Please tell me none of you still have your Xmas lights up - Police Forums & Law Enforcement Forums @ Officer.com

Badgerland · 01-26-2003, 03:36 AM

I'm amazed on how many people still have their Christmas lights up. It's the end of January for goodness sakes. I saw at least 15-20 houses with their lights up. WHY??

RachelR · 01-26-2003, 03:48 AM

Because around here at least, it's been too DAMN COLD to take them down!!!

Traffic_Goddess · 01-26-2003, 03:52 AM

You might enjoy this one, then...

Redneck neighbor

I laughed so hard that my ribs hurt!

207 · 01-26-2003, 04:47 AM

I still have one string of lights up only because they're still FROZEN to the tree and the snow that accumulated. No, I don't illuminate them. [Wink]

Deputy Joe · 01-26-2003, 05:56 AM

Didn't even put them up. The tree has been down since Dec. 30th or so.

One July about 10 years ago I plugged in my buddies parents lights in July. Nothing like Christmas in July.

kirch · 01-26-2003, 03:35 PM

quote:
You might enjoy this one, then...

Redneck neighbor

I laughed so hard that my ribs hurt!

I was made aware of that sight about a year ago. By far the funniest thing I've ever seen on the Internet.

Traffic_Goddess · 01-26-2003, 03:43 PM

kirch-

I just couldn't stop myself...the mailbox and the fire on the deck just killed me, especially with all of those beer bottles lined up!

JD8 RULES!

01-26-2003, 04:21 PM

My lights came down on New Year's eve. There are still a few up in my neighborhood. They don't turn them on at night, just leave them hanging. Perhaps the are getting an early start for next Christmas.

ateamer · 01-26-2003, 04:52 PM

After Christmas a couple years ago, I left the icicle lights up because I was just too lazy to crawl around on the roof and take them down. This year I didn't even put them up.

Niteshift · 01-26-2003, 05:40 PM

Took mine down Sat. morning.

Mitzi1 · 01-26-2003, 06:07 PM

We had the neighbors from hell too. We live in a nice middle class neighborhood. They move in and the first thuing they do is tie a dog up in the front yard and put chickens and a rooster in the back. Chickens soon were gone because against code. Then the late night parties, playing pool and drinking. Police called several times. Then an irate Mitzi erupts because, how shall I put this delicately, their "girls" got mad at my son and threw UNUSED femined products in our pool. I scooped them up and made them hold their hands out and dumped them in their hands.
Then, 4:30 in the morning, there's a party and someone on our roof crowing like a rooster (to get back at us for calling about their rooster and chickens). Police called.
Then, the father is arrested for molesting his daughters. Drunken parties get worse. One day, an old pick up truck comes screaming down our road and manages to slide to a stop in their yard. Men fall out drunk. Then, police are called and intercept them as they knock out mailboxes, many of them. Then we hear police helicopter overhead, many police cars, guns pointed and a man is arrested for having a shotgun.
FINALLY, they move because their house is foreclosed on. THANK GOD!

tcsd1236 · 01-26-2003, 07:23 PM

I saw one house all lit up with Christmas lights this morning at 0600; I thought it was pretty odd at the time.

InSane1 · 01-26-2003, 07:27 PM

My ex put those big ol plastic candles on top of my light posts at the end of the driveway. I was looking at them this morning as I came home and thought... How effin cheesy! what ya gonna do??? gonna call him up and tell him christmas is OVA!

RoadWarrior · 01-27-2003, 04:17 AM

Hey, mine are still up. Just one long string around my frontyard fence, and a few on my back porch. It's just too dang cold too fool with them right now.

We took our Christmas tree down before lunchtime on Christmas day. My wife didn't want to have to deal with it later that night.

nickg · 01-27-2003, 08:06 AM

when it gets up in the 40's then maybe i'll consider taking them down. with 16 straight days of BELOW freezing temps here those damn lights can stay up until memorial day as far as i'm concerned.

DaveInTx · 01-27-2003, 09:07 PM

You mean you take them down? Why? You only have to put them up again the next year. I just unplug mine.

I'm just the same inside--one year I finally took the tree down in November (it didn't have any needles). Not a fire hazard, as I live alone and don't smoke, and the lights had been unplugged right after Christmas. This year I bought an beautiful artificial tree--I don't know if it will come down at all! (It is just gorgeous, and I do enjoy looking at it, no matter what the season.)

So if this sort of thing really offends you, don't come calling at my house. Sorry!

DaveInTx

Mitzi1 · 01-27-2003, 09:12 PM

I have a friend that keeps her artificial tree up all year. She just decorates it for the particular holiday of a month, like hearts for Valentines day, flags for July 4th, Fall leaves for fall, etc. And yes, she has lights on it. On July 4th, she had red, white and blue lights. I think it's a great idea though not a thing I do.

kirch · 01-28-2003, 01:29 PM

TG-

I'd have to say my favorite was attaching chicken wire to the deck to keep geese.

I found it especially humorous because, when I found it, I was going through my own neighbor problems. Another time, another topic.

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