Christmas Light Ideas

Christmas Light Ideas

I am a Christmas fanatic. Each year as the holidays approach I tell myself that this year I will check through all of my Christmas decorations prior to making any new purchases. But then I will be out shopping and will see a pre-season sale and cannot pass up the bargain. It seems that each year the holiday merchandise hits the shelves earlier and thre are always new Christmas light ideas. Last year on Labor Day weekend when I was searching through the school supply aisle I noticed that the Xmas lights were displayed in the next aisle. It seems that the same day that the Halloween Candy goes on clearance is the same day that the Christmas candy goes on the shelves.

Last year I did not pass up the pre-season lights. They were a very good deal and I could not remember if the lights from the year before worked or not. Of course when I did take the decorations out of storage I found that I had purchased new lights at a clearance sale at the end of the previous season. My husband often reminds me that I need to check what I have prior to buying more because we are running out of storage space. Last year I was glad that I had the extra lights because the old strand was burned out and I was short on ideas for decorating the shelves. We did not even try to locate why the strand did not light we simply used all the new ones. I told my husband that we should buy new lights each year and donate the old ones to the school. Each year the school is looking for lights to use at dances, proms and plays. By donating them they go to a good cause and we do not have to store them and then try to untangle them each year which makes the whole process so much easier.

The lights for the Christmas decorating outside are more expensive so we put in more effort in packing them properly so that they do not tangle. This is not always easy because the weather is usually bitterly cold when we put the exterior lights away. My husband really dislikes having the lights stay on the house once the holiday season is over. He will never be one of those home owners who leave them up year round. He enjoys looking at light displays and he enjoys decorating our home and yard, but after News Years Day he insists that the decorations go back into storage.

I am going to try to resists the sales this year until I go through the storage area. I know that we did donate the Xmas lights that we used last year, but I do not remember if I bought more at the end of the season sales although I am tempted to look in the stores so I can, at least, hunt out some new Christmas light ideas.

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There has been only one Christmas - the rest are anniversaries - W J Cameron.