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Those were some nice lights, Tubadad.

Ray "not attempting to stir anything up" Grim

Let me hijack this one, but keep the same subject.

Did anyone use LED Christmas tree lights this year? The ones I've seen look kind of--yucky. Either the color is very strange or they appear to have a 120 Hz flicker to them--or both.

Am I looking in the wrong place or do LED holiday lights have a way to go yet?

schlepporello wrote:That's been the extent of my lights for Christmas. I don't light the house and we haven't put up a tree in years because we just haven't got the room in the living room for one.

Too many tubas in the living room, Wayne?

schlepporello's quote:

There is no shame or dishonor in doing that which is right in the eyes of the Lord.

Is there any shame or dishonor in doing what is wrong in the eyes of the Lord? I don't think he would like you to kill someone for stating the obvious.

schlepporello wrote:I wasn't gonna kill him "all dead".
Just "mostly dead" which is still "Partly alive" (as referenced in "The Princess Bride" by Miracle Max).

True love is the most noble thing of all, except for a nice MLT (Mutton Lettuce and Tomato) when the lettus is crisp and the tomato is sliced real thin.....

TubaRay wrote:Those were some nice lights, Tubadad.

Ray "not attempting to stir anything up" Grim

Thanks Ray.
I didn't realize that I was in violation.

schlepporello wrote:I wasn't gonna kill him "all dead".
Just "mostly dead" which is still "Partly alive" (as referenced in "The Princess Bride" by Miracle Max).

But is that still alright?

schlepporello wrote:

tubaguy9 wrote:

schlepporello wrote:I wasn't gonna kill him "all dead".
Just "mostly dead" which is still "Partly alive" (as referenced in "The Princess Bride" by Miracle Max).

But is that still alright?

Well...............maybe yes and maybe no.
But we'd better get this thread back on topic before it gets

good point ...I'd offer you food, with a picture, but Sean would lock it because of that, too ...
Yay death!...

No rain or snow today in northern Virginia...so my house lights come down today.
Saturday the tree comes down.

Brassdad wrote:No rain or snow today in northern Virginia...so my house lights come down today.
Saturday the tree comes down.

Now that's something I never understood. In our house, the tree and lights come down after twelfth night (Jan 6). Some years we'll leave them up a few days extra out of respect for our Eastern Rite friends.

Doesn't make sense to spend all of that time getting ready for Christmas, then just turning it all off during Christmastide.

Since the Pacific Northwest can be pretty dreary during December and January, there are those who leave their outside lights up throughout January to add a little brightness.

harold wrote:

Brassdad wrote:

schlepporello wrote:I wasn't gonna kill him "all dead".
Just "mostly dead" which is still "Partly alive" (as referenced in "The Princess Bride" by Miracle Max).

True love is the most noble thing of all, except for a nice MLT (Mutton Lettuce and Tomato) when the lettus is crisp and the tomato is sliced real thin.....

Interesting - I saw an interview with Mandy Pantakin. This guy has won all of the major awards - he has a Tony and a Grammy and has been nominated for an Oscar.

He has an impressive body of work - including a bunch of pharmaceutical commercials.

He says that no matter where he goes, people will come up to him and ask for THE LINE:

"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

except for the man with six fingers on his left hand!

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We put our tree up sometime around the 4th Sunday of Advent and take it down on Twelfth Night--one benefit is that a freshly cut tree will easily last that time without dropping many needles or becoming a fire hazard.

tofu wrote: When my folks were kids in the twenties and thirties the tree didn't go up until Christmas Eve or was brought by Santa and appeared Christmas morning.

When I was a kid in the sixties I remember most people not putting up their lights/trees until after the 15th of December here in the Chicago area.

This year there were some who had their lights up and on before Halloween and a bunch before Thanksgiving. In fact I would say that 70% of the lights were up and on by the weekend after Thanksgiving.

More comercialization of the Holiday. The store put out the decoration earlier, so people put them up sooner. I agree, I'm ready for it to be gone.The tree and other decorations take up so muvch space, an I don't have enough to begin with.

The wife put everything up the weekend after Thanksgiving. It give you a plave to store the wrapped gifts while waiting for the big day.


I'd much rather put it up around Christmas eve, and keep it there a week or 2, during the holiday.

We have a small remembrance on each of the twelve days of Christmas (Christmas day until Epiphany) and leave the lights along the 3/8 mile driveway on every night. On Christmas Eve they guide the reindeer as landing lights, after Christmas they guide the Magi. We have always made a big deal about the twelve days of Christmas from when my wife and I were dating (almost) and I mailed her a different cut-out everyday from a different postal code in an unmarked envelope. I never did mail #12... perhaps next year on our 20th anniversary.

The artificial tree went up and came down before Christmas.
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Male dog (see avatar) with strong instincts.
At least the artificial tree can be hosed off.

SplatterTone wrote:The artificial tree went up and came down before Christmas.
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Male dog (see avatar) with strong instincts.
At least the artificial tree can be hosed off.

Oooo, oooo, do you have an aluminum christmas tree with color wheel?

windshieldbug wrote:

I believe them.

Chuck(G) wrote:

SplatterTone wrote:The artificial tree went up and came down before Christmas.
....
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Male dog (see avatar) with strong instincts.
At least the artificial tree can be hosed off.

Oooo, oooo, do you have an aluminum christmas tree with color wheel?

Brings to mind a song entitled, "A plastic angel for your aluminum tree"-probably written by someone in an plywood trailer.