Mr Whippy
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| posted on 18/2/25 at 11:05 PM |
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O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree, will you ever feckin go away?
Anyone else still got their tree up??
Kids throw a tantrum any time I suggest taking it down, was like this last year, stupid thing was up till April. I'm also not allowed to turn the
lights off so all our neighbours think we're nuts.
Obviously this your finest Asda LED plastic tree that never dies  should have stuck with the real ones, that will teach me for being cheap.
Looks a bit scraggy now after all the dog and robot hoover attacks. Although the girls did decorate it, you can tell can't you...
[Edited on 18/2/25 by Mr Whippy]
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scudderfish
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| posted on 19/2/25 at 07:03 AM |
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If they want it so badly, put it in their bedroom 
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Slimy38
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| posted on 19/2/25 at 07:53 AM |
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All our decorations are down by twelfth night, having a mildly superstitious wife makes it easier to set that deadline. It's still usually four
or five days later than the neighbours, and it includes outside lights so we're often still imitating Blackpool illuminations long after everyone
else has got started on their miserable January.
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russbost
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| posted on 19/2/25 at 09:53 AM |
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Ah! Youth of today - I blame it on poor potty training & a lack of moral fibre! 
C'mon man - stand up for yourself, tell them you're the man of the house & therefore control everything (I always find that goes down
well!) & insist the tree is removed immediately or they'll have to pay the next electric bill (they probably won't suss that the
contribution of the xmas lights is virtually nothing!)
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nick205
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| posted on 19/2/25 at 10:13 AM |
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Mr Whippy..............
I had this same issue when my kids were younger.
Waited til they went to school for the day and down it came, packed away under the stairs for next Christmas.
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gremlin1234
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| posted on 19/2/25 at 06:49 PM |
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I cheated, I have a conical holly tree at the front of my house, put lights in that, turn them on Christmas-eve, great, but come twelfth night, turn
them off. remove lights at my leisure later
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 19/2/25 at 09:57 PM |
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Ours usually stays up til feb, primarily through laziness. Id not want it down too soon tbh
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Sarah
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| posted on 20/2/25 at 12:00 AM |
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If it was up to me, we'd never have one, but it's not
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nick205
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| posted on 20/2/25 at 08:50 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Sarah
If it was up to me, we'd never have one, but it's not
I'm with you - my choice would be not to bother, but the family desire it so out it comes each year!
I had to give in to outside house lights this past Christamas as well 
[Edited on 20-2-25 by nick205]
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