We use to but not so much anymore.Growing up, I remember my whole neighborhood had them.
Now where I am at, not so much. Do you put them up?
I outlined the whole house usually on Thanksgiving weekend. Sometimes the boys helped sometimes not. A guy in the neighborhood the same age who basically did the same thing fell off his roof and died last year while his wife was out shopping .Very sad. So this year it's candles in the window and lighted wreathes in a few places.
I feel no need to decorate; my holiday spirit radiates from my internal shine.
We use to but not so much anymore.
We decorate mainly on the inside since I live 650 feet from the road out in the country.
We do put the tree up where people coming down the road up on a hill from about a 1/4 mile away where people can see it.
And we put big lights on the deck for the same viewers.
We also put up a stand up wire frame Santa Claus on the side porch entrance where everyone comes in.
We do go out riding around 2 or 3 nights each Christmas season to enjoy the lights that many others put up.
There must be a lot of Southern people in Watertown.
I think that's a Southern thing Hoax.
Hey, y'all wanna ride around and look at lights? Ok, but after that I gotta go to the Walmarts.
( Why the s ; Who knows? ) Another Southern thing.
Not just a southern thing.............................. we do it here too. Hmmmm, I guess we are southern to, or at least south. Maybe it is a southern thing.
I think that's a Southern thing Hoax.
Hey, y'all wanna ride around and look at lights? Ok, but after that I gotta go to the Walmarts.
( Why the s ; Who knows? ) Another Southern thing.
We did it when we were stationed in Texas and continued the tradition up here.
There is a house next to where my brother lives in Connecticut that goes all out--they have a display choreographed to music. It is not uncommon to see 10-20 cars sitting on each side of the road. We did it one year--very cool.
We also have the people who leave them up all year.
So you will leave yours up till the 19th.That's when the associations come in handy.....Christmas decorations must be removed by Jan. 15th here.