Most liked posts in thread: Getting out of hand: Holiday decorations

We don't have kids at home anymore, but my wife and I make little party favors out of small baseball sized plastic pumpkins or little witches cauldrons stuffed with various candies. We only get half a dozen trick or treaters, so it's fun to get a little fancy.

p.s. We leave out xmas lights up all year. They are a pain in the butt to put up and take down.

 

We have an artificial tree, and we put it up a couple weeks before the day and take it down the day after New Years.

 

I feel the same way every year around election time (even worse on the years with the presidential election) with all the advertisements on TV and the signs in people's yards.

 

Bruce, you need a cocktail.

 

I think he needs to get out of town for a long weekend with his classic Mini, maybe somewhere in Arkansas would sooth his soul?

 

Some of my neighbors came up with an idea to do a "grown-ups" Trick-Or-Treat at Halloween several years ago, that would start at 10pm, and instead of candy, participating homes would give out shots of some kind. I loved the idea, but we live in the bible belt, so the idea got some panties in a wad, and never happened.

CD

 

I was enjoying a nice country drive this past weekend and I come around a corner and out of the corner of my eye, What did I see? Santa's work shop being erected... The whole dam village was already up spread across what seemed to be a dam near 1.5 acre lot. Elves, rain deer, Santa and Mrs. Claus all out there waving hello. Santa's sleigh was already flashing that obnoxious flash that occurs when one puts in that red tipped light in the string.. Hate that.. Anyways. Day after Thanksgiving they go up. Day After New Years they come down. It's what my mother taught me. I'll have her put an add in the local paper so others know the RULES...
Cheers!