Christmas Is Coming...

I guess there's no denying it now -- Christmas really is less than a month away. The above is my first Christmas lights sighting of the year. You can't really see it in the photo, but there are still pumpkins sitting next to the porch of the house. :)

We used to go all out with lighting our house and yard, but it became far too large and expensive to maintain. People used to come to our neighborhood just to see our house. Neighbors would give us gifts for no reason. Random townsfolk would ask me if we were going to put up lights each year. It was fun while it lasted.

But, hey, if anyone wants to come over and do it for us, and then fix the lights every night when bulbs burn out or strings die for no apparent reason, and when the wind blows something over, and when squirrels chew through the cords... and, of course, pay the power bill, let me know. ;)

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