People who leave decorations up

[Sharwood]

Inspired by Lucy's post about a neighbour's snowman.

What do you think of them? Personally, I want to take a flamethrower to their decorations and scream; "CHRISTMAS IS OVER YOU GODDAMN SONS OF ******! I HATE EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU!" And so on.

 

[silver 2039]

I actually haven't seen any this year at all. Not even on my campus. I've seen a few minor things like wreaths but no real lights of decorations. Must be the economy.

 

[Leonel]

But what of the tradition of putting up Santa Hulks, Santa Charlie Brown and Santa Frosty the Red nosed Reindeer?

 

[LucyDuke]

I've come to not mind so much the lights, when they're done tastefully. Mid-January, I think, is when I'll start getting annoyed.

Inflatable yard decorations are never acceptable.

Unless they're the big blow-up bouncy things that you jump around in, those are awesome whenever, wherever.

 

[Sharwood]

I actually haven't seen any this year at all. Not even on my campus. I've seen a few minor things like wreaths but no real lights of decorations. Must be the economy.

I see them everywhere. There were very few decorations put up anyway in the area I'm in this year, but pretty much every place - excepting businesses - that put up decorations still has them up.

@leonel: In the words of Homer Simpson; "What the hell are you talking about?"

 

[Masquerouge]

I don't actually care. Usually we have some sort of Christmas tree but since this year we went back to France, we had nothing. We put up some stuff for New Year's Eve since we had a party at our place, but took them down a couple of day after that.

I'm pretty sure a majority of people who leave their decorations up after Christmas do it out of laziness, not out of nostalgia.

 

[GinandTonic]

Isnt tonight twelfth night? The night you have to have them down by?

 

[Sharwood]

Isnt tonight twelfth night? The night you have to have them down by?

As a matter of fact it is, although I've never heard of that law/superstition/custom before.

 

[bhsup]

SO you're saying the Son of God isn't worthy of being honored any day but Christmas??

 

[Cheezy the Wiz]

Yep. He needs to go away until Black Friday again, so we can go back to hating each other.

 

[Sharwood]

SO you're saying the Son of God isn't worthy of being honored any day but Christmas??

Exactly what part of a fat old guy with his pants falling down honours the Inca? Or for that matter, Jesus?

 

[jessiecat]

SO you're saying the Son of God isn't worthy of being honored any day but Christmas??

You can keep your mythical dieties, just give us back our damn winter soltice.

 

[Rossiya]

I don't like people who leave decorations up. Utmost laziness.

 

[bhsup]

You can keep your mythical dieties, just give us back our damn winter soltice.

Meh, if you say so. But I fear you may regret it when your chestnuts are getting roasted!

 

[really]

Tonight / tomorrow is the last day of Christmas (little Christmas / Epiphany)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Days_of_Christmas

Granted it doesn't make sense to have decorations up after this but neither does having them up in early December.

 

[Masquerouge]

You can keep your mythical dieties, just give us back our damn winter soltice.

I'm pretty confident there is still a winter solstice.

 

[Sharwood]

Meh, if you say so. But I fear you may regret it when your chestnuts are getting roasted!

What the hell is that thing, and where do I get one? If people had those on their lawns, I'd be impressed.

 

[bhsup]

What the hell is that thing, and where do I get one? If people had those on their lawns, I'd be impressed.

You never heard of The Wicker Man?!?!

 

[GinandTonic]

As a matter of fact it is, although I've never heard of that law/superstition/custom before.

Yup. Twelve days of party then pack it all away. Bad luck and/or form to leave em up longer. Historically the last night was a biggie with the carnival rules are off/ servant can say what he likes to his masters type thing going on.

 

[SS-18 ICBM]

Some people celebrate Christmas until the Epiphany.