Thread: My spirit is dying.....

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Originally Posted by Daytonagp4

I love this post.....I was feeling the same way. I didn't put up any lights for xmas but i put a tree up and a wreath on my door. Well just because my neighbor is "Clark fickin Griswald" he is the star of the addition but yet as soon as i start putting my decor up people complain about it. I was asked by 3 different people when i was going to take down my stuff only 1 week after H'ween. WTF.....do you think they will say that to him next door....nope. And just because my notification tone is "bah humbug" lol doesn't mean i HATE xmas, just enjoy h'ween more.
On a good note, the neighbor accros the street came to me and told me this was the best year for trick or treaters in the last 12 years. I'm at the end of a dead end road so not a lot of kids come down here but with all the work and decor i did they seem to come down!!!
IMO just keep on doing what you love and let your haters be your motivaters!!!!!

Heh...I AM CLARK FRICKIN GRISWOLD!!! I thought about going lazy on Christmas this year, then the lil girl down the street was walking down the sidewalk with some friends and pointed to my house and said Santa goes up there, while pointing at my roof. How can that not inspire ya to freeze your butt off hanging lights and dragging stuff out to the attic and basement.

...let the appreciators be your motivators.

The folks that appreciate Halloween are the ones that motivate me to improve my haunt every year. Same goes with Christmas..seeing all the other houses lit up cranks up the I AM CLARK FRICKIN GRISWOLD in me. I'll be up in the maple tree tonight gettin my Griswold on.

Originally Posted by Xane

Or about getting to know how cheap your neighbor with the Mercedes and Volvo is when they hand out dollar store peppermint disks, one per kid.

I still like Christmas, mainly due to the lighting - we tend to go ridiculously overboard with the lights, especially since I always grab LEDs on clearance at the end of each season. Being able to hook 40 strands together also means you can see the house from outer space Actually we haven't really gotten near those guys who make it onto TV shows with their animated christmas display with 5 million lights but we'll get there one day.

YOU DA MAN!! although, I don't see any LEDs being around after Christmas this year. I'm amazed at how few lights are left on the shelf at the Big Bow stores. I used to raid Lowes on the 50% off and buy cases of single color miniature lights...all the Lowes around me have already been wiped out.

Might have to break down and pay full price for some blue LED net lights to put on my coffins that I use with the lightorama

Originally Posted by Scatterbrains

YOU DA MAN!! although, I don't see any LEDs being around after Christmas this year. I'm amazed at how few lights are left on the shelf at the Big Bow stores. I used to raid Lowes on the 50% off and buy cases of single color miniature lights...all the Lowes around me have already been wiped out.

Might have to break down and pay full price for some blue LED net lights to put on my coffins that I use with the lightorama

Yeah, when I was in Walmart what appeared to be the warehouse manager mentioned that they were seriously low on stock already, had already re-ordered trees three times, and doubted much would be left by Christmas. Which is weird because they had lots of clearance left last year. I'm still hoping they have more of the LED lighting that looks like traditional mini-lights left, they still had a decent amount left but not heaps.

I got out some of the Ultra LED mini strands that Walgreens carries every year and the blue lights don't work. It took them years to even put blue lights in them and it still doesn't matter. I have more somewhere, and I don't know if these sets are from last year or two years ago. I should bring batteries with me during clearance, also Walmart has battery mini strands from a different brand.

We seem to have veered completely off the topic cliff at this point.

Originally Posted by Xane

We seem to have veered completely off the topic cliff at this point.

How's that??? Someone's spirit is dying and we're brightening things up

Scatterbrains......I didnt mean that in a bad way....sorry. I enjoy my neighbors decor just don't like doing it up outside for xmas....thats all. I can appriciate the work it takes to get all the stuff up and i'm sure when my son gets a little older and says..."daddy where is our lights" guess who will be trucking in the lights.......THIS GUY!!! Anyway.....good luck with all your displays!

If they have a problem with your love of Halloween and your handiwork, that's their problem, not yours, there are legions of Halloween enthusiast, and the movement is growing...I don't see seasonal specialty xmas stores popping up ...