Christmas light poll

What color lights are on your tree?

  • White

    Votes: 1 100.0%

  • Multicolored

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Blue

    Votes: 1 100.0%

  • Red

    Votes: 1 100.0%

  • Green

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Other

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    1
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The tree topper is a nice touch
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My lights are all white, and thus far the tag has not been removed from the tree and no ornaments are in place
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Outside we have white lights along the edge of the house,
multicolored on the bushes.

Multicolored on the Christmas Tree.
 
I don't have a tree - haven't had one for a few years now. "The Holidays" are rough for me and especially bad this year, as my sister died about 2 months ago. HOWEVER, this year I have chickens - so there is a string of colored lights on the outside of the coop. My chickens and their Xmas lights (respectively) make me smile.
 
I hate to admit it but the Missus talked me into buying one of those pre-lit artificial trees three years ago, and I have to say that it is a pleasure not having to worry about watering it enough to keep the woodstove from dehydrating the tree too rapidly...it is a stark raving PITA to unpackage and "fluff" the branches on the thing every year, and it smells nothing like a good Noble Fir...

As a result though, I have almost a cubic yard of strings of Christmas lights stashed in various containers in my attic. I am beginning to worry about the structural strength of the garage ceiling. I have one box that has enough of the old standard lightbulb outdoor lights to go around the entire perimeter of our house. The last year (2002..??) we used them all, our electric bill for December was almost $400, and the lights have remained in the attic since. They are quite heavy and take up quite a bit of room, but like so many other things, I am reluctant to part with them just yet, (and not only because I dread getting them out of the attic, either...). I als have at least 2 complete (and a partial third...) gross of at least two different types of plastic gutter and shingle clips.

The first year we used out family room for Christmas, we decided to take advantage of the vaulted 11 foot ceiling, by getting a tree that was large enough that the angel just fit. Of course that meant we needed lights, but luckily the wife and I had caught the after-Christmas sales at Wally World the year before, and Lo! and Behold! sd picked up 100 light strings in every single color and combination for $0.88 (that's eighty-eight cents) a string. I ended up with enough mini-lites that I (or any of my relatives...) will never have to buy a string of Christmas lights ever again in any of our natural lives. If a bulb burns out, throw away the whole sting, and break out a new one.

I've got spare bulbs, 3,987 special flasher bulbs that have never been used, and too many of those itty bitty fuses to count. I am certain that I am personally responsible for the entire family fortune of at least one complete Taiwanese family, including ancestors, somewhere, just because of the sheer number of cheap Christmas lights I have in my possession. If the local County Electric Co-Op knew how many watts I personally control, they (along with NORAD, NASA, and several foreign countries with satellites in orbit...) would no doubt requite a special license (and commensurate fee...) if not an outright raid to confiscate my hoard.

But then the wife talked me into that tree...

I don't know what to do. I'm considering burning the insulation off of the whole mess and salvaging the copper, but that much smoke draws so much attention....

I cannot win. Even the cat is female...

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Multicoloured.
My tree is a black 6 foot artifical pine, with red, silver, and black baubles on it, with a black and silver star ontop. So the tiny multicoloured twinkling lights giive it a nice touch of colour.
 
Chieftan - you are great!

I also have way too many "old" lights I am holding on to for some as yet unknown reason. We bought the fake, plastic, bad for the environment artificial tree last year because the wood stove dried the real one out in hours it seemed. Piles of pine needles everywhere, kids crying cause they kept stepping on them (they are called NEEDLES for a reason-they do draw blood!). Now, fake tree and a nice pine scented candle, oh yeah, and the fancy, EXTRA BRIGHT
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LED lights to go with it. Merry Christmas to all!
 
I didn't decorate this year
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I prefer either multi colored or red lights, and I like to sit under the tree in the dark in the wee hours of the morning when not even a mouse is stirring.
This year I just couldn't get in the mood.
 

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