QOD – Holiday Lights
This is 3500+ lights in about 4 hrs of work a few weeks ago. Yes, my PGE bill will probably be high in January. There’s a story here… About 10 years ago, my brother had his first house down in SE Portland. He proceeded to put up tons of lights and was featured on KGW one evening. A couple years later, when we got into our current home, I attempted to match him. Over the next couple of years, we scoured the after Christmas sales for .75c light strands and extension cords and such. One day after Thanksgiving sale netted us 40 100light strands for $38. That’s 4000 lights. That Christmas, I had 8900 lights up, yet got no action. I rested the lights for a year or two, but came out swinging this holiday seasons. It helps to sing Christmas carols in your head.
So, the QOD is – Did you get into the Holiday spirit this year and decorate your abode? Did you put up lights? Do you have a festooned tree? Do you have pine boughs wrapping your stair railing?
Wow. That’s impressive. We’ve been contemplating stringing lights up around our mudpit outside but decided against it. With the construction here, no holiday decor. But we will live vicariously through others this year. :)
Even if you don’t get cred in the news, let me say “Thank You” from all of us Christmas light lovers who spend days driving around to see the next house in the next neighborhood. I am sure I have ooohed and aaahed over yours too.
I have 16 plastic blowmold figures in the yard, but no lights because I am not allowed to add anymore until I add more plugs/juice to the system (stupid electrical engineer husband). But yes on tree and the rest.
100 white lights on bamboo.