Christmas lights 2023 - too early?

arknor · 1 Dec 2023 at 23:38

12 days of Christmas.. not a whole month or 2-3

12days before and 12 days after is acceptable too.

ade64 · 1 Dec 2023 at 23:44

put the tree up today, will stick some lights on it tomorrow and see about printing a few more xmas decorations this week.

dave28 · 1 Dec 2023 at 23:45

Too early for me, i think about 10th Dec is a good date and i leave them up for new year also

Resident · 2 Dec 2023 at 00:57

Broke our normal rule of 'not before the daughter's birthday' on her begging to put them out.

Bluecube · 2 Dec 2023 at 07:24

I usually have my lights up for the 1st December cause that’s when Christmas starts as far as I’m concerned. Keep them up for new year too cause you‘ve got to celebrate that too! Is it not a thing in England?

@Resident love the lights on the fence!

Resident · 2 Dec 2023 at 08:33

Bluecube said:
I usually have my lights up for the 1st December cause that’s when Christmas starts as far as I’m concerned. Keep them up for new year too cause you‘ve got to celebrate that too! Is it not a thing in England?

@Resident love the lights on the fence!

Those are 2 individual sets that I snagged in the Wilko closure paid £7 for both sets combined.

I have more planned for next year but I need to upgrade to a 150w PSU.

Is it wrong that part of all this is to annoy my bah-humbug next door neighbour (hence the grinch near his window) ?

Bluecube · 2 Dec 2023 at 09:52

Resident said:
Those are 2 individual sets that I snagged in the Wilko closure paid £7 for both sets combined.

I have more planned for next year but I need to upgrade to a 150w PSU.

Is it wrong that part of all this is to annoy my bah-humbug next door neighbour (hence the grinch near his window) ?

Check out Twinkly light kits. They’re not Wilko specials but they’re great fun to play with

Terminal_Boy · 2 Dec 2023 at 10:21

We’ve got some lights to put up around the front door, but no-one but us will see them unless they’re about to knock on the door.

{SAS}TB · 3 Dec 2023 at 21:09

Spotted this while out today

cheesefest · 4 Dec 2023 at 05:59

Fancy opening the curtains to see Santa’s crack

{SAS}TB · 4 Dec 2023 at 09:36

cheesefest said:
Fancy opening the curtains to see Santa’s crack

At least he's facing away from the house

potatolord · 4 Dec 2023 at 09:41

My tree and decorations are now up.

ci_newman · 4 Dec 2023 at 09:49

Resident said:
Broke our normal rule of 'not before the daughter's birthday' on her begging to put them out.

Where did the maypole tree come from? I've been trying to find something similar but it's a minefield of cheap Chinese stuff

Werewolf · 4 Dec 2023 at 10:08

ci_newman said:
Where did the maypole tree come from? I've been trying to find something similar but it's a minefield of cheap Chinese stuff

I think B&Q have one in, but i'm not sure of the quality.
At least that looks similar to something I saw the other day in store.

Resident · 4 Dec 2023 at 16:47

ci_newman said:
Where did the maypole tree come from? I've been trying to find something similar but it's a minefield of cheap Chinese stuff

The Range. It's RGB-IC but not smart. Control box has about 22 different pattern modes. Some are fit inducing.

Poor quality video:

arknor · 4 Dec 2023 at 17:01

Resident said:
Poor quality video:

That Penguin would do my head in flashing so fast

Resident · 4 Dec 2023 at 17:03

arknor said:
That Penguin would do my head in flashing so fast

It cycles through different modes. Just happened to be on the flash one when I recorded