Do you have lights on your house for the holidays?

I do, infact all my neighbours do

I have lights up outside like these ones

http://www.made-in-china.com/image/4...ts-A01602-.jpg

I don't have lights outside because I need an extension cord and I don't have enough lights. I just have some inside around my window. Next year, I hope to have a lot of lights outside in the bushes and hanging from the eaves at my apartment.

Our outside decorations consist of a Santa Claus and a snowman figure stuck in a windowbox planted with evergreens. I usually put "snowflakes" on the windows, but didn't get around to it this year.

nope I live in an apartment so no place and I can't put lights around my window because my cats like to attack anything that is on the window (I can't tell you how many time I have had to replace my blinds because of them)

I tried to put up window clings and the kitties pulled them down.

so no decorations for me! I just have a tree...thankfully they leave it alone

Haven't had lights outside since I lost my job 5 yrs. ago. Like another poster said, it's a real PITA to put 'em up, take 'em down, put back neatly in boxes, find storage for those boxes, not to mention the big stuff. Yeah, it looked pretty and it used to be fun but, not so much anymore, 'cause I'm getting older and slower and kinda aggravated with all the prep time involved. Besides, my electric bill is quite high enough as it is, thank you very much!

In my area, most of the houses are undecorated. It's a recession, ya know?

ETA: Someone around here started a business of decorating peoples houses outside. You buy the stuff and they put it all up and take it all down and store all of it for the remainder of the year. They charge a minimum of $700 and up to $7,000! Gee, it must be nice to be loaded!!

I have lights around the windows of the summer house in the garden - it has little panes and looks really pretty; if we had some snow it would look like a little mountain house.

We also have some lights in the little bushes outside our front door - they are icy blue tny bulbs and look pretty twinkling away there.

Living in an RV poses unique decorating issues.
I do have an honest to God porch though, and I have it outlined in multicolored rope lights.
And next to my porch I have two solor tiki torches, and each of those has a big, red velvet bow on it.

No we got caught with a blizzard the past week or so and no time to do outside lights. We just got our tree decorated today. Went out twice to shovel the driveway so I can get to work tomorrow.

It was minus 20's with wind chill today.

No, I didn't manage to get mine up this year. We were out of town over Thanksgiving, then I had meetings the following weekend, and we've had snow and nasty weather ever since. So no lights this year.

It's OK, though...our next door neighbor has enough for both of us.

I like looking at other peoples lights, but we don't bother putting them up. It's way too cold for us to be outside doing stuff like that! Also, we live 6 miles off any main roads and there are only a few houses on our road after you reach our house before the road turns into a dirt trail and our house is WAY off the road. So basically what I am trying to say is, it would be a waste of time for us to put them up! Non one is gonna drive way out here to look at Christmas lights!

OMG, I thought DH was bad with outside decorating, but based on the YouTube videos your neighbor has him beat!

Yeah, you could say we have a few lights outside. Last count, we have icicle lights (clear) around the house, rope lights (green) around the half acre fenced in yard, 5 lighted reindeer and a sled (which the barn cats insist on sleeping in), lighted santa stick things that DH actually drilled holes in the porch railing (he said it was ok because we also have lighted pumpkins for halloween ) numerous lighted sleighs, deer and santa things that are hanging on the fence, an inflatable snowman (8 ft tall), and a plastic Santa that is a traditional decoration that he inherited from his dad. To top THAT off, he invested in a musical system that makes EVERYTHING FLASHES in time with the music. Yes, we have speakers set up outside so music is playing ALL NIGHT! So, basically, our house can literally cause an epileptic fit for some people.

When we got together I made the mistake of agreeing to me decorating the inside of the house and he's in charge of the outside. I've been kicking my self more every year. But, my husband is a big kid at Christmas so if it makes him happy I don't care. I'm just glad we live at the end of a dirt road and no one sees it! I'm really going to have to take a video and share it with you all before we take it down...it's an experience!

But, what's funny is, he put lights on the tree (7 ft) and after 5 minutes asked it that was enough lights. I asked how many strands he put on (because I basically couldn't see them). He said "Two". Ok, we need a few more than that! I'm trimming the rest of the tree tonight, and I think I'm going to have to redo the lights.

No we did one year but we had a big deck so I voted I'd like to but I really am lazy

I love them though and heaps of houses in my street are decorated.

Our only decorations are the two big snowflake lights in the living room windows! Woo!
Maybe I'll put up our 1 foot tree on the entertainment center tomorrow. Maybe!!

Originally Posted by laureen227

ok, this guy has too much time/money on his hands!

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That is too funny!!!!