By agmoore on Skatehive
I put up Christmas lights this year, and I put them up early. It turns out, that's not a bad thing. If I needed validation for my decoration exuberance, a study published on Mental Health Floss offers it. That study boldly states, "Eager decorators...are happier". Also, "For many, putting up Christmas decorations early is a way for them to reconnect with their childhoods." I will admit right here that I love Christmas lights. They are a welcome distraction, a bit of fantasy when other pieces of life are spinning out of control. I can't listen to the news anymore. I check in briefly to learn the most recent affront to decency. Then I turn it off. Christmas lights are pretend. I'm good at that. And I fit right in with my neighbors. As you can see from the pictures on this page, people like to decorate in my small suburban community. They decorate in early October for Halloween. Thanksgiving gets its due, also, with those decorations often going up even before the Halloween decorations ha