...Disapproval would be folly-
Deck the halls with hunks of holly-
Fill the cup and don't say "when."
I need to get the Christmas tree and yard lights out soon. This will be a solo effort, as I married a man whose idea of Halloween festivities include sitting on the couch in his boxers with the porch light turned off eating the candy meant for the neighborhood kids.
Dim isn't a Scrooge exactly, he likes Christmas, and likes time with the family yadda yadda, but he thinks that putting lights up and decorating your yard for the holidays is stupid. Actually, he thinks cleaning up and putting away the lights is stupid, so why go to the trouble of putting them out in the first place?
The one thing that I don't understand is the prevalence in my neighborhood of the wicker reindeer. It's not so much that people have them, but how in the world do they have room in their houses to store them? Those annoying inflatable Santas deflate and fit into pretty small boxes, so storing them really isn't difficult, but wicker reindeer? They don't fold. Some of my neighbors have four or five of them. Where the heck do they put them?
Oh yeah, they park their $30,000 cars on the driveway, open to the elements, so that they can shelter $20 reindeer in the garage 11 months out of the year. Makes sense to me.
Posted by Jen at December 5, 2006 9:41 AMFunny last line ;+)
Ditto Brian.
Posted by: JennySmith at December 5, 2006 12:55 PMthat's what the attic is for.
Posted by: kath's mom at December 5, 2006 2:00 PMI don't know if I have an attic/crawlspace, to be honest. There's an opening on the second floor ceiling that might lead to one but I'm never going up there because It's right next to a long drop to the first floor tile below. I'm a big chicken about that stuff.
No reindeer for me!
Posted by: Jen Rodis at December 5, 2006 4:44 PMNo reindeer for me either. And really I'm with Dim. To me it seems as if I put them up one day and then take them down the next. Houses should come with retratable lights so you can press a button the day after Thanksgiving and have them appear. Then on New Year's Day press a button and they retract. Kind of like Rolladen shutters - but lights.
Posted by: susan at December 6, 2006 11:56 AMYou have to put lights up. Tell Dimitri to get off his ass and get into Christmas. This is the time of year that makes up for the annoying parts of having kids. Mind you I still haven't put mine up yet but we were out of town for Thanksgiving week. I have a Santa suit if you guys are interested also. I might dress up for Dax but I think he might know it is me so I may have someone else dress up. Childeren and Christmas go hand and hand. You can buy gifts for them that you will enjoy playing with as well.
One more thing, Dax has entered this naughty mood lately. We are trying to nip that in the bud. I taught him to throw a football and now he interprets that as he can throw anything at me.
Posted by: Ryland at December 7, 2006 11:18 AM