Decorations and christmas lights..Is there way less of them up around you this year!?

deleriumtremens

I and anybody else I have asked seem to agree that it hardly feels like christmas at all this year because so few people have put decorations up!!
Has anyone else noticed a great difference on last year on the number of houses with them up!?

phasers

There's loads of the things where I live, problem is they're all flourescent blue for some reason. How is that Christmassy?

shenanigans1982

My Oh was only pointing this out the other day. I'd like to think that people were copping on and not trying to out do with their neighbours but maybe people just can't afford it this year.

stovelid

Sill loads where I am.

Epic Tissue

stovelid wrote: »

Sill loads where I am.

Yeah, the usual amount where I am too.

rhapsody!

phasers wrote: »

There's loads of the things where I live, problem is they're all flourescent blue for some reason. How is that Christmassy?

Fluoro blue is everywhere. It's like Ireland's gone nu rave or something.
Killer lights for migraines. >.<

Blush_01

Ballyfermot is visible from space anyway.

deleriumtremens

Yeah most of the decorations I DO see are flourescent blue alright!!!
The thing is, I know you could attribute the lack of lights to people not having the money to buy decorations, but I would have thought people dont throw them out, I know we've had ours for at least 6 or 7 years!! Or maybe people thought differently about throwing stuff out after 1 use this time last year! :pac:

mikemac

Loads around here.

Person across the road has kids coming around admiring it, it realy is well done
Of course there is a collection bucket out for next months ESB bill charity, forgive my cynicism
I realy doubt the euros that people are giving are going to charity.

If you're in Dublin and around Dublin 5, maybe check out the house near St. Davids. Makes it onto TV3 everywhere, that owner has more money then sense but it realy is spectacular
Even a few taxi drivers I've been talking on completely different areas of the city to all know it.
It's practically a beacon for the pilots going to Dublin airport :pac:

Hail 2 Da Chimp

I've seen sweet feck all this year, there's a lot less than there was last year.

Which is nice...

Overheal

Euro-Christmas lights are crap anyway. Difficult to wire up a lot of them. I much prefer the yankee way of doing it. The wires arent Earthed (just well insulated) but you cant beat the convenience of being able to string together a load of them through one outlet, without running all those extenstion cords.

deleriumtremens

mikemac wrote: »

If you're in Dublin and around Dublin 5, maybe check out the house near St. Davids. Makes it onto TV3 everywhere, that owner has more money then sense but it realy is spectacular
Even a few taxi drivers I've been talking to all know it

Oh yeah, is that the house to which the ESB gives electricity for free during Christmas because theres such a mad display of decorations and lights? Somebody was telling me about that!

Steve

Outdoor lights like this are ghey, sorry but I hate them.

Christmas is supposed to be about celebrating with your family and friends, not showing your neighbours how big a knob you are.

Overheal

SteveC wrote: »

Outdoor lights like this are ghey, sorry but I hate them.

Christmas is supposed to be about celebrating with your family and friends, not showing your neighbours how big a knob you are.

http://www.planetchristmas.com/

rhapsody!

Overheal wrote: »

http://www.planetchristmas.com/

I think I just threw up.

WoollyRedHat

phasers wrote: »

There's loads of the things where I live, problem is they're all flourescent blue for some reason. How is that Christmassy?

It should be fineable offence to have blue lights.

They're not christmassy, and it's only there to make a fashion statement!
**** OFF

mikemac

Overheal wrote: »

. The wires arent Earthed (just well insulated) but you cant beat the convenience of being able to string together a load of them through one outlet, without running all those extenstion cords.

Sounds like a one way ticket to a fire tbh.
You mention it's the done thing in America, I'm hoping it's not the situation here

deleriumtremens wrote: »

Oh yeah, is that the house to which the ESB gives electricity for free during Christmas because theres such a mad display of decorations and lights? Somebody was telling me about that!

This guy has more money then sense as I said in my last post.
Fair play to the guy for the spectacular Christmas lights display and he collects a lot of money. Possibly he has a deal with the ESB but the place is thronged with kids every evening in late December and nobody can say 100% of the money is going to charity. Only this person knows for sure, I can never prove anything.
It's on TV3 every year!

Venom

Blush_01 wrote: »

Ballyfermot is visible from space anyway.

Thats a good thing tho as it helps with the nuking from orbit

But I agree with shenanigans1982 about there seeming to be less tat around this year,