Views of the Neighborhood – Leftover Holiday Decorations

~ John W. Howell

Now that all the ice is gone from the neighborhood and the holidays are past, let’s take a tour and see how many decorations are left over. We are catered by Aba in Austin. Our entertainment is NSYNC.

Menu

BLACKBERRY DROP BISCUIT – blackberry compote, balsamic whipped cream

AVOCADO TOAST  – pomegranate, preserved lemon, mint

AÇAÍ BOWL – blueberry, banana, pomegranate, dukkah, coconut, mint

KHACHAPURI – baked egg, cremini mushroom, graviera, green onion

SHORT RIB SHAKSHUKA – local eggs, spicy harissa, graviera, roasted potato

KEFTA & EGGS – lamb & beef kefta, fried eggs, tzatziki, lemon dill rice

SHAWARMA-SPICED SKIRT STEAK & EGGS – fried eggs, crispy potato, tzatziki

JERUSALEM BAGEL & SMOKED SALMON SPREAD – sumac red onion, tomato, caper, labneh

Picture of an old time school bus

Let’s get on the bus.

Okay, we have some wreaths and lights. It could be a winter decoration, but maybe not.

Deflated penguin from Frozen. Not only left over but sad.

Definitely left over lights and a hat. Let’s not even discuss the green folks, dragons, and other stuff.

Definitely need to come down. Leftover decorations.

Holiday decorations for sure. I hope whatever is in the packages is water- and freeze-resistant.

Holiday lights for sure, unless these folks need the light to find the front door.

Could be playmates for the deer in the neighborhood. Nah. Leftover decoration

A beacon for the mail person? I don’t think so. Leftover decoration.

Yes, I had to take the photo from behind, but it still counts as a leftover decoration.

At least it is out of the house. So it doesn’t count as a leftover decoration.

We have finished the tour, and it is time for food and music. I hope you have a lovely week.

68 thoughts on “Views of the Neighborhood – Leftover Holiday Decorations”

  6. Living in Michigan, I can understand why people want to keep the Christmas lights up. If there isn’t snow on the ground, reflecting
    the light, it’s often very overcast and gloomy here.

    But as much as I like Christmas lights, I usually make a point to get mine down during the first week of January – shortly before I return to teaching after holiday

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  9. I would love the bagel with salmon – we are “snowed in” this morning – we had 3 inches – and everything is closed (it’s the South). I loved the boy bands so the music this morning is wonderful!

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  10. Here in Central Illinois, where temps have been way below freezing and there’s a bunch of snow on the ground, I can understand folks not wanting to remove Christmas decorations. Besides the cold, it’s kind of nice seeing lights on these gray days. Still, I got mine down during the one day we had that wasn’t horrid. Part of me finds that deflated penguin awfully sad, and that Christmas tree is just begging to be recycled.

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  14. I gave up putting lights and decorations anywhere that required a ladder to get them down. The weather never cooperates.

    I’ll have that skirt steak & eggs – fried eggs, crispy potato, tzatziki (I had to look that up, but it looks pretty good).

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  15. Hahaha laughing at the left over decoration. We have rats in the attic we’re trapping out so the xmas clutter is still in the room waiting to go back “home”. My mantra.. “go with the flow”. Xmas in February.. yikes. xx

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  16. In our cold temps, you can understand why the decorations stick around for a bit… they wait until they are sure not to get frostbite! I have taken walks in March and noted the decorations still up! Now that is ridiculous…

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  17. Maybe they just forgot to bring in that last one. The green Martian? group is really weird but I guess the Santa hat was their nod to Christmas. I’ll have the avocado toast, thank you. Glad to have the regular bus back.

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  19. There’s a house I pass on the way to the gym where they leave a couple of skeletons sitting on a bench year round – but they’re dressed up for each holiday. It’s always amusing to see them wearing bunny ears around Easter.

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  21. While I took my decor down Christmas afternoon (I always take it down right after gifts have been opened), I did the Christmas cards that had been forwarded from the post office but they’re gone now. 😉 Funny folks in your neighborhood (and a couple just weird-the alien house with all the other stuff-whoa!).

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  23. I’m always surprised that they are still up… but sometimes there’s a reason. We left everything up, inside and outside until 2 weeks ago. We had little children visiting, it was a special day.

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