The Christmas lights are up again. There were whispers of doing something different this year but when it was all said and done I ended up doing the same thing we've done the last few years. The twist this year is that they go across the front of the porch three times, up from two last year, and only once the year before (the first time we did it like this). It's so nice to not put the lights on the damn dog wood tree anymore. Also, we are five days ahead of last year's pace.