Christmas lights and decorations (going overboard)...Whhhhhyyyyy???????

[AKA2D '91]

Ya'll people are going crazy with these lights. It seems that every year, folks are fighting trying to get the latest lights.

One year you had the icicle lights, then the rope lights, and all that.

Then, folks want to take all these lights and decorations home and just mess up everything! You'll see red, purple, green, blue FLASHING lights on ONE side of the house, USA flags lit up, USA lights flashing, then on the OTHER side of the house you see strictly icicle lights, santa and mrs. claus figures lit up, and, and DON'T forget about the sleigh and reindeer with BIG red bows. I'm thinking as I'm driving, PUHLEASE MAKE UP YOUR MIND!

Have you all seen any hillarious and outrageous homes decorated for the season? Or are you guilty of this, too?

[CkretCrush8]

i haven't seen any of these outrageously decorated houses yet this season; however, I know I will. My family (PRAISE THE LORD) doesn't believe in following the latest trend in decorating...so I won't have to worry about the new found AMERICAN pride theme floating around my house...prayerfully it won't be too bad around my neighborhood either.

I''m decorated very elegantly (if I should say so my self). I'm putting one candle in each window w/ a white bulb (obviously the kind you plug in). My christmas tree will be decorated in gold, ivory, and red. I found this centerpiece for my living room table. It's a wreath w/ gold and ivory fixings on it...w/ an ivory candle in the middle. Oh yeah...the wreath on my door will be similar to that of my centerpiece.

[PKTSU01]

I hear ya, just waled by a house before that had the entire nativity scene on one side, then had a cheap plastic snoopy santa like 4 feet from it. STYLE people...think STYLE!

I generally plan out a sceme first and then carry it out, not just randomly. This year is a partiotic motif, but I'm only using sold red, white and blue, not that multicolor tacky stuff.

[CkretCrush8]

If I had my own house...I would have the reindeers outside. I absolutely love those

[AKAtude]

I haven't seen anything outrageous...yet!

[33girl]

The Christmas tree in front of the city-county building in downtown Pittsburgh (paid for with our tax dollars, don't cha know) has been decorated in red, white and blue this year. This could conceivably have been done nicely, but the way it turned out is capital T-A-C-K-Y.

[darling1]

Originally posted by AKAtude
I haven't seen anything outrageous...yet!

Maybe you need to head up to Maryland. There is this house that I pass by on the way to the doctor's office that is decorated in the middle of November. The ENTIRE HOUSE is decorated. There are the icicle lights, the regular multi-colored lights, the sleigh with Santa and his eight reindeer, individual reindeer on the grass, nativity lights, angels, more Santas, did I mention LIGHTS , UP AND DOWN THE STAIRWELL. It is too scary to imagine. The magic word is subtlety!

[AKA2D '91]

ttt

[CountryGurl]

Every year a couple of us ride down this street in my neighborhood (SBR) just to laugh. Whats so funny about this street is that everybody is related and have lights and decorations all around their houses (even on the broken down cars in the yard ).

[GeekyPenguin]

So it's horribly tacky, but this kind of trashy family has a GIANT inflatable penguin in their front yard that lights up, and I LOVE it. My parents told me it was too tacky and we couldn't get one, but then last weekend when I was coming home from a late night out, I noticed cute little light-up penguin stakes in our front yard!

A lot of our neighbors do get really overdecked, which is sad because their houses aren't that big (most of them are ranches) and they just look overwhelmed. We usually just do regular lights around the windows and on the trees in the front yard, then we have the "nice" upstairs in our living room (the real tree with all the keepsake ornaments) and then downstairs we have the "tacky" tree, which is a faux one with the goofy ornaments.

[AKA2D '91]

This family in my APARTMENT COMPLEX has the inflatable Penguin. NOT HOME, BUT APT. COMPLEX.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
This family in my APARTMENT COMPLEX has the inflatable Penguin. NOT HOME, BUT APT. COMPLEX.

Where did they put it, inside?

[NOWorNEVER]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
This family in my APARTMENT COMPLEX has the inflatable Penguin. NOT HOME, BUT APT. COMPLEX.

And speaking of apartment complexes, my neighbors to the left have taken it there: they set up an XL Santa and ONE reindeer, a wreath and some lights on their 3x3 balcony. I'm like, they are tryin to do too much....making me look bad with my dead plant & little sad lawn chair on my balcony.

I really like the houses that use ONLY icicles or all white lights lined up very neat. It's simple, beautiful, and elegant. When I get a house I want to do the white lights (in moderation) and a black nativity scene in front. There is always something magical about the nativity scene.

[AKA2D '91]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
Where did they put it, inside?

Outside on the side of the building (there isn't alot of room). They also have these reindeer on stakes.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by AKA2D '91
Outside on the side of the building (there isn't alot of room). They also have these reindeer on stakes.

Sketchy! How big are their reindeer? Our penguins are pretty small - maybe like 8" high? My mom only turns them on when I'm home - last night I sent her an IM asking her how they were doing and she said they were crying because they missed me.

I think I'm going to stay at my apt over Christmas break so I can study for my LSAT without distractions, so I might get those little candles for my windows - I have a big studio apartment that's really old so I think they'd be kind of cute.