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Parents are bringing the wreath in daily?

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ThePerkyCoralPoet · 05/12/2024 22:09

I went to visit parents and they’ve been wringing their light up wreath in daily from the front of the house. It cost them £60 and they think someone might steal it from the most rural and quiet area ever. Aibu for telling them it’s stupid.

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AGoingConcern · 05/12/2024 22:49

Did they ask you whether you think it’s necessary or are you just under the mistaken impression everyone wants your unsolicited & insulting criticism?

StrongandNorthern · 05/12/2024 22:47

Their wreath. Their choice.

caringcarer · 05/12/2024 22:43

Differentstarts · 05/12/2024 22:26

Does it really matter. If it makes them more comfortable let them get on with it

This.

MrsCarson · 05/12/2024 22:42

I don't blame them.
They get pinched from all over.
I'm sure there was someone on here last year who found hers on a house in a street nearby.
Our stays up on the front door all night but we lock the porch door at night.

Hadjab · 05/12/2024 22:39

I’ve placed a suction cup hook on the inside of my door. It’s attached to the wreath with a ribbon which goes over the top of the door. In part, it’s to stop it from being stolen, unless the thief has a pair of scissors, but also to stop it from dropping, as those suction cups can be rubbish.

SilverChampagne · 05/12/2024 22:39

Christmasfizzleout · 05/12/2024 22:29

My friend is bringing a family of enormous light up reindeer in every night.

Where is she storing them?!

Loopylu60 · 05/12/2024 22:38

Why does it bother you? They chose to buy the wreath, are concerned for its safety and presumably have the time to spare putting it out and in daily - why would you want to upset them by saying it’s stupid?

chocolateybuttons · 05/12/2024 22:38

I bring our reindeer and snowman in at night.

Ball ache but would be sad if they were stolen.

SkaneTos · 05/12/2024 22:38

Perhaps it's a nice ritual to them.

And they did spend a lot of money on it.

JudgeJ · 05/12/2024 22:35

LoopyLooooo · 05/12/2024 22:29

An 'admin task' 🙄

I'm sure they're perfectly happy to spend 2 minutes doing this, otherwise they wouldn't.

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'admin task', the MN version of living a normal life!

msbevvy · 05/12/2024 22:34

It depends where they live.

People who have potted plants in their front gardens round our way run a very high risk of them being stolen. An expensive wreath would probably last about 5 minutes.

BerriesCones · 05/12/2024 22:32

I remember Ellie or issie from gogglebox saying their light up reindeer got stolen

twentysevendresses · 05/12/2024 22:31

Mine was stolen today 😢 It had only been on my door for a day! Very rural Lincolnshire, on a tiny road that you wouldn't know was there if you sneezed as you drove past it!

Utter scrotes! 😟

LoopyLooooo · 05/12/2024 22:30

Christmasfizzleout · 05/12/2024 22:29

My friend is bringing a family of enormous light up reindeer in every night.

That's very kind of her.

Does she know them? 😁

NeverDropYourMooncup · 05/12/2024 22:29

I think it's dafter to bang out sixty notes on a ring of plastic ivy and some LEDs. However, once somebody's done that, it would be pretty silly to leave it where anybody who fancied wearing a crown on the way home from the pub or flogging it to a random for twenty quid could just lift if off the door.

Christmasfizzleout · 05/12/2024 22:29

My friend is bringing a family of enormous light up reindeer in every night.

LoopyLooooo · 05/12/2024 22:29

Octonaut4Life · 05/12/2024 22:27

It's absolute madness to spend that much money on basically giving yourself an admin task to do every evening! YANBU OP that is totally ridiculous. If you're worried your wreath might get stolen just get a cheap one!

An 'admin task' 🙄

I'm sure they're perfectly happy to spend 2 minutes doing this, otherwise they wouldn't.

WalterdelaMare · 05/12/2024 22:29

I’d rather not have one than have to go to the bother of taking it in each night.

SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 05/12/2024 22:29

I also heard of someone who set out a nice lunch for herself in the garden one summer, popped inside to answer the phone and came out to find it all gone, even the cutlery and the salt cellar.

LoopyLooooo · 05/12/2024 22:27

Of all the things to

A. Poke your nose into.
B. Start a nose poke thread about.

😂🎄🎅

Octonaut4Life · 05/12/2024 22:27

It's absolute madness to spend that much money on basically giving yourself an admin task to do every evening! YANBU OP that is totally ridiculous. If you're worried your wreath might get stolen just get a cheap one!

JengaJungle · 05/12/2024 22:27

I thought this was going to be a sad post. I read that parents were bringing wrath into the home daily.
Relieved it's just a bit of foliage.

ManhattanPopcorn · 05/12/2024 22:26

There was a thread here one Christmas where someone had put together a distinctive homemade wreath which was stolen off their door only to reappear on the front door of the neighbor across the street.

SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 05/12/2024 22:26

I've had wreaths stolen in the past, and other outdoor decorations, but always in broad daylight!
They are not being stupid about this, but perhaps you are a bit fed up with them in other ways.

Differentstarts · 05/12/2024 22:26

Does it really matter. If it makes them more comfortable let them get on with it