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Xmas decorations

'Pathetic' Christmas lights display after council killjoys order homeowner to dim 20,000-light extravaganza | the Daily Mail

How many of you have got neighbours that have lights like what he had? His neighbours have protested and the council have banned him from making the collections like he did. I would have hated to have his leccy bill in the past years. He did do some good though raising £55 grand for charity with his xmas decorations. Theres a few houses round here that have put outside decorations up and they look good.

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shocking really. some people really cant fathom the festive period

has anyone seen the santa in manchester town hall? awesome - this huge teddy bear like santa

http://www.manchester.gov.uk/images/newssanta190.jpg

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Wow that is massive! It looks good because it is lots of little lights.

I can't quite fathom out what I feel about Christmas lights. I'm not too keen on those inflatable Santa and snowmen thingss but I do like the pretty colourful lights. I wouldn't like the leccy bill that goes along with some of the very extravagant displays though but I do like to see them. This guy was using something cheerful to raise money for charity and maybe the neighbours were being killjoys but if their property was being damaged by people coming to see his lights then I can see that they had a point.

Another thought is the fuel consumption/global warming/carbon footprint attitude but for goodness sakes councils have their own Christmas displays so they shouldn't really grumble about people who do private ones. If he didn't mind the bills, and it's only once a year, it's a pity they couldn't have sorted something out to let him continue but make sure that no-one damaged neighbouring property. Oh dear though, that might have meant involving the police and that would never do.

Yes I do like to see displays and would go on a bit of a detour to see really good ones.

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Well I wouldn't like them in my neighbourhood. The ones which are so 'over the top' that they attract night traffic veiwing them, are bound to cause noise nuisance increase in a neighbourhood.

Keep them to town shopping areas where people don't have to LIVE with them

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They should switch them off over night. That would be disturbing if you get woken not only by the bright lights but by noisy passing traffic.

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Yes love the teddy santa on m/chesters town hall.mind i loke the lights all around that area and very festive with the German market underneath

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I think its up to the person if they want lights like that...me personally wouldnt, because ...1...i dont have a house that big!!...and 2....i couldnt afford it anyway:(...lol
...and he did raise money for charity, so that did some good!
typical council though...spoiling everyone fun!

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Christmas is about light, I think everyone should have some sort of light outside their house over xmas.

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i thought christmas was about jesus? :)

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to me xmas is about giving gifts!, and having a family get together, and a booze up;)
sorry, but im not the religious type:(

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Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 504816)

i thought christmas was about jesus? :)

Yes, of course it is emamum, however, it is also about bringing joy and pleasure to this celebration, and we all do it in the best way we can. Even if you do not go to church at Christmas, still brings happiness to people, no matter what. The fact that you are buying presents for your children signifies the fact that you yourself, are being hypocritical, and is more than celebrating Jesus's birth; but you are able to afford this pleasure and bring an exciting time to them.

I am, myself, a confirmed atheist, as are both my children and grandaughter, but we still jump on the bandwagon of Christmas because it is a happy time and just love the magic of the fairy lights, presents, extra kisses, yes, even the work's does where we all get a little too drunk. What the 'hell' (don't believe in that either :D) It's fun time.

Hey !! As I submit this post, the Rotary Club's sleigh has just been down my avenue .. have contributed, and know it will be well-used for people that are less fortunate than myself.

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Went down Rawtenstall about 4.30pm and looked up just as got to the roundabout and theres a house all lit up on the hill.

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i wouldnt want to be kept awake at night with all the light but i certainly wouldnt complain especially as he was doing it for charity

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Originally Posted by kathleen_firth (Post 504978)

i wouldnt want to be kept awake at night with all the light but i certainly wouldnt complain especially as he was doing it for charity

If he deducted his extra electricity costs there wouldn't be much left for charity

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Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 504959)

Went down Rawtenstall about 4.30pm and looked up just as got to the roundabout and theres a house all lit up on the hill.

nah jen they were probably burning a witch up rocker.:rofl38:

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Couldnt have cashy the fire engines where still in the fire station!!

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Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 505007)

Couldnt have cashy the fire engines where still in the fire station!!

and I have been home all day

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Xmas – the time when people suddenly become nice to everyone around except when shopping. Then it is every person for themselves and devil take the hindmost. Why can’t people be nice to each other all year round?

Xmas – the time when people rush around buying presents that they can’t really afford to buy, to give to someone who doesn’t really want that present, yet they smile sweetly to declare, “just what I’ve always wanted.” Except for presents from children to their parents or grandparents. Those gifts have meaning and are given in the true spirit of Xmas.

Xmas – the time when people send greetings cards to people they hardly know and then panic like mad if they get a card from someone that they haven’t sent a card to.

Xmas – the time when people eat and drink far too much and try to convince themselves that they are having a swell time, with relatives that they cannot abide. Whilst surreptitiously reaching for the Rennies.

Xmas – the time when people celebrate a person’s birth months after the actual date. Some say that Jesus was born in September and some insist that it was October but all agree that it wasn’t the 25th December.

As for the lights – well why not and to heck with the carbon footprint. The Parliament buildings are lit up all night long with floodlights and what is good for the goose is good for the gander.

Any lights wouldn’t bother me whilst I am sleeping. But then I close my eyes when I sleep and the bedroom curtains. Noise doesn’t bother me either. After all I live in a ground floor flat on a fairly busy road so there is traffic going up and down day and night all the year round. I used to live next to the main railway line from Blackpool Central and the trains going by day and night never bothered me one bit and certainly didn’t wake me. What did wake me sometimes was when a train DIDN’T go past at the expected time. But then in those far off days trains were on time and weren’t put off by the ‘wrong kind of snow’ or leaves on the line.

The only problem that I have with houses being decorated with festive lights on the outside is that it could distract a driver and cause an accident. But then so could a Xmas tree in a window.

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so i take it yer a christmas fan jambutty?:rofl38::rofl38:

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Originally Posted by shillelagh (Post 505007)

Couldnt have cashy the fire engines where still in the fire station!!

so its the firemen that burn em jen?:D

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Originally Posted by mani (Post 504635)

It's called Muhammed, right:rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by emamum23 (Post 504816)

i thought christmas was about jesus? :)

Sort of; but B might be confusing St. Lucy's Day and Christmas Day ... or she might just be wrong ... The shortest day of the year is St. Lucy's Day. Ironically named of course. The root of Lucy is the same as that for Lucifer, bringer of light. Donne wrote a poem about it "A Nocturnal Upon Saint Lucy's Day, Being The Shortest Day.":)