America spends more on outside Xmas lighting than some small countries spend in a year!

[Ralphy1]

According to an NPR report countries like Ethiopia and Somalia spend less on electricity in a year. The mania for outdoor holiday lights only seems to be getting greater each year so more countries will probably be added to the list. Should we care? Probably. Do we, nope...

 

[Pappy]

I think my window light cost $2.99. I'll try to cut cost next year. :sentimental:

 

[Ralphy1]

Maybe just a candle would do...

 

[Pappy]

My wife won't let me have matches, Ralphy. Sigh.....

 

[oldman]

This is the first year since the kids were little that I did not put up outside lights. I had neighbors, who I never speak to, stop and ask if I was OK and if I needed any help with decorating. These people are amazing. Snooty all year until now.

 

[Ralphy1]

Well, at least they enjoyed your lights if not your company...

 

[SifuPhil]

And I just read where Xmas lighting is at an all-time low - which is it?

I taped a little flashlight to Mao's head - it's very festive.

 

[Pappy]

Batteries not included.......

 

[Ralphy1]

If you watch the news it seems that they are at an all time high...

 

[WhatInThe]

Have a neighbor who put up a lot of single color bulbs over various bushes and trees etc leaving them up all year sometimes lighting them up on other occasions. They only thing they hook up now are things like a sled or reindeer.

 

[Butterfly]

Not as many Christmas lights around here as usual, and not as elaborate. Don't know why. Not as many luminarias as usual, either, but maybe that's because of the crappy weather.

 

[Pappy]

The star shower laser lights are popular in our community. Most project colorful lights on the front of the houses. Both my neighbors have them.

 

[Sid N]

There was an entire street back east (both sides) that turned outdoor Xmas lights into a virtual contest. We are talking several hundred thousand lights. Lit the whole street up almost like daytime. Drew rubber necks from all over no. Va. Then slowly they began to disappear.

Asked a few why. Several hundred $$ per month electric bills killed the lights. Merry Christmas folks.

 

[oakapple]

Only a few people do outside lights in my village ( when I was a child nobody in Britain did ) like everything else we get things travelling slowly here from across the pond.Like Coca Cola , KFC, and rap ( not guns as yet.)
However, most people do put lights on the indoor tree, including me.