Parents are bringing the wreath in daily?

[ThePerkyCoralPoet]

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.

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

Perhaps it's a nice ritual to them.

And they did spend a lot of money on it.

I bring our reindeer and snowman in at night.

Ball ache but would be sad if they were stolen.

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?

Where is she storing them?!

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.

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.

This.

Their wreath. Their choice.

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

😂😂😂😂😂 thanks for the laugh!

I live in a quiet 'naice' village and last year someone had their two life size illuminated deer stolen from their front garden. No doubt since sold on ebay or similar.

Is it actually any of your business if they use their wreath as toilet paper and then hang it back out again in the morning? Of all the busybody things to post about!!

Mine was probably even more expensive but I bought it half-price in the post-Christmas sale from House of Fraser god probably 10+ years ago or more.

I don't bring it in at night but I do if there's going to be particularly bad weather. I have a permanent hook on the door that it hangs on so while it's fairly secure, I will bring it in if there's a storm.

People will steal the eye out of your head if they get a chance. I once planted a teeny tiny tree (think inches!) in my back garden and some fucker dug it up!!!

When you say life size are we talking red deer or muntjac?

I made mine and won't put it out as nothing in my area stays put unless it's nailed down. I've even had a recycle bin (free from the council) stolen though they kindly left the rubbish for me. My colleague a few streets away had a large pot on his front too heavy to lift so the just stole all the plants out of the pot. The local park also had plants & shrubs taken out of the ground when it got done up.

Hardly an onerous task. I double lock my front door when I go to bed each night. It would take me all of ten seconds while I was there to open the door and bring in a wreath, if I had one.

My neighbour's wreath was nicked some years ago. It was one she'd had for several years.

Hahaha my parents do this too. Their wreath is more likely to spontaneously combust than get stolen where they live (rural, half a mile from the nearest house).

Risk & safety is often a thing of perception rather than actuality - hard to shift.
There's no telling them! I guess it does no harm but yeah, no need.

Someone on here once suggested attaching an attack alarm to a Christmas wreath: the loop bit on the door/gate, and the noisy part within the wreath itself. Genius idea (unless some attempts to nick it at 4am, not so great for you nor the neighbours).

It doesn't sound like it's the work of more than half a minute to nip and out and bring it in, and while I wouldn't bother myself (unless I'd had one taken before), I'd just leave them to get on with whatever makes them feel happy.

Leave them to it. This is not a problem for anyone at all.

Plenty of people spend a lot longer faffing over patio furniture cushions, I bet.

I need to read this thread!

We had ours stolen when I was a kid. Never had once since.

Oh now I want a light up wreath crown to wear on the way home from the pub!

I got mine stolen from my flat front door a couple of years ago.

We have a central mail box and there are only three other flats that share my bit of dead end corridor. So it was either one of my immediate neighbours or their delivery drivers.

I don't bother anymore.

What utter nonsense. 🙄 Of course it’s not ridiculous, it’s literally nothing to do with anyone else. So they should buy something they don’t even want because it’s cheap? What a miserable way to live. Some people are happy to spend the extra two minutes bringing in the product they actually like and want just to mitigate the risk however small because you know, it’s their lives and it brings them joy.

That’s the best thing I’ve read today , so cheers for that 🎅🎄