You mean you’re NOT supposed to leave your Christmas lights up until March?
Back in early January I went outside and had every intention of taking the Christmas lights down. Once I got out there though, I took a closer look and found that the lights were iced over and stuck to the shrub AND they were buried under a foot of snow. Since I don’t like snow or ice and I didn’t want to be taking down the lights in sub-zero temperatures anyways, I decided to hold off until the weather was warmer or until the lights were at the very least NOT buried under a foot of snow.
One thing led to another (or I procrastinated, whatever.) and suddenly it’s the last week in March and I realized that my Christmas lights were STILL up! So this weekend I took care of it. It took me all of five minutes and I’m glad to have the lights down and packed away for next year. I feel like I should mention that all other Christmas themed decor has been put away for months, and I have NOT been turning the lights on .. give me a little credit .. I’m not THAT person LOL!
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March 31st, 2009
Don’t worry, our Christmas lights on our house have been up since last year, luckily we live in the country so not many ppl notice.
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Faith Reply:
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pm
I really thought about leaving them up but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I LOVE the Real Housewives of NYC .. Kelly though, I don’t know about her!
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March 31st, 2009
Great tackle! I would be the same way if I decorated outdoors!
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March 31st, 2009
There’s nothing I like better than ‘playing’ in the garden, I’ll take any excuse. Glad to hear that you’re not ‘that’ person down the road from me who still has their Christmas lights on! Every time we drive past my children ask when Christmas is…….all terribly confusing.
Cheers
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March 31st, 2009
Oh… when I saw the heading of the post I was praying you hadn’t taken them down yet. Just one more day and then you could have won the “Christmas Lights Up until April” contest… lol
Our last Christmas thing (inside the house) was put away just 3 weeks ago…
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Faith Reply:
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Oh no, I was so close. There’s always next year!
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March 31st, 2009
Well, they made your bush look even more green…. LOL
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March 31st, 2009
This makes me laugh. We left ours up for a really long time too!
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March 31st, 2009
It’s okay. It was only a couple weeks ago that I took down the last of the Christmas decorations. My MIL leaves some of hers up all year round!
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March 31st, 2009
If I had a house I think I’ld leave the lights up year round, just cause I could, lol!!!!
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March 31st, 2009
Hey, are you my twin or something? lol
One year we had our stuff up this late, too. I’m talkin’ tree and all :-S lol (to my defense, I had a baby beginning of January.. so… LOL)
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Faith Reply:
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:49 pm
The tree too? You win, LOL!
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March 31st, 2009
Excellent tackle! Hey, you shouldn’t be expected to remove the lights when they’re frozen to the bush!
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March 31st, 2009
That’s just too funny! Nice post! One year, my folks still had theirs up in the summer. This was after I was grown, married, and moved out. We sneaked over there while they were out and turned them on to greet them when they retureturned. They got a chuckle out of that.
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March 31st, 2009
Too funny! I probably would have done the same thing…if we had lights! At least you had the rest of the Christmas decor put away…give yourself a little credit!
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