Christmas Lights

[Onewood]

Anybody get into xmas light hanging around this time of year....

We have a house a couple of doors down that has entered into a compitition 8) looks like a lot of time and money spent on some of them...

[AndyP]

Nope, not one light up here or a Xmas tree. :D

There is a place around the corner that always does well in the competitions, and gets plenty of people coming to have a geezer and blocking up our streets.

GrinchyP :mrgreen:

[Jarro]

we have a few lights up.. only inside the house though ... never outside.
We do have 2 trees up though. 1 for the missus to play with, and 1 for my girls to decorate :roll:

HoHoHo indeed :P :lol:

[markTHEblake]

many of the houses down here absolutely cover their houses with lights. They actually have bus tours to visit the best ones. I think the judging is tomorrow night.

Its quite funny to see in some streets every house is lit up, and you can see that every year the nighbours are trying to out do each other. Our neighbour also has a santa, sleigh and reindeer on his roof about half size in scale.

[damoocow]

Xmas lights are a pox on society - bah and humbug I say !! - I keep a ready supply of Round Up in the garage and an old Zero weeding wand just for the purpose of ruining the front garden and lawn of anyone in my suburb foolish enough to go 'xmas lighting'.

damoocow

[Flowergirl]

Xmas lights are a pox on society - bah and humbug I say !! - I keep a ready supply of Round Up in the garage and an old Zero weeding wand just for the purpose of ruining the front garden and lawn of anyone in my suburb foolish enough to go 'xmas lighting'.

damoocow

Ah good on you damoocow - you didn't let me down. :wink:

[Jarro]

i'll go for a drive past your place tonight Moocow and if i see 1 Xmas light anywhere.. i'll be sure to let everyone here know :wink: :lol:

[wavemaker]

well im with damoocow on this one too. i think they are an apalling waste of resources and if people have the money to do that they should donate to a worthy cause and bring a bit of real light and warmth into some poor souls life. my middle name is curmudgeon. double bah humbug .

[markm]

Its just romantic lighting for all those QLD Gekkos that are going for it :)

You bit to help nature :D

[Grunt]

Well that time of year again, has anybodies opinions changed. Due to me working next weekend, Rachelle, Tayla and I put the tree up yesterday.

The Clark Griswald has come out in me and I have been up on the roof for a couple of hours today to put up the initial lights for our place this year. I am thinking of going the whole hog and putting up something that Clark would be proud of!

[Jarro]

my missus and kids went berko on the weekend and covered the lounge/dining room with lights.

They also put the tree up, complete with lights, candy-canes, train that circles the tree :roll:

[PeteyD]

I love the lights, my kids love the lights. I am not doing a big display this year thanks to time contraints like work and golf. How is it such an appalling waste of resources, they are cheap and use fa power.

[Grunt]

We have some Xmas lights warehouses near here and I am going to hit them tomorrow. Our street a few years ago made the papers for the amount of lights. A few houses have since changed hands and last year was not too many houses decorated. Hopefully this year will be different.

[Courty]

http://www.solidstatelight.com/flash/humbug.gif

(watch carefully)

[Grunt]

http://www.solidstatelight.com/flash/humbug.gif

(watch carefully)

LOL

[dc68]

ROFLMAO and it is a big A to LO

[damoocow]

Please pass on addresses - Wavey and I have some special fertiliser to bring over for your lawns...

damoocow

[wavemaker]

I should be down your way soon Dammo. We could hook up for a nights sport. That should get the dflwacs hopping.

[PeteyD]

You guys are very sad.

[andylo]

I don't get it. Care to explain please?

[dc68]

HUMBUG as in what Ebenezer Scrooge says.

[PeteyD]

I think he thinks the A to LO is refereing to him. Andy, it is DC refering to the size of his ass which he is laughing off.

[MegaWatty]

I used search and found this thread! Yay me!

WA guys, take heed of the next paragraph (others can skip it if they actually want to read about my lights...

We went to Oak st in Forrestfield tonight and there are about 10 or more houses in the street that have some great displays. We jumped out of the car at the first one and walked around. Its a great atmosphere with people walking around, kids playing and people drinking in the street. I highly recommend taking the time to do it. Our kids loved it. Even my 21 month old boy was saying WOW at every house.

It also inspired me to come home and pull out more of my lights that i had in the garage and really finish off my house. I now have lights along the gutters, lights around the front garden, fairy lights in my round topiary trees, lights up my driveway, a blow up santa on the lawn (thanks Solarman for returning him) and tonight i braved putting my Santa cutout that counts down to Christmas out the front of my house. Hes screwed in to a metal pot and the power supply is inside, so here's hoping he doesn't get stolen! When it reaches midnight on the 25th, everything flashes HO. Quite fitting really!

I am going to head to Red Dot tomorrow to try and get matching lights so that I can chase the roof line next year!

I truly love Christmas and my kids get so much enjoyment from the lights.

Over and Out.

[PeteyD]

Where is the red and white dragon?

Pics! I have been far to lazy to light up this year.

[AndyP]

What's worse than driving around looking at Xmas lights?

Driving around and looking at them in the rain.


Tapatalk has been to paradise, but it's never been to me.

[Moe Norman]

there is a house in Sherwood that is incredible.

Has them all hooked up to a computer and going off to the tune of Christmas carols.

More like a preofessional laser show, than christmas lights.

[mike]

We went on a tour of the town last night and there is probably 1/20th of the houses lit up compared to 5 years ago. Sad.

[Grunt]

We went on a tour of the town last night and there is probably 1/20th of the houses lit up compared to 5 years ago. Sad.

Same here, was probably even greater, a street that used to be full of light and have all sorts of stuff happening now has one house in the street with lights. Even the Ice Cream trucks aren't around either.

[AndyP]

Excellent. Less carbon footprint.


Tapatalk has been to paradise, but it's never been to me.

[MegaWatty]

http://184.72.239.143/mu/b4d878f7-37bf-b20b.jpg

Here's one pic of mine from last night. Going to hopefully take some better ones tonight when I find my tripod.

Not that AP cares. :)

[simmsy]

Our street is lit up pretty good with about 12 or so houses out of 20 lit. Our next door neighbor dresses as Santa and hands out lollies(not the boiled variety) until near on midnight every night the week of chrissy. Great feeling ib the street with lots of car clubs buses and people walking around with their kids.

[Cosmopolite]

I took the kids out to look at the lights the other night and I just love them, kinda gets you into the christmas spirit.

We went to a few suburbs but Landsdale was going beserk with lights - so many houses with them.

There was one house with one lawn made to look like an ice skating rink with ice skaters made out of lights. They also had snowflake lights above the skaters.

If i could figure out how to post pics on here I would put them up.

[MegaWatty]

The paperclip icon will get you photos on here!

[Cosmopolite]

The paperclip icon will get you photos on here!

ok where do I find that?

[Johnny Canuck]

i want to see the ho ho ho,mega.

[MegaWatty]

http://184.72.239.143/mu/792dff3a-ba82-d1e7.jpg

Soon!

[Johnny Canuck]

He's shaped like Tourfit.

[MegaWatty]

http://184.72.239.143/mu/792dff3a-c439-683a.jpg

He knows me too well! :)

[Johnny Canuck]

Nice. Love it. Coming to steal it now.

[MegaWatty]

Power supply's locked nicely inside. :)

As soon as I hear it being tugged on, I have a selection of clubs at the ready between my bed and the front door.

Try me.

[Johnny Canuck]

I know your swing. I'll step aside as the hosel whizzes past and run away into the night.

[MegaWatty]

Nice shank at Araluen chump.

[Johnny Canuck]

If no one saw it, it never happened.

[MegaWatty]

If no one saw it, it never happened.

Hmmmm.

http://184.72.239.143/mu/792dff3a-d5a0-2004.jpg

[Johnny Canuck]

Nice call. How tired are you going to be as soon as the initial dose of Christnas adrenaline wears off?

[MegaWatty]

Pretty tired I'm thinking. Especially when I start eating! Eggs Benedict time. :)

[idgolfguy]

Light breakfast, lunch at parents in-laws then onto brother in-laws for pool and bourbon through the night.

[Johnny Canuck]

Pretty tired I'm thinking. Especially when I start eating! Eggs Benedict time. :)

As soon as the girls left the main room to go play with their new beauty salon, nap number one commenced. Feeling much better now.

[MegaWatty]

No naps yet. My boy's just hit the hay but my girl is powering on.

The champagne with breakfast hasn't helped!

[MegaWatty]

Pfft.

I sucked last year!

[MegaWatty]

Average phone pics warning:

I might get some quality ones later, just for AP again.

It's great having families come up and introduce themselves that we've never met before and the kids enjoying the lights. :)

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[Johnny Canuck]

nice work

[MegaWatty]

I'm still trying to work out where to put countdown Santa so that JC doesn't steal him and where I don't have to drill through the brand new render...

[mike]

You've even got the north star in the top two pics. Nice touch.

[MegaWatty]

Hahaha.

[simmsy]

Ur car still there? Can't see it lasting long in Ur neck of the woods.

I'll post pic of my lights tomorrow.
Its getting good now, would have had 100 people or so through tonight. Great seeing everyone getting into it.

[MegaWatty]

My car stays out every night, homo.

It's the VS that they all love.

[simmsy]

Argh true, it is a ford after all.

[MegaWatty]

Bingo. No LSD either so they'd hate it.

[AndyP]

Did you plant some trees this year to compensate?

[MegaWatty]

**** no!

[AndyP]

Why won't people think of poor old Earth?

[kev]

Why won't people think of poor old Earth?

Because we now have a new one waiting for us (http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2101646,00.html) :)

[AndyP]

I couldn't live in a place called Kepler 22B.

[MegaWatty]

Why won't people think of poor old Earth? Because a beige coloured earth sucks! Light the bitch up!

[simmsy]

Here ya go AP......


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[MegaWatty]

**** you Simmsy. Challenge accepted.

[Golfnut]

Awesome simmsy.

[simmsy]

**** you Simmsy. Challenge accepted.

Already working on next year man.
Still awaiting a cpl of things to arrive to finish it off but not sure they'll get here in time.

Our place would be about the least amount of lights in our street.

[jaybam]

Good on you lads. The kids love them and it makes them smile and that's all that matters.

[Cosmopolite]

Good on you lads. The kids love them and it makes them smile and that's all that matters.

makes me happy too

[Yossarian]

I might come steal your santa again Mega.

[MegaWatty]

He's inside.

[Yossarian]

I'll get JC to let me in.

[Golfnut]

That's funny.

[MegaWatty]

I'll get JC to let me in. Wait until I'm OS again. Easier.

[Johnny Canuck]

Nice

[mike]

http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t325/yumbotto/10764.jpg

[simmsy]

Update on a couple of new lights Mega.

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[rubin]

nice effort Mrs Simms.

[simmsy]

Thx Lubes.

[MegaWatty]

Good work mate. Get a spotty on that blow up!

[Yossarian]

Ghey.

[Johnny Canuck]

How funny is it going to be when I go for a little drive one night and combine the best of both your lawns on mine?

[MegaWatty]

All power supplies are inside. Have fun re-wiring, Doc.

[Johnny Canuck]

Splice is nice.

[Golfnut]

How funny is it going to be when I go for a little drive one night and combine the best of both your lawns on mine?

Need a turf cutter Canuck?

[bergsey]

Other than bunnings, any good Xmas light shops in WA?. Started getting into it a bit more this year, need a large sign for our portico at the front but can't find any good places to look. Cheers!

[AndyP]

Watty mentioned Red Dot in post 23.

Another option is to try websites like Alibaba and MadeInChina. That's where they all come from anyway.

[MegaWatty]

There are a very limited number of places selling them this year. Bunnings and Red Dot had jack all. You need to get in early or buy them from online places throughout the year.

Big W had a good range at good prices this year.

There is a lack of Christmas lights around our place this year. Sad Panda.

[sms316]

I suggested to the bride that a Santa hanging from a noose out the front would be original.

[Lagerlover]

I suggested to the bride that a Santa banging a moose out the front would be original.

Sorry mate, been done before.

[sms316]

Sorry mate, been done before. ****. Any other suggestions? Santa getting sodomised?

[Lagerlover]

****. Any other suggestions? Santa getting sodomised?

That might work, would you use a real Santa, or a blow up BigW "sodoME santa doll"?

[Lobsta]

A few years back, my parents left my brother and I at home alone for a weekend. After their scrooge-esque approach to Xmas lights, we decided to have some fun and set up a red rope light hanging outside their bedroom window, visible from the road.

"LIVE NUDES"