Okay, so I cracked...

Today was the horse drawn carriage day where I live.

I resisted decorating!
I really did.

Well, I resisted until an hour before it all began.
I don't want to hear anything out of any of you!
We ALL knew I was going to do it!

There was no way I was decorating the outside for Christmas, so I did the next best thing - or, really, the best thing in my opinion.  I decorated the inside of my house instead.

It fits into every ones expectations.  I have 14 windows between my living room and dining room so you can basically see straight through those two rooms when the blinds are open and the curtains are pulled back right.

There are three glass doors into the house and each has 15 panes of glass to them.  One of them is now sporting 5 lit up candy canes holiday lights!

I do GET that the lights I used were meant for outdoor use.
This means exactly nothing to me.

With the exception that the candy cane lights get stuck on the outside with those clear rubber suckers that stick to a window and then you hang the string on them.

I learned the hard way that they stick - not as well in the heat.
I NEEDED AN ENGINEER!

Since I don't have an engineer handy, like a jackass, I licked every one of those suckers to get them to stick to the door panes.

IT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED!
Okay, that and I don't know where the duct tape is.

The twinkling snowflake porch lights are now dividing the living room and dining room; across the 9 foot archway.  They hang down nicely!  Soft lights.  It's says, "warmth."

And how did I accomplish this?  I did it the girl way!  With some clear tacks and the handle of a screwdriver up on a chair.

God damn it, Grant... bring back the fucking hammer for cryin' out loud!

I filled a tall crystal vase with tiny red lights and put it next to the fireplace on the floor.  My fireplace mantle has white sheers with tiny white lights underneath it to give it a soft glow - and to hide the wires.

I even have a giant snowflake up at the very top window of the attic.

The emerald green runner is on the dining room table and the fake tall tree in the dining room is also covered in tiny white lights.

I wasn't ambitious enough to chuck the actual Christmas Tree down two flights of stairs, but that's okay.  I think this is actually prettier.

Mostly because my stupid tree is only 7' and my ceilings are 9' so the tree looks totally lost with all that space above it anyway... but I'll get to that another day...

There are electrical cords EVERYWHERE and I LIKE IT LIKE THAT!
Spoken as the daughter of a Master Electrician...

It's probably a good thing that the little white Christmas trees I have in the garage are put into the ground with spikes, so I can't put them in the house...

I do, however, have a Santa being pulled by Reindeer in the garage that I keep debating about - because make no mistake, if I'm moved enough, that fat bastard is getting dragged into the house and put in front of the fireplace.

Anyway, I met the deadline [because we never run out of time!  Even at the 11th hour!] - and I have zero issue with the fact that it's all held together with spit and tacks!  It's pretty!

Merry Christmas!

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There are 12 cars out in front of my house.  Stopped.  People walking all around.  I can't even sit in the living room without feeling like I'm in a fish tank with everyone staring at me.  Good Lord.