Don't You Know Exactly How Charlie Feels?
#1 President Obama preempting a beloved half hour Christmas show to speak about sending troops to Afghanistan
An American’s right to view a live televised Charlie Brown Christmas Special is unalienable. Sure many of us own it on DVD, but as a nation we’re guaranteed the option to watch it at the same time. It is written in the Constitution. If not, it should be, because it makes us feel better after this crappy decade.
#2 LED Lights
LED lights = Pink Aluminum Christmas trees
Even in the name of “green”, no woman over the age of 30 or with a traditional bone in her body, wants a blue Christmas. But that’s exactly what clear LED lighting casts. Elvis would have loved them, and probably sung about it.
In close proximity I can’t help but think of the countless unattractive lighting situations we encounter on a daily basis: offices, dressing rooms, convenience store restrooms. Delusions of our rosy cheeked and dewy selves from well-lit bathrooms at home? GONE.
Marley or Me?
Like the good elves we aspire to be, Dave and I hunted down enough traditional, polar bear-murdering lights to do a decent job illuminating both inside and out. But in order to show we’re not totally stuck in our ways and love polar bears – or maybe because I was bored out of my mind – we also went off the lighting reservation.
Our nod to the LED
Of all the lovely lights in our neighborhood, our flashy LED tree is what made me feel like a kid as I turned into the driveway earlier this evening. This is a close as I will get to receiving or giving gemstones this Christmas. Sapphires come to mind. Bountiful emeralds and rubies will arrive in a few days via UPS to join them.
My LED tree is a work in progress. Stay tuned!
(They’re not such bad little lights. Still, they are best relegated outdoors. Neither Marley or me needs blue skin or for that matter, a blue Christmas)
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It wouldn’t be a bluuuuuuuue Christmas withouuuuut you!
P.S. I agree about Obama.
“Charlie Brown Christmas” is a God-given right. No doubt. Preach on sista-girl.
I’m with you. The blueish, lavendarish shade cast by LED Christmas lights is not my favorite. We attended the lighting of the tree at the state capitol last weekend. We were all disappointed by the LED white lights that overshadowed the gold. Even the kids commented on how “lousy” the tree looked : (
My husband is trying to get even with me looking so much younger than him (he’s 2 years older, but looks 10 yrs older) by installing all of these bloody energy saving lights.
I can’t see to read. In my bathroom these dumb bulbs take minutes to power up to full strength and then I get the weird color cast. Ridiculous.
Outside, we were able to use older lights for decorations so it looks as it should out there.
I remember those ‘fuzzy’ lights from childhood in the late 70’s. I have to say, when I see those I feel like a kid again. I like the new ones too, and I agree — the blue is a little nicer outside.
Nothing should interrupt Charlie’s Christmas. Humph. Damn politics.
Inside I have normal lights, but I did put out blue icicle lights and I gotta say…that’s wintry magic right there!
I found it very unamerican to cut into the Peanuts Christmas.
I am sure he did not mean it though…did he?
Can’t wait to see your tree as you progress…looking good and blue.
LOL Margo! Can’t wait to see how your tree looks when complete. Oddly enough, we had been doing lots of outdoor lights at Christmas but this year, decided to do “traditional for a 100 year old house” and guess what… it seems all of our neighbors decided to do the opposite. Now our house sits in the dark with all its beautiful garland and red bows amidst the sparkle of our neighbors. *sigh*
My kid wants to put up lights. Being an atheist/Jewish household, we never have. But he wants to put up Mithra lights.
I told him that if he could find the traditional lighting colors of Mithraism, we’d think about it. So far, he hasn’t come back with a color scheme.
I love Charlie Brown. And The Grinch.
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I have blue lights on my Christmas tree, but they’re not LED lights so that doesn’t put me in the same boat as Elvis, does it?
I always wanted blue icicle lights, too, but only because you don’t see them that often. I ended up buying multicolored icicles instead. Just too lazy to put them up this year. My excuse was I wanted to pressure wash the house first. I’ll get them up next year.
At least your tree isn’t red. The red icicle lights & other red lights always make me think of red light districts, not Christmas, but I guess it’s Christmas every day for some there.
Ah yes, the brutal LED lights
We also do our best to be green, but I’d rather have a white roof than unflattering lighting in the house. There’s a CFL lightbulb called, “Daylight” which is the worst light I’ve ever seen in my entire life. It would render the gods of Mount Olympus perfectly hideous. It made me look as if I was the portrait secreted away by Dorian Gray.
Oddly enough, I never particularly like Charlie Brown’s Christmas, but no one should ever interrupt The Year Without a Santa Claus without serious risk to life and limb.
However, as I much prefer Charlie Brown’s Christmas to the continuation of war, I join your outrage.
Oh, I get so sad when I think about light bulbs. Since the incandescent ones will soon be off the market, I’ve started hoarding them. And as blue as the LED might be, they’re a hell of a lot better than those awful corkscrew fluorescents!
Obama – The nerve of that man! Just who does he think he is? Nobody puts Charlie Brown in a corner! (or something like that).
Charlie Brown is an American tradition! And blue lights don’t scare me but my neighbors have multicolored flashing lights – I feel them blinking all night while i’m trying to sleep….
Oh no…Charlie Brown was interrupted by Obama, That does seem wrong. As for the lights I must confess I enjoy the blue lights:) Sorry!
It’s true LED lights do look blue.
I am a big fan of lights. We have a tree decorated in them right outside our door.
I thought I was just imagining the blue light thing! We have colored lights on the Christmas tree this year, but for some reason the only ones that show up through the window outside are the blue ones. We have the most depressing-looking Christmas tree on the block.
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