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Generally Speaking => Serious Discussion => Topic started by: Red on November 28, 2010, 07:39:59 PM

Title: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Red on November 28, 2010, 07:39:59 PM
By this, I mean on the outside, for the whole world to see. I realize it's pretty early, but since it seems that Thanksgiving weekend is the time to put all your poop up where I live, I thought I'd ask. Does your family decorate at all? Mine doesn't usually, but this year we're putting electric candles in the windows, and maybe some lights, I dunno.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Kayo on November 28, 2010, 07:43:33 PM
We do less than we used to. We put a border of lights around the front door, also we wrap strings of twinkly lights around the shrubby little trees in front of the house. And there's white icicle lights hanging in the windows. Considering I live on a road in the woods that no one drives through unless they live there, it's pretty good.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Magnum on November 28, 2010, 07:45:01 PM
Oh right, I need to go get the tree.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: SkyMyl on November 28, 2010, 07:51:23 PM
We adorn our front yard with lights. Everywhere.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Jhen Mohran on November 28, 2010, 08:02:13 PM
Since my family's working most of the time, I'm usually the one to decorate our house each holiday season. We don't have much in decorations, really...mostly strings of lights, but we have some candy canes for outside. Inside the house is where we really decorate, ze.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Dog Food on November 28, 2010, 09:00:12 PM
There isn't much outside. We just have some spotlights and put up some homemade reefs on our doors (made from ornament balls).
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Kayo on November 29, 2010, 04:39:06 AM
Quote from: KJ on November 28, 2010, 09:00:12 PM
There isn't much outside. We just have some spotlights and put up some homemade reefs on our doors (made from ornament balls).
You make underwater ridges of rocks and coral out of ornament balls and hang them on a door? Whoa.

All we do is put little ring-shaped wreaths made of pine needles and lights on our door.

[spoiler]Assuming you meant wreath (unless I'm mistaken).[/spoiler]
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: The Seventh on November 30, 2010, 07:50:46 AM
We don't necessarily decorate the outside...we don't feel the need to do that much work.

Instead we put up a tree, ornaments, and a few stuff that sits around the house.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Doodle on November 30, 2010, 02:51:16 PM
My family puts up a few things, like a Santa or some wreaths and things. That's it.
We did lights one year, though.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Dog Food on November 30, 2010, 02:56:29 PM
Quote from: Kianglo on November 29, 2010, 04:39:06 AM
You make underwater ridges of rocks and coral out of ornament balls and hang them on a door? Whoa.

All we do is put little ring-shaped wreaths made of pine needles and lights on our door.

[spoiler]Assuming you meant wreath (unless I'm mistaken).[/spoiler]
Yep! It looks so realistic, too!

No, but seriously, I knew I spelled that wrong when I was typing it out. I looked at it and thought to myself, "Something about this does not look right..." But I was busy studying AP Euro in between posts, so I didn't have all day to puzzle over why that looked so wrong to me. Brain fried. In other news, I think I did pretty well on my test. The multiple choice and essay about Peter the Great, definitely. Not so much on my essay about how the French Absolutist Monarchy came to be considered a model for all other countries to use. I spent too much time rambling on about Louis XIV and why Spain wasn't a model for that type of government.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Silverhawk79 on November 30, 2010, 04:57:52 PM
Not sure this year. We're thinking about getting some giant bulbs on posts to string along the sidewalk, but...we don't usually decorate a ton on the outside, because our house doesn't have any exterior outlets.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: BOREDFOREVER on November 30, 2010, 06:48:29 PM
I'm not going to put up anything outside.  We have a large bay window, and our tree is right in front of it, so that makes a nice little display.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Kayo on November 30, 2010, 07:13:18 PM
Oh right, our tree is right in front of the living room window, so you can see it from the road when the lights are on. Especially because I usually forget to turn on the outdoor lights at night.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Doodle on November 30, 2010, 07:53:37 PM
Quote from: Kianglo on November 30, 2010, 07:13:18 PM
Oh right, our tree is right in front of the living room window, so you can see it from the road when the lights are on. Especially because I usually forget to turn on the outdoor lights at night.
Isn't that kind of a waste of electricity. :U
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Kayo on November 30, 2010, 07:54:13 PM
Quote from: Doodle on November 30, 2010, 07:53:37 PM
Isn't that kind of a waste of electricity. :U
What, turning the tree lights on? :U
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Doodle on December 01, 2010, 08:39:29 PM
Quote from: Kianglo on November 30, 2010, 07:54:13 PM
What, turning the tree lights on? :U
Oh, wait. Turn on the outdoor lights. Nevermind.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Eizweir on December 05, 2010, 08:07:59 PM
We don't, we're too lazy to do anything on the outside.  We have a tree and stockings and stuff inside though.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Custom on January 11, 2011, 11:00:54 PM
I like to put lights up because I like lights. They're fun. They look sick nasty.

Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Silverhawk79 on January 12, 2011, 04:46:55 PM
Quote from: Black Mage on January 11, 2011, 11:00:54 PM
I like to put lights up because I like lights. They're fun. They look sick nasty.


The end made me laugh pretty hard.
Title: Re: Decorating your house for the holidays.
Post by: Kayo on January 13, 2011, 11:15:36 AM
We still haven't taken our Christmas lights down. They're usually only up until a little after New Years', but we just haven't gotten around to taking them down yet this year.

This includes the Christmas tree, which is still taking up space in our living room.