November 23, 2003
UGH.
Acceptable pre-Thanksgiving outdoor lighting:
- year-round floodlights
- white strands of lights on bare deciduous trees in commercial districts
Unacceptable pre-Thanksgiving:
- icicle lights
- lights on evergreens
- lights in the form of a star, a cross, or any message
- any coloured lights
I know you want to put out your Christmas decorations, but WAIT UNTIL THANKSGIVING, PEOPLE. Sheesh.
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Posted by blahedo at 1:32pm on 23 Nov 2003Comments
Totally unrelated to the post, but congrats on teaching your first full undergraduate course! w00t! ;-)
Posted
by Chris
at 4:26pm
on 23 Nov 2003
But the black light on the porch made the costumes look awsome.
Posted
by lee
at 11:33pm
on 23 Nov 2003
What about purple Halloween lights? We have a few strands of those. I've also seen pastel Easter lights.
Posted
by Kelly Martin
at 11:34pm
on 23 Nov 2003
Hm. You're right about the black light, they're just cool and belong on the "acceptable" list. I'll provisionally grant permission to strands of orange-and-purple for Halloween, since these probably couldn't easily be mistaken for Christmas lights. Pastel Easter lights sound dubious for a variety of reasons.
Posted
by blahedo
at 10:48am
on 24 Nov 2003
They sound dubious? I haven't heard musical Easter lights yet, but I'd think they would sound happy not dubious.
Posted
by lee
at 9:29pm
on 25 Nov 2003
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