Tis The Season?

Xmas in July?????

Back when I was around 12, my neighbors were like 18-24 and there were 3 of them. Their parents went away on a vacation and of course they threw a party......a Christmas party....i

n the middle of July. I remember thinking what a brilliant idea it was and I still think it is. They had a tree, lights, and someone in a santa suit. Pure awesomeness. Fast forward 20 years and I still see people with this same xmas spirit, you know who they are.....they are your neighbors who still have not taken down their xmas lights.

For a while I thought these fine home owners just loved xmas, but I have

a sneaky suspicion they are just lazy. How have I come to this conclusion? Because I never see the lights actually on at night. Everywhere I drive during the day a I see xmas lights still up, mostly of the "icicle" variety. Have these people permanintly attached these light to their homes? Probably not. Now i know we had a great deal of snow this past winter and I'll be the 1st to admit that my lights did not come down till all the snow was gone, it was just not happening with all the snow where the ladder would go. Its actually starting to become a pet peeve of mine. Its everywhere....suburbs and cities. Just plug them in, it will still look cool. I have xmas lights up in my man cave garage and have had them in every place I lived since I was 18. They are cool, as long as the are used.

Pics of what is really starting to annoy me:

******Now this light situation is bad, but we have uncovered an even worse situation. Its so bad I dont know where to start so I am just gonna show you the picture:

Yes that is what you think it is. I get an email from Cole, because he knows I have been toying with the "xmas all year" blog idea. Here is the exact email:

so we went to a father's day bbq at lisa's aunt nancy...and i ended up wandering past their formal dining room and noted that there is a huge white plastic draped triangle in the corner of the room...yup that's right she left up her fake christmas tree.

I got photos for your blog...

I just think the whole thing is hilarious because all things considered they have a very nice well decorated clean house... yet for some reason they think it is acceptable to have a christmas tree permanently in their dining room... but on second though i guess they realize it is a little weird so they try to cover it up with a plastic tarp!

To clear things up, it is a fake tree. This situation also leads me to many questions, so here are a few.

1. Is a fake tree a pain in the ass to put together? I have never had a fake tree, but I assume they cannot be too hard to disassemble.

2. Doesnt a large object covered in a big white plastic bag just scream "look over here" in someone's house?

3. Why not keep the tree uncovered and maybe decorate it for different holidays? Hang eggs, american flags, shamrocks, hearts, pumpkins ect ect ect.

4. Who puts their xmas tree in the dining room? Is it safe to assume they moved it to the dining room from the living room? Looks like a fancy dining room, so i guess they have a table in the kitchen they eat at, so the dining room is not often used. Maybe its not safe to assume anything here. Maybe they always had it in the dining room. i mean these are the same people who still have their xmas tree up.

5. How long has this tree been up? I beg Cole to find out. i will guess 3 years. Why? No idea. Do you have a better guess?

So I guess the moral to all this ranting is.....If you are going to be too lazy to dedecorate then at least own it and continue to be festive