amd250 40 Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 I like it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
johnnygriswold 31 Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 very nice!!! will look great at night Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deanathpc 11 Posted October 29, 2013 Report Share Posted October 29, 2013 That is an awesome donation! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BaldEagleChristmas 24 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Wow! That looks wonderful! Did your friend have a display that is no longer? Just curious. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
basketballmail2 10 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 That's really cool, I like it! Nice friend to think of you Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bucsfan15 18 Posted October 30, 2013 Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 Very nice I like it a lot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
amd250 40 Posted October 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2013 She didn't know how to put it together after she bought it and didn't want to mess with it anoymore. I told her I would show her how, and she said no it's yours. I was going to fight her about that lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Billings North Pole 0 Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 Totally cool nice score! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
NH - Dave 23 Posted November 2, 2013 Report Share Posted November 2, 2013 This is a great hobby/obsession when you have friends and neighbors donating their older/unused items to your display. I have my "elves" (setup crew) keeping an eye out for all sorts of steals and deals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mjs805 13 Posted November 3, 2013 Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 A couple of years back, just after Christmas, a guy came to our door and told my wife he had a bunch of wire frames that he got from his sister's estate and he wanted to donate them to our display. A couple of days later, I came home from work and a bunch of boxes were leaning against the house. There were 8 reindeer and a santa sleigh. They were very old, but still in the original boxes. The wire frames were better made than anything you can get these days, but the light sets were in really bad shape. Over the summer that year, I took them out and harvested enough working lights to get three reindeer working with the legs in motion, using the original controllers. They didn't exactly fit with my display, but I felt I had to find a place for them since he was kind enough to donate them and because they meant something to him, coming from his deceased sister. They have been a part of my display since. Maybe one of these years I will get ambitious enough to re-wire the rest of the set. I can't bring myself to get rid of the rest of the frames. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hilgi 0 Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 We have had people anonymously put a couple boxes of lights and some treats on our porch along with a nice note. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattCook 1 Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 We had a lady stop by last night as we were putting up our lights drop off a pizza. Always a nice gesture. My neighbors, on the otherside, never acknowledge our display LOL... maybe thats a good thing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fredo675 0 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Last year a neighbor from a few houses down hand delivered a steak he cooked on the grill for me. Also a few gift baskets dropped off on the front porch from others. It was my first year decorating at our new house, and we really don't know the neighbors. The lights are always a good "conversation starter". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SparkyGriswold 0 Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Whenever I visit this forum I always wish I lived in America - especially so, when I read the nice things in this thread here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cicadafx 0 Posted November 15, 2013 Report Share Posted November 15, 2013 Pizza, cakes, fresh-baked cookies, cash, beer! People can be very appreciative. The fire department stopped by and helped string lights for a few hours on year... I'm beginning to think I need to keep doing this... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crimson Lane Lights Etown 22 Posted November 16, 2013 Report Share Posted November 16, 2013 I got a thank you card ,a pointsetta and a smile from a 7 year old for whom I played a sequenced Birthday Song. Of course at the time indicated by her Mom who called to arrange it! Cool stuff! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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