Yeah, back when my mother had the interest in decorating the house, the rainbow chasing lights had just come out and a couple of years we had the gutter edge of the roof, flower beds, and the grassy teardrop in the center of our round driveway all outlined in rainbow lights. And then there was the "tree" we made with strings of rainbow lights and a pole for the center. Small town out in the sticks, and the only complaints we ever heard were from Dad about how we could land aircraft by the lights. (Pfah. As if he weren't involved in prior years when we took red, white, and green strands and swapped out bulbs to get three red/green/white ones to outline the entire roof with. Including being up there with a staplegun trying to figure out how the heck to perfectly outline every edge and peak with a single strand without doubling back.)
At our current location, the most we've ever bothered with was gutterline, a window, and the front door, in plain red and green. Thankfully, we get the complaints about the lawn needing mowing, but seasonal decorations can be as over-the-top as the neighbors want to make them -- and some of them have a lot of trashy fun...
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Date: 2007-11-12 08:27 pm (UTC)At our current location, the most we've ever bothered with was gutterline, a window, and the front door, in plain red and green. Thankfully, we get the complaints about the lawn needing mowing, but seasonal decorations can be as over-the-top as the neighbors want to make them -- and some of them have a lot of trashy fun...