Christmas lights and decorations

panopticnic wrote:

suetopia wrote:
Many of my neighbour's have put up their lights already and they look great! And I have heard that many people keep them up year round because they like the look.

In real life, I find many people put their lights up in mid November. Where I am in Canada, most people feel they should wait until the Santa Claus Parade (which is usually the 2nd weekend in November).
EDIT: Great topic, OP! :D

Where in Canada are you. Because where I am a lot of people had there stupid lights up weeks ago. I have been looking at one of those jesus scenes across the street for almost a month now. :x And Yes, i am one of those people that it bothers if you put that crap up the day after halloween and don't take it down until march (my neighbours across the street are those people). But it seems to be a thing in the area I live in. WTH?

When i was a kid, a man in our town, Mr. Burger, lived across the street from the Chaplins -- who had a home such as you described. The Chaplins' nativity set on the front lawn included a home-made, massive North Star, which blinked on and off throughout the entire night, straight into the Burger's living room window.

After a number of years of gentle hints to the Chaplin's, and increasing frustration, Mr. Burger finally put a big, blinking "Bah, Humbug" sign on his roof, and left it on all night, hoping they'd get the message. They did not. Each year, Mr. Burger made his sign bigger and brighter, and different blinking patterns. No response. So for the rest of my childhood, we had the dueling-Christmas-lights.

My parents found the Bah Humbug sign to be scandalous. A classic example of "Wont somebody think of the children!". But that sign is one of my best childhood memories. :).