Christmas lights

[Malik]

so who's doin the xmas lights this year on the house...


anyone got pics of past attempts?



and check this guy out.... note 5mb file

http://chilly.theddrzone.com/Christmas%20Lights/

[craigrobbo]

I will be doing them again...........I have some pics, not very good ones though

Does anyone know the "official" date of when they should actually be turned on?. I believe it's December 1, but I'm not sure

[Leigh]

I had a couple last year, but have bought a few more last years post-Christmas sales...will put them up in two weeks;)

[BIGJIM]

so who's doin the xmas lights this year on the house...


anyone got pics of past attempts?



and check this guy out.... note 5mb file

http://chilly.theddrzone.com/Christmas%20Lights/

brilliant! what an effort. watching that will put a smile on your dial.

[monarocveightz]

I will be doing them again...........I have some pics, not very good ones though

Does anyone know the "official" date of when they should actually be turned on?. I believe it's December 1, but I'm not sure

Thats when we put our tree up, we usually start putting our lights up a bit earlier--- our house ain't that good for chrissie lights, the one we had in Tassie was brilliant for them though

[Holden2003]

Now I don't mean to be attacking any forum members here, but I think that Xmas lights are a waste of power and money. I am not being a scrooge here, but they consume an awful lot of energy and must cost a fortune.

I would rather donate money that I would have spent on Xmas lights and their power to a charity as a christmas gift to the community.

[Leigh]

Now I don't mean to be attacking any forum members here, but I think that Xmas lights are a waste of power and money. I am not being a scrooge here, but they consume an awful lot of energy and must cost a fortune.

I would rather donate money that I would have spent on Xmas lights and their power to a charity as a christmas gift to the community.
Purchasing goods, whether they are lights, electricity or whatever provides jobs in design, manufacturing, resources, distribution, shipping, wholesale, retail etc etc etc

My $1 spent on lights does FAR MORE economically than your $1 given to a charity...of which an average of 40% goes on operational support for the charity...

[Holden2003]

Purchasing goods, whether they are lights, electricity or whatever provides jobs in design, manufacturing, resources, distribution, shipping, wholesale, retail etc etc etc

My $1 spent on lights does FAR MORE economically than your $1 given to a charity...of which an average of 40% goes on operational support for the charity...

So you are saying its better to make the rich richer and the poor poorer?

I honestly get disgusted that there is christmas goods in my Coles store in late september, and 2 weeks after christmas we get the easter buns and chocolates. There is too much pressure to buy, buy, buy. And these are truly material goods. We could do our economy better if we stopped using our credit cards, which had contributed to 3 or 4 interest rate rises.

[Leigh]

So you are saying its better to make the rich richer and the poor poorer?

Not at all...

But this is all off-topic, lets get back to Christmas lights...if you want to talk spending versus giving, start a new thread.

[Holden2003]

Fair Enough

[hobby]

Hi again to all,

Today in the letterbox junk mail containing the Bunnings specials and guess what that refered to garden lights etc.
My wife read this and kindly mentioned " how long ago did we get some new XMAS lights ? and it wont be long before YOU have to put them up again and WHEN will you finish the entertainment unit YOU ARE BUILDING ? hope it is done before XMAS.


OH THE JOY.

but they "the lights do look good and the kids love em especially on a warm night with a gentle breeze swaying the lights on palm fronds"


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[Martin Thomas]

We used to absolutely cover our place and we love to drive around checking them out around the place. We haven't done it for some years now because this time of year its 40 odd degreees, followed by squalls followed by 40 odd degrees. If you like climbing up and down a roof all day in baking heat trying to locate a stuffed globe or transformer, this is the place for you..:D

About 4 years ago, the wife and I made a couple of wooden cut outs, lined them with colour correct lights and put them up. they looked a treat. The next day, people from 4 houses up returned both pieces of one of them due to one of our nightly squalls.. Another time I remember the wife bringing home a god awful cheap big plastic relief santa. You could almost hear me laugh all the way down the street as it dissappeared into the night destination unknown.. nowdays when these squalls come, I'm more interested in saving my mango's.

[Buffalo]

Once on a trip to the USA at xmas time I was invited to a colleagues house for an evening BBQ ... as we drove to his house we went past amazingly lit up houses with free standing reindeer, santa's, sleighs, elves etc all lit up in the front yards - kind of like National Lampoon's Xmas Vacation ... anyway - we came round the corner to this blokes house to see something rather amusing in his front yard - he commented " you know you have teenage boys when you come home and all the reindeer are humping each other in the front yard" ! Was quite amusing !!

[Oh Five]

" you know you have teenage boys when you come home and all the reindeer are humping each other in the front yard" ! Was quite amusing !!

:laugh3: :laugh3:

[Chev_350]

Now I don't mean to be attacking any forum members here, but I think that Xmas lights are a waste of power and money. I am not being a scrooge here, but they consume an awful lot of energy and must cost a fortune.

I would rather donate money that I would have spent on Xmas lights and their power to a charity as a christmas gift to the community.

One could say Die cast cars are a waste of money too.....

[Leigh]

Heres the 2007 lights...taken some time to get them up this year...and still got two sections of fairy lights that just refuse to work:mad:

http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/34688/2244714400 102165354S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2244714400102165354EinAOQ )

My fave light is drinking santa in the middle:D

http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/31442/2324514320 102165354S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2324514320102165354iwLHxw )

More pics here (http://good-times.webshots.com/album/561682567JrJWcO)

[zeitgeist]

anyway - we came round the corner to this blokes house to see something rather amusing in his front yard - he commented " you know you have teenage boys when you come home and all the reindeer are humping each other in the front yard" ! Was quite amusing !!

It's quite common over here. My boss, who had teenagers, told me they even have a term for it. Darned if I can remember it now.

And to the fellow installing Christmas lights in 40-degree weather. You could also be installing them in -10-degree weather on an icy roof. That's why I stuck a wreath on the door and deemed the outside decorations "complete".

BC

[hobby]

Hi again to all,

Today in the letterbox junk mail containing the Bunnings specials and guess what that refered to garden lights etc.
My wife read this and kindly mentioned " how long ago did we get some new XMAS lights ? and it wont be long before YOU have to put them up again and WHEN will you finish the entertainment unit YOU ARE BUILDING ? hope it is done before XMAS.


OH THE JOY.

but they "the lights do look good and the kids love em especially on a warm night with a gentle breeze swaying the lights on palm fronds"


.
Wow how time flies,
just reading thru this post and i came across this one of mine from last year.

Anyway the lights are up again

And and the entertainment unit was finished only last week.

can't rush these things can we ?

[Road Runner 72]

Heres the 2007 lights...taken some time to get them up this year...and still got two sections of fairy lights that just refuse to work:mad:

http://inlinethumb01.webshots.com/34688/2244714400 102165354S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2244714400102165354EinAOQ )

My fave light is drinking santa in the middle:D

http://inlinethumb19.webshots.com/31442/2324514320 102165354S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2324514320102165354iwLHxw )

More pics here (http://good-times.webshots.com/album/561682567JrJWcO)

Will have to cruze past one night since you did all that work & have a looksy mate!

[CowboyMatt]

Why hasn't this been moved to 'Off Topic'??

Oh yeah, I remember - it was a five minute, half-baked idea to set it up and now it's all too hard.

[Leigh]

Hey, there's a car light in there, and a car so it is "motoring":p

[lionking]

Why hasn't this been moved to 'Off Topic'??

Oh yeah, I remember - it was a five minute, half-baked idea to set it up and now it's all too hard.

Fair call.. i was wondering the same thing..

[lukey73]

That would be as the person who is supposed to monitor such things doesnt:D

[Leigh]

If you guys want to start a thread on this, go for it, but please don't hijack this one:mad:

Back ON TOPIC:

Anybody else put the chrissy lights up?

[the_goldie]

I went out and bought a bunch of LED lights from the Christmas Cave. Certainly need to get some more next year to cover more of the roof. Bought some plain bulb light and already there are 3 sections out due to blown globes... waste of money and not very bright comapred to the LED ones. Will move them around the back next year...

[Road Runner 72]

If you guys want to start a thread on this, go for it, but please don't hijack this one:mad:

Back ON TOPIC:

Anybody else put the chrissy lights up?

I turned my front porch light on? but that was for the pizza man.

I might try it in a few years time!

[hobby]

I turned my front porch light on? but that was for the pizza man.
!

LOL

[CowboyMatt]

If you guys want to start a thread on this, go for it, but please don't hijack this one:mad:

Back ON TOPIC:

Anybody else put the chrissy lights up?

Our Christmas decorations are up but I refuse to buy outside lights / displays that sit in storage for 11 months of the year.

[carnut01]

the last time we put lights up, 1/2 of the buggers wouldnt work anyway, so i think the coloured garden lights will have to do :D (as long as the bloddy kids dont try and steal them...)

[lukey73]

Anybody else put the chrissy lights up?

With all the talk of Global warming and trying conserve energy i cant believe we or the govenrment encourage this activity still!

Here we are talking about trying to burn cleaner coal etc and what do we do for 4 weeks per year, chuck a heap of lights on the outside of our house to make it look pretty :rolleyes:

I have the minimum lights on at our place, the Christmas tree has a few which get run for around 2 hours a day and that it.

ducks for the comments to follow.

[inter]

With all the talk of Global warming and trying conserve energy i cant believe we or the govenrment encourage this activity still!

Here we are talking about trying to burn cleaner coal etc and what do we do for 4 weeks per year, chuck a heap of lights on the outside of our house to make it look pretty :rolleyes:

I have the minimum lights on at our place, the Christmas tree has a few which get run for around 2 hours a day and that it.

ducks for the comments to follow.


i have christmas was candles outside that i paid at bunning for 50cents each , does that help????:D you are suppose to duck now

[Maximus]

Its the first year we have gone nuts putting up lights.

We put up a total of about 3000 lights with 1500 more in the shed but we ran out of the little clips to hold them on.

I will get some pics tomorrow night and maybe a video.

[Oh Five]

Whenever it gets to this time of the year i always think of Clark Griswald:D

[Oh Five's Missus]

Whenever it gets to this time of the year i always think of Clark Griswald:D
And I think I'm married to Ebonezer SCROOGE! Bah Humbug.:p

[00lowndes]

Here is a pic of our house. Not all up this year but this will do.

[Maximus]

http://inlinethumb36.webshots.com/30563/2845717690 101589011S425x425Q85.jpg (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2845717690101589011JDGPnm )

LwNXf2lzwhs

Here is my first go at putting up lights let me know what you think.

Clark Griswald Hey??? You should see all the power boards and extension cords through the house.

We only have them on when we are home incase something decides to ignite.

Cheers

James

[Nate07]

^^^

Thats fantastic!

[monarocveightz]

Here is a pic of our house. Not all up this year but this will do.

I can't see a photo mate?, is it me or can everyone else see it?.

also nice work James, looks great:)

[Leigh]

Luke, the lights I have up use less energy in the four weeks they are up and on than an air conditioner does in one night...get over it:mad:

[Nate07]

I can't see a photo mate?, is it me or can everyone else see it?.

also nice work James, looks great:)

I can't see a pic either.

[lukey73]

Luke, the lights I have up use less energy in the four weeks they are up and on than an air conditioner does in one night...get over it:mad:


I went fishing the other night and caught ^^^^^^^^^^^^:D

Just tickled my sence of humour after all the goings on of Oil etc that has been on here lately.

[lavenlaar]

Mine is only pretty basic this year as my whipper snipper cut the cord to my 800 lights :( last week... anyway - if u look closely ive got the danicing Homer as Santa on the Porch and ive put a STROBE light coming up from under him - making him look a little spooky :P

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m98/lavenlaar/I MG_9617.jpg

[halbster]

Anyone got any Xmas lights this year.
We put a few up last year for the first time ever, and then so did the neighbours. This year they've gone all out and raised the bar.... its pretty funny.

[the_goldie]

Will hopefully put mine up this weekend... been too busy and everytime I go to put them up the weather has been terrible... I don't go crazy but will buy some more again this year :) The kids love it.

[Maximus]

Yeah put up about 4000 so far. Still haven't covered the roof yet but I dont think I can be tossed as it takes too long to put up and take down.