Christmas lights are one of David's favorite thing to do before Christmas. Actually he usually puts them up right around Thanksgiving when he is home. Our window of opportunity seems to get smaller and smaller each year either due to the weather not cooperating or just because he usually isn't home alot between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
We have come to expect up until this year that we have to buy lights about every other year, I think the maker's of lights plan it that way now, what happened to the old fashion string you could put out year after year, (everything is throw away!!).
He started out with lights around the outside, then added around the windows, then added around the bushes in front, then one year the "blow up ornaments" started appearing. The first one purchased by Jennifer for her Dad for Christmas was the Rudolph pulling Santa from the chimney, then the following year David saw a 9 ft. Nutcracker that he just had to put out, we added the white lighted reindeer a couple years ago and this year I bought him acute penguin (which only lasted two days-David was not happy that he didn't light up enough and wouldn't blow up enough-Walmart I think got everyone returned back for the same reason).
He has the electrical plug-ins down to a science now compared to what it looked like a few years ago. Each night I make my calculated track through the house to turn them on and off (only one trip outside usually to unplug and two inside).
But you always must consider any unexpected problems which we have had 3 so far this season. He decided he had to put the Rudolph blowup on the roof. It had maintained from several days, until the wind came along this week and knocked it over and sorry love, but I am not climbing on the roof to fix, so ole Rudy will have to wait until David gets home to straighten that out. Also we have had issue with sections of lights fuse issues. One was fixed by Matthew last weekend so we are down to one "small" section out now.
Don't get me wrong I enjoy people commenting since we live on the corner and you can see the beacon sometimes from the highway and I know David enjoys the whole operation. We don't come close to what some people do, no we are the Clark Griswald's by any means, tasteful yes, over the top-not yet. But hey if it brings some joy when people drive by, why not.
So if anyone happens to see me out in the snow tonight trying to dig out a blowup ornament, wave, honk and say "Merry Christmas"....David will love it
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