a lot. Green-bean casserole, boiled potatoes, even pie and cookies! I can wait another year to see some of those dishes again.
On the fifth day of Christmas: I was ready for school to start up again!
On the sixth day of Christmas: I attempted to motivate myself to get some work done…….but wrote this post for my blog instead 
On the seventh day of Christmas: I will prepare for another party! It’s New Year’s Eve and another reason to celebrate!
On the eighth day of Christmas: I’ll nurse my hangover.
On the ninth day of Christmas: I’ll write my New Year’s resolutions list…..and it’s gonna be long!
On the tenth day of Christmas: I’ll break my first New Year’s resolution.
On the eleventh day of Christmas: I’ll break all of the remaining resolutions!
On the twelfth day of Christmas: I’ll pack up all of the decorations, the ornaments, the stockings, goofy hats, and clean my home….unless I feel that blogging would be more fun and motivating.
Happy Holidays to all!
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: brag, celebration, Christmas, decorations, envy, homeowners, lights, neighbors
Please do not misinterpret this post but I have a problem: Why do people insist on turning on their exterior Christmas lights before Thanksgiving? Being prepared is one thing but do they have to actually turn the lights on?
It’s bad enough that every year the stores put up decorations and lights a week earlier, pretty soon we’ll hear jingle bells in July! But when homeowners do it it’s like they’re embracing this bad behavior and it’s irritating.
I love Christmas but it defeats the specialness of it to have it last longer than the month of December. That’s as obnoxious as the people who take an entire month to celebrate their birthday….it’s one day people, celebrate and move on. But we have to take the birth of Jesus and make it last all of December and most of November nowadays. Yes, I know that he’s the Messiah and that there was preparation for his coming and that’s typically why we celebrate all month long, I get that. AND I’m going to spare you the “it’s overly commercialized” because that’s a given. My problem is specific, it’s the lights!
In a time when the economy is in the toilet, is such decadence as Christmas lights even necessary? (Don’t even get me started on how we cut down and kill trees in celebration) AND aren’t we trying to “go green” and not waste the energy associated with the electrical usage that Christmas lights require? Bah, humbug!
I look at it as a bit “in your face” for people to turn on their lights early. Kind of like they’re bragging. They’ve got their lights up and are way more prepared than anyone else and they want everyone to know it! I actually have a neighbor that pays a service to put up their house lights every year. The service was out there two weeks ago, and my response was “You have got to be kidding me!” However, these people are tactful enough to not turn the lights on yet. If they’re reading this, I would like to say on behalf of the neighborhood, Thank You!
What it really boils down to is envy. That’s right, I’m jealous of the fact that a few of my neighbors chose to take advantage of the beautiful weather this past weekend and put up their Christmas decorations and lights and we didn’t. Nope, the day we finally get our shit together will be the crappiest coldest, wettest day on record but we will not be outdone, the lights will go up……eventually!
