{"id":4408,"date":"2014-01-08T23:11:54","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T06:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4408"},"modified":"2014-01-08T23:11:54","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T06:11:54","slug":"families-put-away-xmas-lights-knowing-they-mysteriously-wont-work-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=4408","title":{"rendered":"Families Put Away Xmas Lights Knowing they Mysteriously Won\u2019t Work Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[<a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/putting-christmas-lights-away.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/putting-christmas-lights-away-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"putting christmas lights away\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4409\" \/><\/a>Now that the Holidays are over, Stapleton residents are busy <a href=\"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/posts\/wife-updates-will-and-estate-plan-day-before-insisting-husband-put-lights-up-on-icy-roof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">taking down their Christmas lights<\/a> and decorations.  Parents hurry to make sure they get the tree down in time to put it out for recycling (which is this week).\nThe frustrating part for people is knowing they will have to replace all of the lights they are packing this year.  \u201cEvery year, we unpack the lights, and for some reason, they don\u2019t work,\u201d said resident Bryan Carman.  \u201cThe tree lights, the lights we put on the house, all of it.  So, we end up buying brand new ones at Target every year.  But, I still pack them with the hope they will work the next year.\u201d\n<!--more-->\nOther residents share similar experiences.  \u201cI have even tried to buy brand new ones heavily discounted right after the holidays,\u201d said Lisa Becker.  \u201cI pack those away, and when the next year comes, those aren\u2019t working either.  It\u2019s pretty annoying.\u201d  Another thing that often happens to residents is some of the lights will work and some won\u2019t.  \u201cThe worst thing that can happen is that only some of your lights work,\u201d said David Wolf.  \u201cThen, instead of just buying a bunch of new lights, you spend hours trying to match a very specific white.  How in the hell can there be that many shades of white?  Just pisses me off.\u201d\nMost Christmas lights don\u2019t come with any warranties, and they are cheap enough people don\u2019t return them.  \u201cThis is the last year I am packing these things,\u201d said Wolf.  \u201cNext year, I am just giving myself a reminder that I need to just throw them out, and start over the next year.  It is a new year, after all.\u201d  Not bad advice for residents tormented with this every holiday season.\n]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-4408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-issue-71","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}