Comments on: The Christmas Light Scrooge

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:10:42 +0000

Christ, I hope they turn that off come bed time! Out here we cheat. We freeze buckets of water, just before the whole thing is frozen we empty the a hollow bucket shaped ice cube out, stick a candle under it and low and behold, Christmas lights. For almost free. Well, candles cost something. .-= Heather´s last blog ..The Finger Unveiled -not for the faint hearted. =-.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:07:32 +0000

I have a wreath. That the old owners left in the attic when they moved. It is holly jolly enough.

We also have a tree that has nothing but the built in lights on the bottom 2/3 and all the decorations on the top.

My neighbor has an inflatable Santa in a plane on his porch roof and you know those reindeer or snowmen made of some sort of lighted wire? He has those and some gifts made of the same material and an elephant.

An elephant.

WTF?

So I’m not even going to start the competition for fear that he’ll start bringing out the kangaroos and manatees. He already keeps a mannequin head in his upstairs bathroom window, who knows what else he could come up with.
.-= Tracy´s last blog ..The music of my childhood =-.

By: Preston

Preston — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:53:59 +0000

Very funny. I live alone now and so I am putting up no Christmas lights this year nor a Christmas tree. It's just too much hassle to put it all up just to take it all down 2 weeks later. Thanks for sharing! .-= Preston´s last blog ..‘96 Gibson SG Special Guitar for Sale =-.

By: jan geronimo

jan geronimo — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 13:29:53 +0000

This post is like an early Christmas gift. Enjoyed it very much. Mrs. Wright, please go easy on David here. All your neighbors Christmas lights put together can never outshine the bright star that is your husband.

By: Susan Greene

Susan Greene — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:45:19 +0000

I used to have it easy; I’m Jewish. Hanukkah menorah — 8 lights and you’re done. Then I married an anal retentive Catholic (love ‘ya honey). Now, not only do we have a katrillion lights spread through all our trees, bushes and rooftop, but they alternate red and white strands, all precisely spaced apart, and all blinking in perfect unison.

By: Blogger Dad

Blogger Dad — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:54:53 +0000

Trina – No, I grabbed that pic off of Flickr as I didn’t want to use my actual neighbor’s house – just in case they someday read this, I can say, Oh, I meant the other neighbor who just moved in, or something.

Orchid64 – That’s not my neighbor’s house (see above note to Trina). But you make a good point. Maybe I can take credit for my neighbor’s handiwork and say, “Hey, honey, I asked him to do that so you’d have something beautiful to look at every night.”

Lisa – LOL. That’s awesome.

Otter – Just think of it this way, you have one full year to change your religion to something which doesn’t cost a ton of money or require you to climb ladders.

By: Blogger Dad

Blogger Dad — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:50:48 +0000

Yeah! Those terrorists and their Christmas lights!

By: Otter

Otter — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:42:49 +0000

I narrowly escaped lights this year. We tried to put them on bushes but the bushes were just to big for the nets. Then the wife decided to get more interiour decorations instead of lights. I think next year I will have no way out. .-= Otter´s last blog ..Random Tuesday Thoughts: Bob and Doug and Robert the Bruce =-.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:05:09 +0000

My suggestion? Copy the “ditto” house!
http://www.sodahead.com/other/the-christmas-lights-ditto-house/blog-180087/

By: Orchid64

Orchid64 — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:41:10 +0000

Your neighbor’s house looks gorgeous. The thing is that your own house looking beautiful isn’t going to do anything for you. You sit in the house, not look at it from the outside. So, your wife benefits more from their efforts than she would your own anyway… unless she wants to impress the neighbors.
.-= Orchid64´s last blog ..Won’t Miss #92 – Japanese milk =-.