after....we generally put them up and light them on the first weekend of December.

Lights will go on day after Thanksgiving since I am hosting this year. In fact the electrician is here right now putting in an outlet on the front of the house:))). I didn't do front lights in the past due to lack of electric, and I am so excited since I just bought lighted trees for my urns. Can't wait to light them!

Dec 1st. Our electric rates are among the highest in the country, and with an added fuel surcharge, I can't imagine the cost! I am still in shock over a $700+ bill in Sept.

That's what we are doing too.. day after Thanksgiving.

kathleen~ One of our neighbors has had their Christmas lights on since the day after Holloween..Yikes!!!I hate to see the electric bill!

For me, I wait until Dec 1st (or when DH gets them up!) LOL

Kathleen, your rates sound horrible. Ours are so high in the summer with the ac, but never that high yet! What is the problem? Why are they so darn high? That would make me want to skip the lights and just settle for battery operated lights in the windows. ;o(

Luvs

There is no competiton for one thing, and the cost of living in general is very high here on the island. . Sometimes the tax and surcharges are nearly as much as the bill.
It is enough to make a Bah Humbug out of me!!

I hope to have the outside decorated by this weekend, and will turn them on just as soon as I'm finished. May not even wait for it to get dark! LOL

Usually the first weekend in Dec.But this year there will be no lights on the house,now that i think about it,there were none last year either.Both dh and i are too old to be climbing ladders,he had a stroke a few years ago,and i have bad knees.So now i just put the lights for shrubbery all over my picket fence,and decorations in the yard.Works for us.

Hi Luvs,i didn't even know we had a holiday forum,til Luvs told us to come on over.So thanks Luvs.
Kathi

Hi Kathi, glad you found it. I like to share good things whenever I can. ;o) I am always telling the gals and guy here to go look at something on Painting, Crafts, or Garden Junk--and they alert me when there's something good on another forum too. Luvs