We put the Tree up tonight -

....looks good. I may be especially festive this year and string a few lights tomorrow.

Spoiler:

Lights on the tree or out around the house?

Very nice!

Now this is the kind of post that is going to bring in new users

Triple Sparty wrote:Lights on the tree or out around the house?

Out around the house.

I'm hosting family Christmas twice this year so sorta fell an obligation to put out more effort than usual.

Herbie Green wrote:Now this is the kind of post that is going to bring in new users

I am sure Jesus will give it a +1.

Nice fireplace, what watt bulb is in there?

Floyd Robertson wrote:Nice fireplace, what watt bulb is in there?

J.J.

Does anyone here put up those big inflatable decorations in the front yard?

Triple Sparty wrote:Does anyone here put up those big inflatable decorations in the front yard?

That's just Blanche's girlfriend raking leaves.

Triple Sparty wrote:Does anyone here put up those big inflatable decorations in the front yard?

You mean like a giant inflatable dildo? Nope.

GOAT tree

God Bless us, every one.

Goose, keep being Goose.

nice work.. it looks very Mio-ish.

LooseGoose wrote:

Triple Sparty wrote:Lights on the tree or out around the house?

Out around the house.

I'm hosting family Christmas twice this year so sorta fell an obligation to put out more effort than usual.

Wait...You have two families Goose? Why would you do that to yourself???

CheesySpartan wrote:

LooseGoose wrote:

Out around the house.

I'm hosting family Christmas twice this year so sorta fell an obligation to put out more effort than usual.

Wait...You have two families Goose? Why would you do that to yourself???

lol, well not quite. Doing extended family Christmas on the 24th, then quick clean up and my kids and families back again on the 25th. So 30 or so on Christmas Eve, then 12 or so on Christmas Day. If we get a blizzard I'll have enough food here to feed everyone in the general vicinity for a couple days.

I love the holidays. Putting up the holiday tree, singing holiday songs, pigging out on holiday food, like pig, for example.

I love the holidays. Putting up the holiday tree, singing holiday songs, pigging out on holiday food, like pig, for example.

tGreenWay loves the holidays so much he posted it twice..

he's gonna find out who's naughty and nice.

tGreenWay wrote:I love the holidays. Putting up the holiday tree, singing holiday songs, pigging out on holiday food, like pig, for example.

lol of course. I've got 2 Spiral sliced hams and a Turkey here ready to go when needed. (Pro Tip: Meijer has "Cook's" brand Spiral sliced ham right now for $1.17# - I bought them last year and they were pretty good). I refuse to cook a turkey 2 days in a row so one group or the other is getting lasagna. I'm thinking my kids would prefer that anyway.

We do very little singing though and I think the neighbors appreciate that, maybe a little raucous "Rock Bottom" around the camp fire in the summer but that's about it.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:tGreenWay loves the holidays so much he posted it twice..

he's gonna find out who's naughty and nice.

That's been happening a lot lately. I'm trying to make my point.

tGreenWay wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:tGreenWay loves the holidays so much he posted it twice..

he's gonna find out who's naughty and nice.

That's been happening a lot lately. I'm trying to make my point.

your point turns me on...

and by "point", I mean that 9 inches our neighborhood got Sunday.. it was a hard, driving 9 inches.

I put up our tree on Army - Navy Saturday every year and put on the lights while watching the game.

GRR Spartan wrote:I put up our tree on Army - Navy Saturday every year and put on the lights while watching the game.

that's a pretty good tradition.

Death Roe wrote:GOAT tree

Bump for Roc

Also, my mom puts her tree up the day after Halloween every single year. In Vietnam of course.

Triple Sparty wrote:Does anyone here put up those big inflatable decorations in the front yard?

Obviously. 6 ft tall Christmas Mickey and Minnie.

I also have a light up santa and reindeer.

I used to think our neighbor's house was gaudy. That was before I had kids.

My neighbors put up lights but only a couple of inflatables.

Mother-in-law lives in Kentwood and they have seen people getting the stuff in the front yards stolen or in the case of inflatables slashed.

I am in the clear no blink light camp and haven't gone to LED's because of the color.
6'6" tree / 700 lights

Bought my tree the day after Thanksgiving. We used to always get it during the long weekend after Thanksgiving, but there are a limited number of decent 11 ft+ trees. So we try to beat the rush a little, get it up with some water, but don't decorate it until that weekend.

Also deck the house out pretty good with lights, which is my Black Friday tradition. We only have three 3-foot inflatables, which is a compromise I made with my wife and daughter. I don't like the big ones because it takes away from the lights too much. Also a couple of lighted reindeer, a little wire and mesh teddy bear, a plastic Santa, and a shit ton of lights.