Time to Put Up the Lights?

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It’s time to bring in the patio cushions, cover the grill, and empty the flower pots.  What a bummer. Winter itself can be so pretty when the snow covered trees and landscape sparkle like a winter wonderland.  But day to day, until the lights go up, my house looks kind of ugly.

I often laugh at how early people put their Christmas lights and decorations up but suddenly I think I get it.  It’s because they are thinking ahead how bad the back deck and yard looks once the frigid cold hits and all the leaves and flowers are gone.  They are being proactive because they know that once it gets to that ugly point where you want to hang lights and plant blinking deer… it’s too late! It’s so cold your little fingers feel like they’re going to break right off while wrapping the garland around the mailbox.

Suddenly, instead of making fun of the early  decorators, I think they are geniuses.  What I misread as overly enthusiastic holiday cheer is actually advanced planning and strategy.  I still plan to put the Christmas tree up the day after Thanksgiving, but I think I’ll start planning my outdoor holiday decorating so I’ll be prepared whenever that one or two nice days hit after Halloween.

When do you put up your holiday decs?  Better yet… When do you take them down? There’s a whole other topic!

10 thoughts on “Time to Put Up the Lights?”

  4. Uffff, i dont like the winter – where is the summer gone? the time is running and running… only two more months to go and it is xmas….

  5. Great work! I want to buy a “Cast Aluminum Furniture Cushions” for my brother can you share the more information about this product!i will wait for your response.

  6. I used to make fun of early decorators too. But then I gave it some consideration – if people want to have a holiday today, why should they wait for a month or two? Just to conform to some norms and standards? We need more happy people around, everyone is so depressed with the economic news already.

  7. I am not a big fan of winter – but I need to admit that it is, nevertheless, so beautiful – everything is so white and misterious. Everything is covered with snow and sometimes looks even better than it is for real.

  9. I usually put my lights up right after Thanksgiving, but I may do it earlier this year because a lot of people are saying its going to be a rough winter.

    Now the grill is a different story. I’ love grilling and I’ll stand out in the snow in February if I have to! :)

  10. Thank you very much for the interesting post. It’s very helpful and very informative. Great work. Suddenly, instead of making fun of the early decorators, I think they are geniuses.