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Originally Posted by bob-loblaw
Anytime after Remembrance Day is fine. I usually leave outside lights on until after Ukrainian Christmas, but inside we take things down usually before the kids go back to school in the new year.
There should be a bylaw to take outside lights down by the mid-February at the latest. If Bill Smith made this one of his platforms I would have voted for him. Why should we have to look at all the houses with lights dangling off their house year round? People spend hours on their lawns and flowers in the summer but yet leave their crappy lights hanging off their houses.
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Counterpoint, and mentioned by Speede5 a few posts ago. Northern (ie Canadian) winters are pretty bleak and it's dark for many hours. Lights can make a dark and bleak winter night a little nicer. I have no problem with anyone who wants to leave them on through January and even February if they want. I mean people put up Halloween lights in early October now so why not leave up lights well into the New Year. January and February are a long slog of dreariness to get through, some color in the darkness certainly helps.