Christmas Lights up already

Dano650

I passed a house on Sunday evening and someone had there house decorated in lights. Like seriously WTF its not even halloween yet

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058374595/christmas-lights-up-already

Could they have been Halloween lights? Have seen a few of them up since the weekend and easily could be confused with Christmas lights.

Dano650

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122726247#Comment_122726247

Definitely not halloween lights because there was a lit up santa hanging out of the wall

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122728110#Comment_122728110

That's pretty conclusive alright!! 🤣

Aisling(",)

Could be someone setting aside the money from the upcoming electricity grants :P

Bit early even for a Christmas fan like me. You'd be sick of the stuff by December

BK5

Ah feck it, live and let live is what I say, the evenings this time of year in Ireland are as dreary as they come, so if someone wants to brighten up the place with Christmas lights then I for one love to see it. Each to their own.

I remember when we had the snow in March (beast from the east I think) and one of my neighbours stuck the garden Christmas lights back on and it looked magical with a blanket of snow around the place.

matchthis

Some people could find the thought of Christmas early, very scary. 2 birds with one stone if ye ask me🤣

Loughc

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058374595/christmas-lights-up-already

I never judge these people any more ever since you hear of stories of people dying and their final wish was to have one last Christmas etc, you never know what goes on in someones life.

pigtail33

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122748444#Comment_122748444

The older I get, that's something I try to apply to life in general. We really never know what's going on in someone's life behind closed doors. And why we should always try to be kind.

tscul32

One house near me, everyone thinks they're Christmas lights but they're actually for Di Wali, the Indian festival of lights, same night as Halloween this year.

Jude13

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122748444#Comment_122748444

Very much this, my eldest was very prem (26 weeks) and she was in hospital for months, we got the news she could come home, I remember being St Peter's ward in Crumlin all excited and seeing parents in Christmas jumpers and putting decs as their child would not see Christmas. It was June 2008.

Silvertap

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122796850#Comment_122796850

That's devastating 😪

BK5

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122796850#Comment_122796850

It's times like that, that puts things into perspective, we should never worry about the little things and realise how lucky we are. Those poor families.

Jude13

Yup, its a thought I use quite often to cop myself on.

Not to bring the thread on a downer. I have ordered outside lights, though not specifically Christmassy for our back garden. It will give me a project for a few days.

DvB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122796850#Comment_122796850

Saw something similar ourselves when in Temple Street with my Daughter when she was only about 1 or 2, saw a chap dressed as Santa & whilst looking on confusedly a nurse copped my confusion & explained it was a child that hadn't long left & they were having 1 last Christmas for them.

When she said it to me it genuinely floored me, and am not ashamed to admit I shed a few tears at the time.

Daisy78

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122796720#Comment_122796720

Same here in our estate, most of the houses with lights are celebrating Diwali not Christmas. Always a bit confusing though, some houses with Halloween lights, some with lights up for Diwali and the odd fecker with the whole house decorated with Santa’s and lights in early November.