Quote Originally Posted by emolas View Post
I came up with the great idea to just leave them up all year once. I was living in military housing at the time and apparently somebody complained because I got a warning letter saying that I had to take them down. It really annoys me when people feel a need to complain about things that don't concern them and it was only a week before independence day so, rather than take them down, I laboriously replaced every bulb with alternating red/white/blue bulbs then replied to the letter saying that my Christmas lights were taken down and my 4th of July lights replaced them.

One of my favourite displays I have seen is a lighted lawn deer gutted and hanging from a tree.
I just love both of those ideas! The first is labor intensive, but could be done with almost any holiday - Easter lights, 4th of July, Labor Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day, etc etc etc - although choosing what color to change the light to would be interesting.

The second idea, I REALLY like. I have one of those wire frame deer thingies, that could be re-bent and displayed very easily...... of course the wife may have something to say on the matter.......