Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted December 17, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 Wife and I are still working on Christmas things around here. She just got home from 6 weeks in Florida last week and she’s way behind in decorating. I’ve been adding a bit at a time for a month. Was sick for 2 weeks. Family is coming for Christmas this Sunday so the push is on for the next 24 hours. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted December 17, 2022 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 Wife just put this 5’ Teddy together. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 I turned my smart Hue light over the bar red! Someday I will have a light-o-Rama setup! Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaturallyAspirated Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 That stuff looks very nice! Neal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted December 17, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 Use to put up a bunch it just started taking up to much time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member poopooforme Posted December 17, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 Bah humbug! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01mxz800 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Here's mine 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 17, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 8 hours ago, BOHICA said: I stopped putting up lights when I went solar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted December 17, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, Skidooski said: It was when Biden became president… plus spending 2 weeks doing it seemed to be a waste of my time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted December 17, 2022 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 (edited) It takes a fair bit of time but I still enjoy it. The lights along the eaves just stay up all year at this point. They were just too time consuming and I'm not good on a ladder. The animals take the most time now as the lights are constantly dying. Getting hard to find room to store. The small animals go in the attic but the large ones now go in the sled shed. I only do the outside stuff. The wife does inside. She changes all the wall pictures to Christmas themed pictures, the area rugs all get changed out to Christmas, all the knick knacks on tables and shelves all go to Christmas. Upstairs and downstairs trees, etc. She normally starts the first week of November and she will leave it up until second week of January. Edited December 17, 2022 by Blackstar 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 17, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 Looks great @Blackstar Nicely done! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member EvilBird Posted December 17, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 8 minutes ago, Blackstar said: It takes a fair bit of time but I still enjoy it. The lights along the eaves just stay up all year at this point. They were just too time consuming and I'm not good on a ladder. The animals take the most time now as the lights are constantly dying. Getting hard to find room to store. The small animals go in the attic but the large ones now go in the sled shed. I only do the outside stuff. The wife does inside. She changes all the wall pictures to Christmas themed pictures, the area rugs all get changed out to Christmas, all the knick knacks on tables and shelves all go to Christmas. Upstairs and downstairs trees, etc. She normally starts the first week of November and she will leave it up until second week of January. Beautiful. The figurines with the cotton snow and little trees on the counter remind me of my Grandparents house years ago. They would do all that, it was fun as a kid seeing the setups each year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Blackstar Posted December 17, 2022 Author Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, EvilBird said: Beautiful. The figurines with the cotton snow and little trees on the counter remind me of my Grandparents house years ago. They would do all that, it was fun as a kid seeing the setups each year. Ya, I think everyone's mom or grandma had a miniature village years ago. My mom did when I was a kid and at 86 she still sets up every year. I have a customer who removes all the furniture from one room and fills it with a village including a train set that runs from one end to the other. Pretty cool but tough not for kids to touch...lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted December 17, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 32 minutes ago, EvilBird said: Beautiful. The figurines with the cotton snow and little trees on the counter remind me of my Grandparents house years ago. They would do all that, it was fun as a kid seeing the setups each year. Yep I've sill got my mom's Christmas village set up in my basement stored away. She used to put it up every year. Before that was my grandparents 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member ViperGTS/Z1 Posted December 17, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted December 17, 2022 6 hours ago, EvilBird said: Beautiful. The figurines with the cotton snow and little trees on the counter remind me of my Grandparents house years ago. They would do all that, it was fun as a kid seeing the setups each year. 6 hours ago, Blackstar said: Ya, I think everyone's mom or grandma had a miniature village years ago. My mom did when I was a kid and at 86 she still sets up every year. I have a customer who removes all the furniture from one room and fills it with a village including a train set that runs from one end to the other. Pretty cool but tough not for kids to touch...lol Wife had a collection of Dickens Village we used to set up every year but we havent done so in years....was hoping some of those peices would appreciate in value but very few have. This is my yearly spruce I light up...prolly 35 to 40 feet tall. Gets lots of comps from the locals 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Gold Member 800renegaderider Posted December 18, 2022 Gold Member Share Posted December 18, 2022 My wife’s parents do those villages still they go all out for Christmas. I do some lights on the outline of the house. Here is some light from NH speedway earlier tonight. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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