Your street at Christmas - Wreaths on doors or inflatable illuminated reindeer??

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We have both down our road, LOL

Our estate looks like chav central in places. We are going for a walk on Christmas Eve to see the lights!

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I saw those hooks somewhere, but didn't think that the door would actually shut with it on. It seemed really thick metal.

I grew up in norfolk, not far from great yarmouth, and there were lots of chav areas there. I miss the lights. People would raise money for charity and some were really friendly and would give choc out to the kids when you went round. i've not seen any like that around here.

not much down our road - must be scrooges - only two decorated lit up houses... the rest of us - nothing!!

however around the road there is a house that is so bright I figure we will get a power cut soon as there will not be enough power on the grid for the rest of us....

All of the houses in our street have the lovely (well i think so ) white lights that look like icicles dangling a;ong their porches and garages it looks fabulous! We are a tasteful bunch here in S. wales!

Wreaths mainly.

Some white lights around porches.

Couple of houses have big white light reindeer at the front - they look good though cos they are big houses with big frontages (if that's a word). THey don't look tacky.

Some rounds around are tacksvillearizona but look bloody fabulous and the kids love it!

Some roads around that should be.

I've got a wreath and a merry christmas doormat. A couple of houses have some white lights but nothing much else.

My parents street looks lovely as almost all of the houses have those pretty white icicles.

The boys have coloured lights on their tree which is in teh window of the playroom which looks out onto the road. So....

Our main tree has white lights on but coloured ones are fabbo for the kids I think.

One of our neighbors who's an electrician has put up reindeer, sleigh & inflatable père Noël. All lit up... cringe-o.

You should see my street and the neighbouring one. Blackpools illuminations has nothing on these people!!
One house has a 6ft inflatable Santa on the garage, Homer Simpson in the front gardne and every inch(and I mean every inch) of this 3 storey house is covered in lights and all the windows too.
I think they bought every single outdoor light in the Studio catalogue!!!
They've even got a revolving projector going on the back wall.
I'm all for festive cheer but it really is OTT.

nobody worried about getting their wreaths nicked then?

Wreaths would indeed be nicked.
Mainly flashing lights, leaping, light up reindeers in windows and those foil-y dangly-from-ceiling things

Not us though - natch!!!

there are two semi detached houses near us that share a pathway down to the front door, they have actually built some kind of metal pole erection, going from one garden - over the path into the other garden and put all kinds of crap over it. Looks hideous, but we drive by to show the kids as a treat.

Wreaths. One house has a load of blue lights in their front room - just blue. You can see it through the nets and it looks really dismal at night - I think I'd be suicidal if I had to spend every evening in that.

A mixture of tasteful white lights, wreaths and the inevitable OTT people who are trying to outcompete each other with the usual Blackpool attempts plus nativity scenes FGS (3ft high plastic wise men, angels, sheep etc).
There seem to be a lot of blue lights around this year too... why do people want their houses to look like Porky's?......

The family next door to my mum & dad (actually just around from me & DS) have hung all sorts of illuminated bits to the outside of their house - including a santa climbing up the side of the house, an 8ft high inflatable, illuminated snowman and more christmas lights than Glasgow City Centre. unfortunately they didn't think it necessary to remove the eight bags of household garbage sitting in the front garden for the best part of a fortnight awaiting transport to the local tip cos they are too lazy and stupid to call the council for an extra collection of their rubbish but in the meantime my parents and the other neighbours have to put up with the stench and the foxes etc........

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Couldn't put a wreath on the door as it wouldn't stay there. The neighbourhood kids would prob use it as a frisbee.
Hardly any decorations visable in my area at all.

i bought hand made wreath from lcal market, at our state all house have lights outside and wreath at the door. luckily no inflatable santa`s hanging like suicidal. looks quite civilized as we walked around with little one in the evening before teatime yesterday.

Wreathes on doors and some have lights on topiary trees.

Kids nicked our doorbell recently and so I don't fancy the chances of a wreath hung on our door. Don't get me started...

Could be worse you could live here Terribletwos do you live in a little South Lanarkshire village near Newton cos I think I've passed that house!

I am going to take a photo of my square... you will all laugh. Im scared of the dark and don't need to keep my bathroom light on anymore!

Jbck - no. 13!!!