Holiday Decorating Rules

I'm posting this again for those rule breakers out there!!!

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE decorating for holidays. I have bins upon bins of decorations in my garage. Decorating is one of my favorite things to do.

What I despise is when people break the rules of holiday decorating. There are certain rules that need to be followed regarding time lines. So, I hope I'm not offending anyone, but you need to follow the rules. My calendar year revolves around what holiday comes next. Each holiday gets about a month to celebrate.

Valentines Day: You can put up Valentines day decorations in mid January, and taken down February 15th

St. Patrick's Day: put up the day after Valentines day, take down the day after

Easter: put up after St. Patrick's day, but may overlap if they are in the same month (or just chose 1 to decorate for)

Memorial Day: make sure you put your American flag out!

4th of July: put up in the beginning of June, take down July 5th

September 11th: make sure you put your American flag out!

Halloween: put up October 1st, take down November 1st

Thanksgiving: put up November 1st, take down day after Thanksgiving

AND THE MOST IMPORTANT!!!!!!!!!CHRISTMAS: you can put up your outside lights/decorations if you find a warm day in November, however, this is very important......YOU CAN'T TURN YOUR CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON UNTIL THANKSGIVING NIGHT!!!!!!!

I have seen numerous houses with fully decorated lawns and Christmas trees inside with all of the lights on already........I'm sorry, but you are breaking the rules. You can have your lights on during Thanksgiving night, but not before. The day after Thanksgiving you can put out the rest of your Christmas decorations. They can remain up until January 1st. I hope these rules have helped clarify any decorating confusion.

So, this weekend I will be putting up my outside lights. However, I will not be turning them on until tomorrow night. Happy decorating!!!!