Are you going to decorate for Christmas this year? - Page 2

xoxoxoBruce · 12-06-2009, 02:35 PM

No bow on Pilau's collar?

DanaC · 12-06-2009, 05:11 PM

It is possibe he may end up adorned with tinsel...all depends how drunk/bored I am on Christmas eve.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-10-2009, 09:32 AM

No wonder the Aussies are confused.

Madman · 12-15-2009, 01:51 PM

None of the poll items would be true for me.

Normally I don't decorate outside. Mainly because it's cold - kinda goes with winter. I never cared for the idea of taking the stuff down when the temp is below freezing and leaving it up until spring is not an option - My little bit'o OCD would get the best of me and I'd be outside in 20 below weather yaking down strings of lights.

However...

This year I did...

For the last few years I've been eyeballing lighted trees - not the ones that have a string or two that are kind of tossed on them and plugged in. I'm talking about one tree that someone spent 20 hours looping and tieing and stringing these superbright lights on. They put them on in solid strings of reds, greens whites, blues - all bright and they just look gorgeous.

I though I'd try my hand at it so I bought enough strings for 2,000 lights. I painstakingly wrapped them on every major limb on the tree (Crabapple). It tool me about five hours to get all the lights on. I thought... "that wasn't so bad." So I went in the garage and dug around some tubs until I cound some more lights. I spend the next two to three hours stringing them along the edges of the house (I checked each string before I hung it up). Everything was going very well. My wife came out and gave me morale support and even made me some coffee... she spent some time with me while I took a short break. She did have me rearrange a few strings which she thought would be better place "over here" or "over there." I didn't care, I was having too much fun just doing my thing.

I had finish about an hour before sunset. I hadn't turned on the tree lights yet because I wanted to get the full effect of 2,000 lights on that small crabapple tree.

The time came... we went outside and I plugged in the tree. "Damn," I thought. That's not that bright at all. It was actually a little dim. It didn't look bad, but it just wasn't very bright. Then it dawned on me... LED's - I was supposed to use LED lights.

It still looks rather nice. Even my wife thinks so.

Spexxvet · 12-21-2009, 07:44 PM

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Nirvana · 12-21-2009, 08:01 PM

Here is my decoration.. not much you can do with a 10 day old puppy but it will be easy to take down

View Poll Results: Are you a grinch?
I have a herd of electic raindeer and Santa in his sleigh on my roof	0	0%
I have so many Christmas lights that my neighborhood endures periodic blackouts	5	33.33%
My tree is a 7 foot fir imported from Norway	1	6.67%
I have a 3 foot fake tree and a pointsetta	6	40.00%
I plan to take a long winter's nap through the entire thing	1	6.67%
I go around telling 3-years there is no Santa.	2	13.33%
What Christmas? I celebrate hanukka.	0	0%
Voters: 15. You may not vote on this poll

12-06-2009, 02:35 PM	#16
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No bow on Pilau's collar? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-10-2009, 09:32 AM	#18
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	No wonder the Aussies are confused. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

12-21-2009, 07:44 PM	#20
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	. Attached Images __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

12-21-2009, 08:01 PM	#21
Nirvana Back in 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 3,684	Here is my decoration.. not much you can do with a 10 day old puppy but it will be easy to take down Attached Images __________________ Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind.

12-15-2009, 01:51 PM	#19
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	None of the poll items would be true for me. Normally I don't decorate outside. Mainly because it's cold - kinda goes with winter. I never cared for the idea of taking the stuff down when the temp is below freezing and leaving it up until spring is not an option - My little bit'o OCD would get the best of me and I'd be outside in 20 below weather yaking down strings of lights. However... This year I did... For the last few years I've been eyeballing lighted trees - not the ones that have a string or two that are kind of tossed on them and plugged in. I'm talking about one tree that someone spent 20 hours looping and tieing and stringing these superbright lights on. They put them on in solid strings of reds, greens whites, blues - all bright and they just look gorgeous. I though I'd try my hand at it so I bought enough strings for 2,000 lights. I painstakingly wrapped them on every major limb on the tree (Crabapple). It tool me about five hours to get all the lights on. I thought... "that wasn't so bad." So I went in the garage and dug around some tubs until I cound some more lights. I spend the next two to three hours stringing them along the edges of the house (I checked each string before I hung it up). Everything was going very well. My wife came out and gave me morale support and even made me some coffee... she spent some time with me while I took a short break. She did have me rearrange a few strings which she thought would be better place "over here" or "over there." I didn't care, I was having too much fun just doing my thing. I had finish about an hour before sunset. I hadn't turned on the tree lights yet because I wanted to get the full effect of 2,000 lights on that small crabapple tree. The time came... we went outside and I plugged in the tree. "Damn," I thought. That's not that bright at all. It was actually a little dim. It didn't look bad, but it just wasn't very bright. Then it dawned on me... LED's - I was supposed to use LED lights. It still looks rather nice. Even my wife thinks so.

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