Christmas light law

[fiddlefool]

I was listening to WBBM last night on my way to Illinois...
The city of Aurora has proposed a new law...
That all lights must be down 60 days after Christmas, or the property owner can be fined up to $500!

:eek:

I'm trying to find a link...

[ibanez_player]

that is just stupid, and i don't think it's terribly consitutional either

[ayfan]

How about all the houses that still have decorations from past holidays up still? Any fines for that :confused: ?

I still see plenty of holloween decorations and the occasion Easter egg hanging on a tree :eek: .

[ibanez_player]

we still have our christmas lights (and i think our wreath too) on our door from last year

[Psalm25Gomer]

we still have our christmas lights (and i think our wreath too) on our door from last year

:eek:

[ibanez_player]

:eek:
yup. :D my dad used to do it on his office door at work until they banned wreaths altogether as a fire hazard.

[Pouye]

yup. :D my dad used to do it on his office door at work until they banned wreaths altogether as a fire hazard.

I think houses and offices are a fire hazard, too... we should all live in caves.

Rock

:rolleyes:

[coldcupofjoe]

I'm a fire hazard. >:- )

[fiddlefool]

*hides in the bathtub and turns the water on high*

[Yh!SlrpSpdr]

You should hear about what he did with a microwave and bag of popcorn.

[coldcupofjoe]

You don't want to know.

[Yh!SlrpSpdr]

I bet they do.

[coldcupofjoe]

I would bet you're gonna be hurt in the near future.

[middletree]

I was listening to WBBM last night on my way to Illinois...
The city of Aurora has proposed a new law...
That all lights must be down 60 days after Christmas, or the property owner can be fined up to $500!

Maybe Falwell and Dobson will conclude that this is an example of religious persecution.

[Jaymze13]

Maybe they're trying to keep neighborhoods from looking like trailer parks. I would have been more concerned if they started try to prohibit it period.

I bet the Halloween light craze (which I have no problem with) probably started with people who left thier Chirstmas lights on all year and just turned them on early. :cool:

[Sam!]

What's wrong with trailer parks?

[wbthornton]

There's a street in Austin TX you people need to see :D

[Jumpychocofreak]

That is very weird. Because some people put lights on their roof, and don't want to deal with having to climb on the roof again next year so they leave them. It's also fun to drive by a house in February and find out they still have their Christmas lights up. Because then you get to laugh. I don't like that new rule, I like laughing. :D

[JoFro1524]

I dont think thats right because what if there are people who are elderly and just leave them up all year round because there not well enough to take them down, or if you broke both you legs or something crazy like that... yeah i dont quite agree with that.

[JoFro1524]

There's also a law in Michigan where you cant tie your aligator on a public light post, telephone poll or anything like that or you will recieve a fine and or some jail time, i found that one funny...

What about crocidile...

[sgonda]

How on earth can a law like that pass? If they want to pass a good law...they should make people who have a yard/garage sale take down their signs within 24 hours of the sale ending! Some people put their signs up all over town with no intention at all of ever taking them down. They should require the person's address be on the sign somewhere so an officer can issue a ticket after the 24 hours...like $10 or something...per sign. How's that for sorta getting off-track. Christmas lights...it's just another attempt to harrass Christians, let's face it.

[Jake]

How on earth can a law like that pass? If they want to pass a good law...they should make people who have a yard/garage sale take down their signs within 24 hours of the sale ending! Some people put their signs up all over town with no intention at all of ever taking them down. They should require the person's address be on the sign somewhere so an officer can issue a ticket after the 24 hours...like $10 or something...per sign. How's that for sorta getting off-track. Christmas lights...it's just another attempt to harrass Christians, let's face it.

Please....please....pleas e tell me that last part is a joke

[prayercloth sis]

I have a neighbor that leaves his lights up all year and uses them for nite lights..

to each his own..

rhonie

[Pouye]

I have a neighbor that leaves his lights up all year and uses them for nite lights..

to each his own..

rhonie

If someone told me to take my Christmas lights down, I would tell them that they weren't Christmas lights, but Easter lights -- and I that I was just getting an early start on celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ with a few lights to remind me that He is the Light of the World...


:D

Rock

[kiwisongbird]

people here leave New Year decorations up all year round - all through the streets in town there are lights on the bars etc all year round - they're pretty.. :)

Um, how can this law be hassling Christians - I too hoped that comment was a joke ? :)

[ibanez_player]

here's a link i think:
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.c om/beaconnews/top/2_1_AU16_XMAS_S1.htm

[NotMyOwn]

I was listening to WBBM last night on my way to Illinois...
The city of Aurora has proposed a new law...
That all lights must be down 60 days after Christmas, or the property owner can be fined up to $500!

:eek:

I'm trying to find a link...

I am not that far from Aurora and I haven't heard anything about that. If they decide to do that, it is certainly within their authority to do so, just like our town will cut your grass and charge you for it if it gets above eight inches.

[prayercloth sis]

I am not that far from Aurora and I haven't heard anything about that. If they decide to do that, it is certainly within their authority to do so, just like our town will cut your grass and charge you for it if it gets above eight inches.


Just totally wish our town would do that....cut the grass..haul of the junk and trash..and then send a great big old huge bill.....


Fighting to keep my neighborhood clean....

Rhonie

[Sam!]

Who does it HURT and whose rights are violated if I leave my Christmas lights up all year?

[ICarlson99]

I know homeowner's associations have the ability to enforce something stupid like this. I'd be surprised if a city can, though - I suppose technically they can call it a public nuisance, or a "blight" or something, but that'd be a tough sell.