# My Christmas lights are still up and shining
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 20, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121 "2011-04-20T19:44:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121/1 "2011-04-20T19:44:31Z")
Until the last of that damn snow is gone from my front yard, it’s still Christmas season, dammit! The lights are on!
More snow last night…grumble, grumble, grumble…
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### Author:  [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121/2 "2011-04-20T20:05:17Z")
NoNoNo! The snow is your fault! Take the Christmas lights down and the sun will warm the earth and spring will be here!
The Snow Queen must be stopped!
I’m so sick of being cold…
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### Author:  [@dawson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawson)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121/3 "2011-04-20T20:06:21Z")
Not us! We got thunderstorms, pull over to the side of the road because I can’t see three feet in front of me, blinding thunderstorms. The good news is it melted away the snow from the day before.
“Oh Canada, we stand on frrickin frackenn frickinn arrrggggh.”
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### Author:  [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121/4 "2011-04-20T20:29:30Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Until the last of that damn snow is gone from my front yard, it’s still Christmas season, dammit! The lights are on!
You are a just and noble creature.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121/5 "2011-04-20T21:18:55Z")
We got a dump last weekend. So much for my planned golf game…
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### Author:  [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121/6 "2011-04-20T21:35:08Z")
Mine aren’t on, but they’re certainly still up. I still have foot-high drifts in parts of my yard.
Bah.
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### Author:  [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)
#### Post date: [April 20, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121/7 "2011-04-20T22:29:22Z")
There’s a guy in my area that still has a scare crow out from Halloween.
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### Author:  [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2011, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121/8 "2011-04-28T03:35:21Z")
Well, I went out tonight and unplugged them. The last of the snow is gone!
On my way back into the house, I saw the first mosquito of spring.
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### Author:  [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-christmas-lights-are-still-up-and-shining/579121/9 "2011-04-28T15:15:30Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#):
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> Well, I went out tonight and unplugged them. The last of the snow is gone!
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> On my way back into the house, I saw the first mosquito of spring.
The snow is gone pretty much everywhere it matters here, but there were a few drifts still on the golf course last weekend. We just regarded them as an additional hazard: snow bunkers.