We got most of our outside lights up last week but still need to finish the inside...my body is still aching after the outside

That x-mas tree puts mine to a shame :(. So, who putting it up is one thing, who is going to take it down? The worst part of post Christmas. :)

Looks beautiful Summers!!!

That's a very generous gift to all the people that pass your home. During these dark winter days I find exhibits like yours always lift my spirits. I have to admit that for a split second
I did wonder if your home might be on fire.(Just kidding)

My oldest son (19) does all of the outside lights with the exception of the roof or anything high up, He does take the lights down too but this is his first year of college so they might stay up till he comes home on spring break.

Just make sure you referr to your exibit as "Holiday" lights
and not "Christmas" lights. Even though we are a christian
based society the media is always reminding us not to
say "Merry Christmas" to our fellow man. Has to be Happy
Holidays. When people say Happy Holidays I go mental and
ask them what holiday are we celebrating?

I guess this is the be ginning of the end of Christmas, in
Europe it is still legal to say Merry Christmas to your friends.

Another weird/poisonous inovation eminating out of America.

I live in Missouri and it will always be

Christmas Lights at my home and I have already had a picture of my Christmas Lights in the local newspaper in the Christmas Lightssection

We also have Christmas Lights that go through a metamorphosis and become Easter Lights. I used to have neighbors that owned them and eventually the lights even turned into Halloween Lights, just think how dangerous that became.

Your house is beautiful, Summers!

Yes, pikes peak, we have a sit-down restaurant in town that leaves its lit tree up all year. They change the decorations to fit the holiday - Valentine's, Easter, spring/summer flowers, July 4th, back to flowers, autumn leaves & ribbons in fall colors, Halloween, Christmas . . .

We used to decorate & string lights in, on & around everything that didn't move - to include the dog house in the front yard and the pair of gargoyles above the garage doors. We don't do so much of that any more . . .

Forgot to ask,

Why are you feeding the squirels in your area radioactive
walnuts?, that is not a nice thing to do, for sure they
are going to die. Maybe you thought the radioactive heat would keep their tummys warm in the winter. This is not in keeping with the Christmas spirit that we know of in Canada.

My wife wants us to put lights and a tree up but I just don't see the point. If it's just xmas between the two of you, why do you need a tree? It's just necessary when you have kids.

Santa is welcome at my house anytime but I can't say the same for squirrels though. I live in a subdivision where I can't shoot any critters and the deer, turkey, and squirrels have taken over.

I took this video from inside our house
Eagle Video

Bill,

Here is my generous christmas present to you "happy wife equals
a happy home" get going on the lights.

Summers,

I'll let Santa know that he wont be shot out of the sky while
travelling to your home, he will be relieved to hear this.

Hunter,
Just tell him to make plenty of noise and let out a Ho, Ho, Ho, and everything will be fine.

Before someome gets the idea that I am a crazed serial killer I would like to say that I just like collecting firearms and shooting them....haven't killed any critters in years.

MODERATOR NOTE: Please do not politicize and spoil this light-hearted and fun thread with unnecessary trolling.

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Back to the lights topic.....I won't be surprised if youtube pulls the music Jingle Bell Rock

well, the "media" doesn't make the laws, and in fact we don't have to agree with the laws. call it whatever you want to call it. we still have the Constitution.

We haven't put a tree up in several years. It's just the two of us. It would be different if the in-law family came around to visit but they don't and my family is out of state and the way everybody is they might as well all be dead - we'd never know.

We also have a Charlie Brown tree that we've also put up. It was our experimental tree b/c of the cats. This current group of cats have never seen a tree in the house...so, I don't know. The Charlie tree used to be on the front porch - I'm sure it has bird do-do in it because some birds thought it was real. How can a sick looking tree look real? It looks like it's dying (which is the beauty of the whole thing).

My hubby says, "IT'S CHRISTMAS, IT'S CHRISTMAS, why can't they get it through their thick skulls?" Hubby LOVES guns and rifles. Should he die, I'll have to google to see what to sell these things for.

Hunter this thread is about Christmas lights. Let's keep it that way.

If you have political commentary surrounding it, please take it to a new thread. You are welcome to discuss it but please don't disrupt the thread any more than it has been disrupted already.

I am "OFF TOPIC" I guess so my videos, and photos, will "Shoot The Breeze" somewhere else and certainly not on this forum.

Summers,

The target here is me and not yourself.

I have been fairly outspoken when it comes to America and I'll
explain why. I grew up mesmorized by everything American. My parents always sent their children to Europe for a holiday after they had completed their schooling as a gift. In my case
I refused to go to Europe and used my time and money to travel through America. I had the time of my life and returned on a regular basis for the next 15 years. The American people I met were always a delight to meet and
spend time with. The topography is as diverse as the
people withing America. My life long love affair
with the states came to a abrupt end due to 9/11.

When 9/11 happened and I started to read a lot and the more I read the more angry I got. It appeared to me that the government was not taking care of their people but helping special lobby groups. This made me angry as you all know from
my posts on this forum.
Either way I dont have any issues with the American public
but with the people that control them, I think the situation is sad and unjust.

So I apologise to our American neighbor for my inapropriate
comments.

My mother was a powerhouse agent in the city of Toronto and she told me to knock on doors for 3 hours a day as a new agent. I did what she said for over 7 years. When I shared this info on this forum I was attacked by a lot of people, this response had a effect on me and you
can probably feel it in my posts.(keep in mind all the sales
training I have received was purchased from Mike Ferry and
Tom Hopkins who are Americans and they confirmed with what my
mother told me to do)

I guess shooting the Breeze means different things in different countries.


Summers, I'm sorry for messing up your colourful and fun seasonal thread.

Hunter,
I had zero problems with your comments in this thread and it was my hopes that merging discussion from "Christmas Lights" and "firearms" would ease some of the tension that seems to be in the political threads.

I must have missed something that a mod deleted 'cause everything is cool with us in this thread as far as I am concerned.

Now if you start slamming the good old USA again....we might have to open the discussion again (in another new "TOPIC") of course....there is good and eveil in all walks of life and you just need to be careful where you step.

Roger that, my previous post just expressed surprise that your
thoughful thread had been chain sawed by Maui. I got my numbers wrong in my PM to you, the family I rent a cabin from
use 338 Win Mag and not 300 Win Mag for moose.

This is a special time of the year and I'm sure with your attitude you will have a blast.

Maui or Perky,

Could you please remove me from this forum or tell me what
I need to do to get of it. I've searched around and I cant
find a way to do it.

If somebody else knows how to do it I would appreciate the
help.

Thanks.

So long Summers. Might be a wise decision you made there.

as soon as I get my Christmas Tree up I will post...just...because...

Insipred by Ditty and past member...here goes.


Our manger scene turned out great. My son and I built the manger from storm debris from hurricane Irene. It's meant to be seen this way, but you can see the flash version to understand how I did Joseph, Mary and Jesus.

Deck the halls at Casa de Bpose.

Jesus learned to stand a little quickly and Mary resembles ET a little, but this was my first go ever with my jigsaw, using scrap plywood for Mary and Joseph and an old 1 x 8 shelf for Jesus. I was pleased with the results. Backlighting is 2 strands of old icicle lights.

Doin' bpose - I think your manger scene is the best. YOURS get the Best Manger Award for 2011!

Your manger scene is great, Doin'!

Here's our "watch bear" . . . found last year in some items from an REO that were destined to go to the dump. All he needed was to have some lights reconnected & he worked fine. He stands in our front courtyard, waving his head back & forth, watching what goes on all night, lol. I'm looking for a couple of lighted penguins now, to keep him company.

Thanks ladies! It sits at the top of a T intersection so we get a good bit of exposure. So far the response has been positive.

Rocking bear by the way. I love rescuing things from the jaws of the landfill like that.

I have never seen one before, but it is totally cool.

Looks awesome! Tomorrow night I will take pics of our humble lights. The porch is what's awesome, we never had so many lights out front before, hubby just finished the porch railing a couple weeks ago.

"Jesus learned to stand a little quickly and Mary resembles ET a little, but this was my first go ever with my jigsaw, using scrap plywood for Mary and Joseph and an old 1 x 8 shelf for Jesus. I was pleased with the results. Backlighting is 2 strands of old icicle lights."


Bpose, is the pic with the plywood cut-outs a "redneck xmas"?? LOL

Resourceful is the preferred term ...I am thinking they could use a good stain and weather seal.

Doin' bpose I like it the way it is, virgin wood, unadultered in any way.

Gosh, when you put it that way VA you are spot on. Why cover it with a 'stain'. I sanded them down to expose the grains more. They were older pieces of scrapwood with alot of marks and scuffs.

We see just all this glitz and glamour...and then I see your manger...it's so peaceful, so true to itself. Seriously, I'd give you an award because of it.

That makes it all the more true to the original. He wasn't born in posh surroundings, he was born among smelly, stinky animals...I find that interesting. The King of Kings, choosing the utmost in humble surroundings to make His entrance into the world. The first ones to know of His arrival were the lowly shepherds, the bottom of society's rung...

Your simple, humble scene is beautiful.

Thank you ladies. I agree. I have never done one before. It was just meant to be.

Doin, it has an unquantifiable quality that I can't put my finger on but definitely digging it. Kudos.

I thinks it falls in the category of "folk art"...Im sure it will become a heirloom!

well I finally got my tree decorated...its been up for a week with just lights...it was pretty just like that also...I thought my Realtor friends would like how I decorate my tree with houses...LOL

Your tree is lovely!

My parents had very similar houses that would go under the tree - those things were OLD. I'm sure my brother has them now and has sold them on eBay.

You're all making me sick - makes me feel like putting a tree up (yes, we have them!). I just don't want to go through having to pack it all back up...a definite sign of aging....Perhaps some year I'll get to a point of doing it - even if it's just a little tree so I can say, "whew, actually lived another year!"

Nice Ditty. We have a number of teachers and former teachers in the family. As a result, we have a ton of apple, desk, chalkboard ornaments. Too funny about the houses.