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Christmas lights do you do it?

latina4621 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:32:13 GMT

do you go all out with a lighting display out the front of your home

or are you like us and only half do it with lights around gutters ect

due to the fact that someone likes them or dislikes them and you wake up in the morning to find that they have

A been stolen

B been smashed

or C both and you found them strewn halfway down the street

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

joz*garage — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:34:59 GMT

do you go all out with a lighting display out the front of your home

hell no

i enjoy the shows though

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

polocross58 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:36:00 GMT

We put up a few, mainly to keep some family members happy

Once they're up, I quite like them

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

flashie* — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:38:48 GMT

It is not advisable to say on here if you do or not.........................and I say that from experience.

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

polocross58 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:39:35 GMT

I didn't know that

How come ?

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

latina4621 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:40:00 GMT

i think they look nice but i have noticed this year a lot of people do not seem to be doing for fear of them being stolen or just smashed

2 nights ago they went on a bit of a spree stealing lights ect

shame how some people feel the need to ruin it for others

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:40:32 GMT

I've spent the last few afternoons getting tipsy then getting up on the roof to hang lights in the gutter. I figure after three beers it isn't going to hurt so much when I fall off. I've had lights stolen before so this year we have used extra zippy ties on the front fence.

Last year there was only me and another newcomer to the village that had lights up. This year there's a house that has gone all out and covered the front of his house with rope lights and cascading curtain lights and stuff. I can see his house from my windows. SO I have bought a few more this year. I don't have many but next year it's game on!

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

polocross58 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:41:40 GMT

Thanks for the info

Disappointing, huh ?

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latina4621 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:45:58 GMT

rofl pimpy

funnily enough, we went a lot with solar lights this year

there is a house not far from us the guy from that drives past every night in the first week to check ours out he has gone game on too

rofl

not sure why as we do not enter the lights competition.

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:52:43 GMT

The fairy lights I put on the gutters are solar, and I have a solar spiral tree which looks pretty neat out in the middle of the paddock. I probably won't take the gutter ones down, I like fairylights 🙂

A couple of years ago, when we bought this place I put red and green solar fairy lights on the gates so we could find the place in the dark, lol, they are still there (lots and lots of zippy ties)

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:54:13 GMT

@polocross58 wrote:
Thanks for the info

Disappointing, huh ?

???

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

blackcatt222 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:54:35 GMT

Rofl at the 'game on'

😛

I love xmas lights..we have decorated the front of our home, plus a lovely round bush on the front lawn, with lots of solar lights..
It looks beautiful
( if I do say so myself..lol)

None of our neighbours do much, but they love our display ..so it is a bit of a community service
Lol

I am not sure whether the fairly lights around my bedroom window is SUCHa good idea..:p
But it looks lovely and christmassy

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

latina4621 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:56:38 GMT

that is a good idea pimpy with the gate

rofl

we have them around our windows too

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

polocross58 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:57:12 GMT

polocross58 wrote:

Thanks for the info

Disappointing, huh ?

???

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I was replying to the person who said the reason it's not a good idea to broadcast the fact you put up lights

is because people go around stealing and smashing them

So I wrote 'disappointing'

it's disappointing that people would glean information on the ebay boards, then go to the trouble to try to track them down so they could go out looking for those addresses in order to steal or smash Christmas lights

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 03:59:51 GMT

Last year I propped the rope lights shapes up inside the windows. I think I had every dang insect within a 10 mile radius in my house.

This year I've made hubby nail them to the outside of the house

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latina4621 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 04:02:08 GMT

rofl pimpy

we have never had that problem well not yet anyways

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blackcatt222 — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 04:03:07 GMT

Lol..good move..the bugs will be disappointed though

😛

I love fairy lights, too..all year round..they are too nice not to have brightening things up
I have blue solar fairylights around the windows in the sunroom, they are lovely

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 04:04:39 GMT

@polocross58 wrote:
@polocross58 wrote:
Thanks for the info

Disappointing, huh ?

???

===============

I was replying to the person who said the reason it's not a good idea to broadcast the fact you put up lights

is because people go around stealing and smashing them

So I wrote 'disappointing'

it's disappointing that people would glean information on the ebay boards, then go to the trouble to try to track them down so they could go out looking for those addresses in order to steal or smash Christmas lights

Very disappointing.

Re: Christmas lights do you do it?

flashie* — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 04:08:18 GMT

Polocross said....................

We used to have a beautiful lights display............we had done it for nearly 20 years.......................(an award winning display).

But I got on the wrong side of some on here and a few Chrsitmases ago I received a fake call pretending to be frommy local council saying I was being closed down and the Police notified as I had electocuted a child who had touched one of my lights (this was not true)

Now this call could have been anyone............that is true......................but that week I had read a thread on another site that was about my lights display and hoping my husband and I get electrocuted putting up our display......................(a bit too much of a coincidence I think.)

When I mentioned it here on the boards I was bombarded with posts from the members of that forum asking me how I had read the thread...........................as they thought I was not a memeber and could not have read it......................but no one denied it.................or even expressed any disgust over the matter.

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the*scarlet*pimpernel — Sun, 15 Dec 2013 04:12:40 GMT

Blardy wrong isn't it. Over the years similar reporting to the authorities over made up allegations such as child abuse, stealing, stalking etc have occured on these boards. 😞