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rollingsrollings Posts: 7,124
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suppose you really don't want to undecorate because everythng looks so twinkly and cozy.....what is the maximum time limit before the neighbors start thinking you're crazy/lazy/both/other?
January 15? Valentine's day? other?

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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,237
    Ours are down the first weekend after New Years.
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  • OceanInDisguise13OceanInDisguise13 Posts: 924
    Easter would be pushing it lol I say max Valentine's day...mine go down no later than the Sunday before going back to work.
    I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun.....
    I wanna race..with the sundown..I want a last breath..I don't let out...
  • Who PrincessWho Princess Posts: 7,305
    I had a friend who left them up until May one year. :lol:
    "The stars are all connected to the brain."
  • jnimhaoileoinjnimhaoileoin Posts: 2,682
    They're meant to be taken down on the 6th Jan in Ireland but we find it hard to let go :tongue: Will probably take them down this weekend I guess
  • ldent42ldent42 Posts: 7,859
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL1wp8dOvpQ
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  • jnimhaoileoinjnimhaoileoin Posts: 2,682
    ldent42 said:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL1wp8dOvpQ

    Love QI :) Stephen mentions central heating, that's why the tree is usually on its last legs by 6th Jan!
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,780
    This weekend they all come down.
  • rollingsrollings Posts: 7,124
    I can't find all my boxes is all.
    nor do i fully know kno where ti .
    send me these cubular going about things
  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    I lived by these people who left their tree up all year. I think they stopped plugging it in around memorial day. Started up again around Halloween.
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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 41,626
    Interesting question, Rollins!
    rollings said:

    suppose you really don't want to undecorate because everythng looks so twinkly and cozy.....what is the maximum time limit before the neighbors start thinking you're crazy/lazy/both/other?
    January 15? Valentine's day? other?

    Haha! I laugh at myself here. Mrs. Lux loves Christmas and I'm generally a little bit of grinch-like. But this year we had to thin a few crowded trees in the yard and so we cut down and stuck this gangly little thing with twisted branches going this way and that into the stand and put ornaments and lights on it, I thought, "Whoa, that's cool!" After the first of January, Mrs. Lux said it's time to take the tree down. Mr. Little-Bit-Grinch-like-me said, "No! It looks cool, lets leave it up a few more days!" which we did.

    But, alas, I arose my lazy ass out of bed at 9:30 this AM and all the lights and ornaments were boxed up and that pathetic little tree stood bare. That was kinda sad but, yeah, it time to move on. :bee:


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  • BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,672
    We usually do it the 1st weekend in the new year
    2005 - London
    2009 - Toronto
    2010 - Buffalo
    2011 - Toronto 1&2
    2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
    2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
    2018 - Fenway 1&2
    2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
    2023 - Chicago 1&2
    2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    Little Christmas, the tree will be down tonight
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,466
    12:01 am, 12/26.
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  • HobbesHobbes Posts: 6,418
    I hear some people do a Christmas ficus. Keep it lit year round.
  • SD48277SD48277 Posts: 12,243
    :whistle:
    ELITIST FUK
  • ldent42ldent42 Posts: 7,859
    my tree doesn't come out of it's box until Christmas Eve. This year it was even worse because while I put it up Christmas Eve, it didn't get decorated until Christmas Day (I was making a point!) soooo I probably won't take it down until next week. I hate that thing. It's extra ridiculous this year. Looks like the damn leaning tower of pisa.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,893
    just took mine down. :clap:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • JWPearlJWPearl Posts: 19,893
    put them down the day after christmas and use the decorations for a bit of abuse around the house as well
  • rollingsrollings Posts: 7,124
    JWPearl said:

    put them down the day after christmas and use the decorations for a bit of abuse around the house as well

    you abuse your decorations? How do you do that?
  • JWPearlJWPearl Posts: 19,893
    hang them around the house and throw object at it like lacky bands and pens and see if they break
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,466
    ldent42 said:

    my tree doesn't come out of it's box until Christmas Eve. This year it was even worse because while I put it up Christmas Eve, it didn't get decorated until Christmas Day (I was making a point!) soooo I probably won't take it down until next week. I hate that thing. It's extra ridiculous this year. Looks like the damn leaning tower of pisa.

    Trees do not come in boxes.
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,466
    JWPearl said:

    hang them around the house and throw object at it like lacky bands and pens and see if they break

    Your house sounds intriguing
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    JWPearl said:

    hang them around the house and throw object at it like lacky bands and pens and see if they break

    OPA!
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    The Juggler said:

    12:01 am, 12/26.

    funny stuff
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    i enjoy throwing the christmas tree on the floor 29 days into december
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • Sprunkn7Sprunkn7 Posts: 5,286
    tree down. was sad to see it go
    Thank you fellow 10 clubber for saving my ass....again!!!
  • rollingsrollings Posts: 7,124

    my dear boyfriend strung up lights this year out back along the clothesline. the neighbors love it and I gotta admit, it looks very nice while walking through the alley.

    also, ya know how you keep some spare sets of lights that only half work? welp, the pile of them were heaped onto a hook on the back porch and lit up as well. that lit pile has affectionately been named the "ball of shit".

    the ball of shit actually looks nice too! :lol: (anybody interested in a pic) ....causegod knows they're still hanging there... :skull:
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Yes, please post a pic of the ball of shit!
  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    edited January 2016
    close to something like this but 5Xs bigger. ours is probably 250 feet of lights in a 7 foot long ball of shit. simply put its as long as the backdoor as it hangs next to it where it warms the hearts & souls of everyone seeing it. we've caught elves out there playing winter wonderland.

    the picture below came up when on google i typed up "ball of shit christmas lights"
    the poster of this picture titles the picture "How To Hang Tangled Christmas Lights"



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    Post edited by chadwick on
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 48,466
    chadwick said:

    close to something like this but 5Xs bigger. ours is probably 250 feet of lights in a 7 foot long ball of shit. simply put its as long as the backdoor as it hangs next to it where it warms the hearts & souls of everyone seeing it. we've caught elves out there playing winter wonderland.

    the picture below came up when on google i typed up "ball of shit christmas lights"
    the poster of this picture titles the picture "How To Hang Tangled Christmas Lights"



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