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omg. neighbors are decorating for xmas...

babymilliebabymillie member
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...so does this mean I can decorate too!!??  Is it waaaay too early??  I'm dying!
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Re: omg. neighbors are decorating for xmas...

  • ali-1411ali-1411 member

    We have some houses in our 'hood that never took their lights down.  I guess its never too early!

    Our HOA actually has rules about this, you're only supposed to decorate for 30 days before and after the holiday.  Apparently they don't enforce it :)

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  • YellowUmbrellaYellowUmbrella

    Someone on our street put up their lights on Friday - blasphemy!

    While I love Christmas as much as the next person, I don't understand the desire to completely skip over Thanksgiving.

     

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  • Mrs.FroggiannaMrs.Froggianna
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    Someone on our street put up their lights on Friday - blasphemy!

    While I love Christmas as much as the next person, I don't understand the desire to completely skip over Thanksgiving.

     

    Amen.

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  • libbyannlibbyann member
    imageYellowUmbrella:

    Someone on our street put up their lights on Friday - blasphemy!

    While I love Christmas as much as the next person, I don't understand the desire to completely skip over Thanksgiving.

    Yes, this! I just put out all my fall decorations that aren't specific to Halloween. I love this time of the year and don't want to skip it!

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  • AustinAggie01AustinAggie01
    We just took Halloween down today.  I need to enjoy being surrounded by Fall stuff a bit longer.
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  • OrangeFeltOrangeFelt member
    We took down Halloween today, too. They can pry Thanksgiving from my cold, dead hands.......
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  • shanwalk2shanwalk2 member
    Two houses already have their lights up, and turn them on every night. Crazy!!
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  • babymilliebabymillie member
    Ok ok. I guess my problem is that I don't have any fall/thanksgiving decorations! just halloween then xmas. Guess it's an excuse to go shopping!
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  • MrsMillerTimeMrsMillerTime
    imageYellowUmbrella:

    Someone on our street put up their lights on Friday - blasphemy!

    While I love Christmas as much as the next person, I don't understand the desire to completely skip over Thanksgiving.

     

    Seriously.  It makes me irrationally angry when people/stores/whatever skip to Christmas immediately following Halloween. 

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  • babymilliebabymillie member
    imageMrsMillerTime:
    imageYellowUmbrella:

    Someone on our street put up their lights on Friday - blasphemy!

    While I love Christmas as much as the next person, I don't understand the desire to completely skip over Thanksgiving.

     

    Seriously.  It makes me irrationally angry when people/stores/whatever skip to Christmas immediately following Halloween. 

    uh oh!  didn't mean to make you think of getting irrationally angry.  I decided I'm just going to get a gang of wild turkeys and keep them in a pen in my front yard as decorations. 

     

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  • molliedbmolliedb
    if you put up decorations i'm stealing them and will promptly return them on november 25.  tia.
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    if you put up decorations i'm stealing them and will promptly return them on november 25.  tia.

    LOVE.

    Respect the turkey, BM, or he'll bite you.

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  • babymilliebabymillie member

    imagemolliedb:
    if you put up decorations i'm stealing them and will promptly return them on november 25.  tia.

    everyone just simmer down now... simmer on down. 

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  • molliedbmolliedb
    you may or may not have noticed they already put the lights up around the neighborhood entrance, etc but aren't lighting them yet :)
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  • MrsMillerTimeMrsMillerTime
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    imageYellowUmbrella:

    Someone on our street put up their lights on Friday - blasphemy!

    While I love Christmas as much as the next person, I don't understand the desire to completely skip over Thanksgiving.

     

    Seriously.  It makes me irrationally angry when people/stores/whatever skip to Christmas immediately following Halloween. 

    uh oh!  didn't mean to make you think of getting irrationally angry.  I decided I'm just going to get a gang of wild turkeys and keep them in a pen in my front yard as decorations.  

    Oh - that totally wasn't directed at you, per se.  I just flip my shiit when you go to the mall on November 1 and Santa has already shown up.  Because now my kid wants to go say "hey" and start asking for presents. 

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    The one and only upside to the early Christmas decorating and Santa being at the mall: I can now safely tell my children "Santa Claus is watching you..." and they'll believe me. Devil
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  • 2H2L2H2L member

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    We took down Halloween today, too. They can pry Thanksgiving from my cold, dead hands.......

     

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  • FireChiefsBrideFireChiefsBride member

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    Ok ok. I guess my problem is that I don't have any fall/thanksgiving decorations! just halloween then xmas. Guess it's an excuse to go shopping!

    This must be my issue as well.  It will be a small miracle if my house isn't fully decorated by Thanksgiving.

    I'm not sure it matters-- we aren't hosting and don't have yard ornaments. That means I'm okay, right?  And Millie, you can come hang out at my house. I'll play loud Christmas music for full effect! 

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  • SaraLouiseBride08SaraLouiseBride08
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    imagebabymillie:
    Ok ok. I guess my problem is that I don't have any fall/thanksgiving decorations! just halloween then xmas. Guess it's an excuse to go shopping!

    This must be my issue as well.  It will be a small miracle if my house isn't fully decorated by Thanksgiving.

    I'm not sure it matters-- we aren't hosting and don't have yard ornaments. That means I'm okay, right?  And Millie, you can come hang out at my house. I'll play loud Christmas music for full effect! 

    I'll be there, too! I have a hard enough time getting seasonal decorating done, period (hint: my orange/pumpkin scented candles from last year are still out). There is no way I could decorate for Halloween, and then Thanksgiving, and then Christmas. So I say just skip Halloween, then decorate for Christmas on November 1!

    P.S. I may or may not LOVE Christmas, and be slightly obsessed with Christmas music.

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  • babymilliebabymillie member
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    imagebabymillie:
    Ok ok. I guess my problem is that I don't have any fall/thanksgiving decorations! just halloween then xmas. Guess it's an excuse to go shopping!

    This must be my issue as well.  It will be a small miracle if my house isn't fully decorated by Thanksgiving.

    I'm not sure it matters-- we aren't hosting and don't have yard ornaments. That means I'm okay, right?  And Millie, you can come hang out at my house. I'll play loud Christmas music for full effect! 

    I'm in!  I've already started singing LO Christmas carols. 

     

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