“Ain’t nobody got time for that”

[Doctor Phibes]

@jon-nyc said in “Ain’t nobody got time for that”:

Or the room. You'd need a room in your basement just for xmas decorations.

We have a freaking storage place with a considerable amount of the bloody things in it.

And for some inexplicable reason she just bought more in the sales.

And when I say I can't take it any more, apparently I'm the freaking grinch!

[89th]

We have 75 rolls of wrapping paper. My wife bought 20 more because they were on sale last week. The kids also have about 50 pairs of pajamas in their drawer. If it were me there would be 7 pairs. But, I pick my battles.

We lucked out in that our home has a ridiculously large utility/storage area, but as they say... get a bigger space, fill it with more crap. Someone says that. Right?

[George K]

We finally bought a 3 ft, pre-lit tree. Mrs. George didn’t feel like ornaments this year, and I was fine with that.

It took longer to ride down to the garage locker than it did to take the tree down.

[Jolly]

Piker.

Her rolling cart has room for 120 ornaments. She has a couple more baskets, one holding balls, the other colored fern branches.

That wouldnt make a scab on a good cow's ass at my house. The main tree has over 450 ornaments, 5 strands of jewel -colored ball garland, around 100 candy canes and I'm guessing 600 or so colored lights. The topper is a LED snowflake.

The Angel Tree in the front room is much smaller (a pencil 6-footer) with only about 50 angel ornaments, white plastic pearl garland, maybe 200 white lights and a LED lighted angel.

The big tree will come down and be stored in my wife's shed. The small tree will be redecorated for Mardi Gras in purple and gold, with white and gold lights.

[Jolly]

BTW, we've got enough stuff in the shed to do another two trees, if you wish. One will be in hand-painted ceramic angels, the other will be typical glass ornaments.

[kluurs]

@89th said in “Ain’t nobody got time for that”:

We have 75 rolls of wrapping paper. My wife bought 20 more because they were on sale last week.

Welcome to my world. My wife assured me that we needed more wrapping paper this year because "we're almost out" - if "almost out" means less than 30 rolls of paper. I'd say something about her insanity but people in glass houses...

[jon-nyc]

I don’t understand how a minimalist like you can put up with that, Ken.

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in “Ain’t nobody got time for that”:

I don’t understand how a minimalist like you can put up with that, Ken.

Coffee all over the ipad.

[Copper]

@George-K said in “Ain’t nobody got time for that”:

We finally bought a 3 ft, pre-lit tree. Mrs. George didn’t feel like ornaments this year, and I was fine with that.

Same

[Mik]

@jon-nyc said in “Ain’t nobody got time for that”:

Or the room. You'd need a room in your basement just for Xmas decorations.

You rang? We've had the better part of a storage room for Christmas and Halloween decoration for years. Also a zillion rolls of wrapping paper.

[Axtremus]

Have been using pre-lit, pre-decorated tree for two decades. It works. Well, more and more of the tiny light bulbs eventually burnt out. So it's not pre-lit anymore. It took quite a bit if effort to remove the old light off the tree.

[Jolly]

I had one prelit tree (Balsam Hill). Would never buy another. I don't have the patience to chase circuits. when lights are so cheap.