Monday, January 10, 2011

Do they know it's NOT Christmas?

So on my drive to work today I noticed at lest 3 houses that still had their Christmas lights on. Personally I say all lights should be shut off (at the very latest) by the first week in January. I know a lot of people have different feelings towards this. But they are Christmas Lights, not winter lights.



According to ehow.com there are actually some "rules" or guidelines you can follow if you are unsure of when to remove decorations. (Copied and pasted from their site!!)



  • 1
    Take your Christmas lights and decorations down when your neighbors have done so. If you're the only person with your Christmas decorations still out on your whole block, it may be time to put them away until the next holiday season.



  • 2
    When you take your Christmas tree down, take down your other Christmas decorations. There's no point to leave up just some of your Christmas decorations. Once your Christmas tree is down, remove all of your Christmas lights and decorations.



  • 3
    Take down your Christmas lights and decorations once stores have removed all Christmas merchandise from the shelves. Stores will leave Christmas merchandise for weeks after December 25. When stores near you have finally removed all Christmas merchandise, it's probably time to down your decorations.



  • 4
    Take down your Christmas lights and decorations after January 6. January 6 is known as the Feast of the Epiphany and is also the last "day of Christmas." This is always a good time to remove all of your decorations until the next Christmas.



  • 5
    Take down your Christmas lights and decorations if your lights go out after Christmas. If your lights go out before Christmas, you'll probably want to fix the problem. However, if they go out sometime in January, you should probably just take them down and either try to fix them next season or just buy new lights.



  • 6
    Remove your Christmas lights and decorations when your local churches have removed all Christmas decorations. Once local churches have removed all Christmas decorations, it's a good sign to you that you may want to do the same.




  • Read more: How to Tell When to Take Down Your Christmas Lights and Decorations | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_2172469_tell-down-christmas-lights-decorations.html#ixzz1AeBrUXqm

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