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SuperMario

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Do You Clark Griswold Your Home?
« on: November 29, 2023, 09:08:10 PM »
Well we are officially about to hit December and I spent a good two hours outside in the snow, creating a candy cane lit driveway leading to the front door.

Tomorrow is the light up deer and light up snowman.

I really truly dislike decorating the exterior of the house for the season, but started doing it once I had kids. Last year they missed out so this year I’m trying to make it special.

So what do you guys do? Do you decorate at all? Do you pay someone to put up Christmas lights? Do you straight Clark Griswold it?
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Re: Do You Clark Griswold Your Home?
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2023, 09:23:45 PM »
My wife does the decorating. I usually sit on the porch while she's on the roof to watch and see if she falls off. Hasn't happened yet. 
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Re: Do You Clark Griswold Your Home?
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2023, 09:33:59 PM »
one tree and thats it
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2023, 10:08:26 PM »
I have a house that would look great with lights lining the roofline but it’s really high, and my roof is steep, and I’m not a big fan of heights.

We do lights along our sidewalk, and then lights in the bushes in our landscaping.  We also do garland and lights on our front porch railings. We have a couple of light up reindeer, and then several just little stick in the ground decorations.  

Then we have six spotlights that shine on the house with wreaths in the windows.

No one drives by my house and thinks “Oh that’s beautiful.” It’s more like, “That’s cute.”

Last year, our town’s Facebook page handed out Christmas decorating awards and our house got “Most Whimsical.”  We couldn’t decide if that was a backhanded compliment or not. Lol.  But we don’t care.  

The inside is more classically beautiful, imo. My wife does a nice job  with it. She does the majority of the inside decorating and I do the majority of the outside.  
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Re: Do You Clark Griswold Your Home?
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2023, 10:15:43 PM »
Quote from: SuperMario on November 29, 2023, 09:08:10 PM
Well we are officially about to hit December and I spent a good two hours outside in the snow, creating a candy cane lit driveway leading to the front door.

Tomorrow is the light up deer and light up snowman.

I really truly dislike decorating the exterior of the house for the season, but started doing it once I had kids. Last year they missed out so this year I’m trying to make it special.

So what do you guys do? Do you decorate at all? Do you pay someone to put up Christmas lights? Do you straight Clark Griswold it?
I decorate.  Our first house was ideal for decorating, and looked great.  Our current house is impossible without killing yourself.  The entire right side is just driveway even with the basement and then two stories above that.

So I do the porch and garden, but that just covers the left side.  For the first time this year, a bunch of neighbors outsourced it.  I might do that next year, not out of laziness, but because I don't feel like climbing 50 feet up on a ladder to put up trim
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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2023, 11:08:14 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2023, 11:12:42 PM »
Not exactly Griswold but we love our lights.  I do all of the outdoor decorating.

I just do the multi-color incandescent C9s along the roofline, and the icicle lights under the front porch eves.

Then I made all of the Christmas trees and snowflakes out of pallets and scrap wood. I wanted a vintage/old school look and I think I got it.

My mom made the lighted garland around the front door and the matching wreath.

Overall effect seems to look pretty good I think.
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Re: Do You Clark Griswold Your Home?
« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2023, 11:17:32 PM »
We do a modest amount , couple old school illuminated Santa's.   Light garland on front gate fence.

All my neighbors outsource Mega white lights to the Point where my one neighbor says I'm closet Jewish.
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« Reply #8 on: November 30, 2023, 12:00:20 AM »
Quote from: MarqHusker on November 29, 2023, 11:17:32 PM
We do a modest amount , couple old school illuminated Santa's.  Light garland on front gate fence.

All my neighbors outsource Mega white lights to the Point where my one neighbor says I'm closet Jewish.
That may be my problem
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Re: Do You Clark Griswold Your Home?
« Reply #9 on: November 30, 2023, 01:28:40 AM »
No.  No tree, no lights, nothing really.

I'm not all bah-humbug.  I just get PLENTY of visual Christmasy stuff out in the world.  Why come home to it?
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Re: Do You Clark Griswold Your Home?
« Reply #10 on: November 30, 2023, 05:22:36 AM »
I think we're allowed some lights on the deck railing, not sure.  My wife does whatever gets done.  I was pretty bah humbug back when I had a house.

You put it up, you take it down ...
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Re: Do You Clark Griswold Your Home?
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2023, 06:32:07 AM »
Blue LED net lights on the yews in front of the house and warm white LED icicle lights on the deck railings.
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Re: Do You Clark Griswold Your Home?
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2023, 07:00:49 AM »
When I had the kids in the house, we did Christmas decorations big.  ( same with Halloween, Easter,etc)

It’s awesome because the kids love it, and now that they are grown up? They are doing the exact same thing. It’s really fun to watch. 

Now that it is just me and the Mrs. we put up two small trees that we really enjoy, and the lights are extremely visible from people who would drive by  

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Re: Do You Clark Griswold Your Home?
« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2023, 07:12:13 AM »
There are of course houses in each city that do a Griswold and get drive bys as a result.

Fine with me.

I went to this once, my wife really really liked it and wants to go back.  I saw it once, fine with me.  Iy was crowded.  It astonishes me how much work goes into this thing, we go there during the day and watch all the prep at times.

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