Post #506381 by uncle trav on Sat, Jan 23, 2010 6:22 AM

I love all of the holidays especially Christmas and Halloween. I decorate inside and out for both. Once the special day is over the magic seems to fade a bit so it's time to take all of the decorations down and pack them away for next year. No I don't have to do it the next day but I like to get them down in a timely manner. Now here is the fun part. My neighbor put his live Christmas tree on the curb the day after Christmas and it is still there. It looks like hell after being snowed on, thawed, rained on and hit by a snow plow many many times. He also has the life size wire deer and a fake green Christmas tree still out. I started the countdown for how long the dead tree and decorations will stay up. Yes it is petty but it is a guilty pleasure that gets me through my day. I have noticed this for years around town not just in my neighborhood but many places. My favorite thing is the Halloween pumpkin left out to slowly rot on the front porch. I have seen pumpkins go to nearly Christmas and Christmas decorations go until April. Like I said at the start I love the holidays but sometimes I would like to yell out the window of the car as I pass a fully decked out house for Christmas in April and say "FREEZE!!! step away from the door and put Santa in the garage...nobody wants to get hurt here".