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Post by sdm3 on Dec 6, 2017 12:11:49 GMT
I watched Christmas With the Kranks (Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis) which kinda sucked but I found it entertaining enough. Man, were those neighbors assholes? Apparently, being of another religion is the only possible excuse for not celebrating Christmas and anyone else will be pressured to not only decorate their house, but to put up a giant and heavy Frosty the Snowman on their roof, buy an erotic calendar, AND throw a big, expensive party because the neighbors don't want to have to make their own plans for one year. I realize most of you had these thoughts 13 years ago but I just saw it for the first time.
Anyway, I'm interested in to what extent you and your neighbors go to in terms of decorating, celebrating, and general holiday cheer in the buildup to Xmas. Is it still too early in December or is your household/neighborhood/apartment building fully decked out? Do you use lights? You have a tree already? Are you hearing the familiar sounds of carols? Is it feeling like Christmas yet?
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Post by Father Jack on Dec 6, 2017 12:20:37 GMT
I don't put any trimmings up, and our estate tends to remain about 90% decoration free. No neighbourhood get togethers or owt like that. People just quietly pop a card through their next door neighbours' letterboxes in the week before Christmas. That's about it.
You can tell when it's Christmas round here, because the estate and high street is decorated with piles of vomit and blood trails.
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Post by NJtoTX on Dec 6, 2017 13:05:00 GMT
Not seeing anything yet. It will get a good selection within a week or two.
Watched the first half hour of Bad Santa last night. Will continue, though it's pretty average so far.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 6, 2017 13:30:56 GMT
My town in general is very into Christmas so it's been colorful around here for a couple weeks now.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Dec 6, 2017 14:04:38 GMT
Some of the houses near me, it looks like a Wal Mart threw up on their yard. Multiple inflatables (which I hate), those stupid things that project lights onto your house. Apparently the tackier one is, the closer they are to Jesus or something.
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Post by MrFurious on Dec 6, 2017 14:10:49 GMT
Not too bad thankfully but my workplace is turned up to 11 Clark Griswold's
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Post by Carl LaFong on Dec 6, 2017 14:25:41 GMT
No evidence of it at all. Which is nice.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Dec 6, 2017 14:26:25 GMT
Not seeing anything yet. It will get a good selection within a week or two. Watched the first half hour of Bad Santa last night. Will continue, though it's pretty average so far. Bad Santa is an overrated pile of shite. |
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Post by Father Jack on Dec 6, 2017 14:30:58 GMT
Not seeing anything yet. It will get a good selection within a week or two. Watched the first half hour of Bad Santa last night. Will continue, though it's pretty average so far. Bad Santa is an overrated pile of shite. I've not even seen a trailer for it, but I agree wholeheartedly already, just going by the title alone. Sounds gash. |
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Post by Carl LaFong on Dec 6, 2017 14:56:17 GMT
Bad Santa is an overrated pile of shite. I've not even seen a trailer for it, but I agree wholeheartedly already, just going by the title alone. Sounds gash. Yeah, I haven't seen it either!  |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Dec 6, 2017 16:04:37 GMT
I'll say a solid 7.7/10.
There are still some unlit houses goin' on (maybe 2 out of 5 unlit), & we never have anyone go too crazy with lights to make up for it. Some ppl I see probably spend more on Halloween décor than even Christmas...weird. Maybe cuz more fun for daylight hours (witches into trees, police tape, props like that etc). I count 2 stupid blowup Christmas props so far btw - a Minion which was en vogue for about 15 seconds years ago now, & some house with a 9 foot lit snowman who looks like he was dipped in nuclear radiation.
If it snows here, I'd boost the rating to 8.5 cuz it'll look better at night.
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Post by runie on Dec 6, 2017 16:43:13 GMT
0/10
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Post by nogbad on Dec 6, 2017 18:34:58 GMT
I've seen one tree in a house in a nearby street, that's all. I heard my first Christmas song in a shop last week, I think.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Dec 6, 2017 18:51:08 GMT
I've seen one tree in a house in a nearby street, that's all. I heard my first Christmas song in a shop last week, I think. I saw a few nice lights on George St. the other night. I know that's not our neighbourhood, but just thought i'd mention it. |
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Post by nogbad on Dec 6, 2017 18:57:28 GMT
I was in George Street last week, though during the day. I saw sundry Christmassy crapola, but none of it was switched on. If you want to bah humbug at the prematurely treed up peasant as I did, it was on Rossie Place.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Dec 6, 2017 19:22:12 GMT
Strange that as kids, our family wouldn't put the tree up until couple weeks before Christmas, probably to not get us riled up. Now as adults, tree goes up last week November not least for lighting aesthetics in the house.
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Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Dec 6, 2017 19:34:26 GMT
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 6, 2017 19:46:06 GMT
It will look Christmas-y soon. We are getting the first big snow of the year. I could do without it.
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