Dries My Sack: Decorating

Welcome to the next entry in my, ongoing, op-ed. This series is titled "Dries My Sack" and can be compared to the Grinds My Gears segment in Family Guy Presents - Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story. As I find things in life that piss me off, they'll become part of this series. The title for the series comes from a joke my father made while kayaking. I have a "Dry Sack" for keeping things dry during water sports and he made the joke that I should see a doctor. There you go...

Christmas Time has Come and Gone

You know what really dries my sack?

Lazy Decorators.

The people that still have Christmas Lights up...in February.

It's bad enough that some people's idea of decorating is putting up one half broken strand of lights loosely strung over a bush.

But to still see those lights on in FEBRUARY?!?!?!

IF you are going to decorate your house for the holidays, it is your responsibility to UNDECORATE your house after said holidays.

I would rather your house was dark for the holidays than lit up at Valentine's Day.  So would your neighbors.  Don't even get me started on the trashy people that leave them up year round.  There was a house off the freeway that had Christmas lights on at night clear into July.  I am not talking white lights around a tree.  That's classy and if you're hosting a party or something, totally acceptable.  I am talking bright colors, inflatables, and projections...IN JULY!!!!!!!!!

Technically, your Christmas decor should come down on the day off closest to January 6th.  I am willing to give you 7 days after that.

Past that, you're just making my neighborhood look trashy.

And that's what really dries my sack.