Do you leave your Christmas tree lights on 24 hours a day?
967944
only if you want to burn out bulbs or worse cause a fire hazard.
969289
No, the best way to detangle Christmas lights is to find a mouse, and tie the end of the lights to his tail.  Then dangle some fine cheese in front of him in just the right places so he runs in and out all between the cords until he has all the \nknots and kinks undone.  Voila!  your lights are ready to install.\nMaybe you should call in a professional electrician to do this tricky job.
818218
Yes I have 4 Christmas trees and all my decorations up. Before you think I'm crazy, I have a 2 yr old daughter who saw one in a shop and thought it was amazing. So I put ours up to make her smile and she hasn't stopped smiling yet! Well Christmas is a magical time!!!
772476
I really do agree with you, however this year I missed the day after Thanksgiving so I'm going to do it tomorrow. I can't wait until the lights go up. merry Christmas to you and your family.
892685
worse ... I leave the room and leave the light, TV and the heater on .... for like 8-9 hours at a time ....
12096
I think the answer to your question is yes, but only briefly. The world is divided into 24 time zones. Each one corresponds with an hour of the day. So when it becomes December 25th (12:00 a.m.) in the last time zone, it is 11:00 p.m. in the first time zone, if I have done my math right. So for one hour, it is christmas day all over the world.
977571
I love to look at my decorations!  Some are from my Parents, when I was a kid, some my kids made!  It brings back so many memories.  Don't you think it's fun to make things look "special"  once a year?  It feels like magic seeing everything lit up!  Don't be a scrooge!  Find the joy of the season so you can pass it on!  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!!
912652
I see this question so much. I have wondered myself when the correct time is. I for one have not been able to celebrate Christmas for the past 20 years, and this will be my first one. I am SO excited and can barely stand to wait. And then I stopped and thought about it. Why is there a "correct" time? Why do we care so much about what others think? And why do people have such a fit if someone puts their decorations up early? What if that person only had a few weeks to live? No one knows anyone elses circumstances, we shouldnt judge! The correct time is any time we want to. It hurts no one. Life is short. Sometimes far too too short. Put your tree up when you want to. Turn up the Christmas carols and enjoy! Celebrate!
13873
I can't stand it when people leave a room without turning the lights off. I usually dash back inside the room after the person leaves, to correct the problem. I'm not like that with most things but...
728632
Going out to see the Christmas lights
960550
I'll be working this Christmas on a gas platform in the North Sea.\nOut on the 21st back in on the 28th. 8 x 12 hour shifts.\nwe are busy trying to down man all non essential persons so we should be down to 13 people on board.\nProvided the lights stay on it should be OK. \n\nWill miss the wife and kids though over the holiday, that's the worst bit!
810152
I've had the same pre-lit tree for the past 5 years.  They use regular strings of lights that are wrapped around the individual branches at the factory before you buy it.  They usually come in three pieces.  You just plug the top piece into the middle piece and the middle piece into the bottom, then plug the whole thing in.\n\nProbably the reason you can only use a string of lights for a year is the manner in which it's handled and stored.  If you are just winding them up around your arm at the end of the year, you're probably breaking some of the wires inside the strand.  You don't have this problem with the pre-lit trees because you don't ever have to take the lights off.  Just unplug the pieces, fold up the branches, and pop the tree back in the box.  They're really very durable!
857318
Drive around and look at the beautiful lights.  It's so fun to see how people decorate their houses.  Even the cheesiest decorations make me smile, because it's only once a year, and it's still fun.  Put up a tree and decorate it.  Buy a good CD of classic Christmas tunes. Light a fire in the fireplace and listen to it and look at your tree with the room lights off.
80658
Some close on Christmas day. I know the one in my town does.
808034
My neighborhood goes beserk with lights, so I love taking the kids around to look at them. It's family time that's full of wonder and the celebration of light in the darkest time of the year - all that Yule is to me.
749773
well my mom and I start putting Christmas decorations up gradually at the beginning of December but we don't get the tree until the week before Christmas so that it is fresh for Christmas. We decorate the tree a couple days before Christmas and we paly music while we do it.
705338
putting up Christmas decorations