christmas lights and exterior paint

With the Christmas (and I do mean Christmas!) season quickly approaching, our neighbourhood is alight with thousands of twinkling lights. We really enjoy walking around our community after dark, checking out the various light displays. Most of our neighbours get into the spirit of the season and put, at very least, a string of lights across their eaves. Ikea would be pleased with the number of strings of star lights visible on our street alone! The result of everyone’s hard work is an almost magical effect that should warm even the Scroogiest of hearts.

When it comes to any kind of decor, I know we all have personal preferences. In terms of lights, I prefer to keep it simple with small white lights. Simple and elegant, so so like me! I admit that I don’t really care for all red or all blue displays but I still enjoy the overall effect on the night sky. Here’s the thing, there is such a thing as overkill. Cramming as many lights as you possibily can onto any surface that will hold one is, quite simply, WRONG! Your exterior should never look like an elf or worse, community of elves threw up all over it! Please, for the sake of city’s electricity supply and my eyes, less is really more.

While I am on the subject of exteriors, I would like to add that electric blue, pink of any shade, lime green and mauve are simply not colours that are meant to adorn the outside of any home (barring coastal cities where the general population participates). If I ever become mayor, my first objective will be to institue architectural control and ban such shades.

Thanks in advance for your kind co-operation!

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