Christmas Lights

My family tends to line the roof and windows with lights every year. I don't think my parents put out anything else along with the lights besides a Filipino star lantern (called a parol) above their main door. No one else in the neighborhood has anything like it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Sakabadger

Over the years it's somehow become my task to put up the Christmas lights. It's an enjoyable job, I guess. The monotony of the work is pleasant. But it's kind of annoying that it'll never get done unless I do it. Case in point:

Today I strung up lights over the garage and half the side of the house (thinking about putting up lights on the other half of the side, which requires going on the roof). Took around 2 hours to do it and lots of precarious ladder balancing acts. Thought I was done with that, but nooo, parents bought a doe/buck light up deer thing, and I had to set it up and then put those out too. My fingertips are terribly raw right now.

That's how it is at my parents house as well. If I don't make the first move to take down the Christmas tree, lights, or ornaments, nothing gets done. I somehow think it's a strategy on their part. =p

There's nowhere I can't reach.