Dear lord. It’s that neighbour that you absolutely despise. They are the type of person to put up their Christmas decorations before Halloween is over, and the type to put away their decorations after Easter. Christmas is only supposed to be in December for you, not more than half the year. You’re tired of Santa Claus’ presence in town. Cupid, a leprechaun, and the Easter bunny absolutely hate that white-bearded man in gaudy red clothing that was never in style. Everyone is already tired of that inflatable snowman, the Christmas wreath that doesn’t match your house, and the lights that are around a real tree. They get it, you can decorate a real tree that’s not an evergreen tree.

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Unfortunately, my family is guilty of keeping Christmas decorations up for a long time. We had ours up since early November. Due to religious stuff, we have to keep them up for a little bit after New Year’s. I can deal with that, it’s not a big deal. We did take them down on January 3rd, which feels appropriate enough. Except we have taken down the lights from our garage and our real tree outside. We now look like that neighbour you despise. The lights are never on so I don’t get the point of keeping them up. I would take them down but I’m not the one in the house to make decisions like that. I don’t know when we’re taking them down but with how long it has been, I don’t think it will be anytime soon. We even had a wreath at our front door for a long time. It is the worst thing for the door as I can’t even check who is outside.

If you can, don’t be that neighbour. Put up and take down your Christmas decorations at appropriate times of the year. Your neighbourhood will thank you.