that their outside christmas decorations are extremly bad for the enviroment, look terrible and do my head in? if yes,do you think i should knock on doors or send notes?
2007-12-02 01:47:09 · 28 answers · asked by ms sensible 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
arrr your all insane. theres people starving in the world and you want me to join in wasting money, time,energy n power on this sham???????? ill be putting decs up in my house that ive owned for 6 years and use no power. think on you all
2007-12-02 02:05:30 · update #1
and do you think that christ (if he ever exsisted) would say yeah plugg it in lets have a disco and sod the planet its my birthday?
2007-12-02 02:09:42 · update #2
I tend to agree with you but no matter what action you take the offenders will take no notice. Being eco friendly is only an option when they are not effected. Furthermore I would bet that only one in ten of your neighbours are real Christians. Most celebrate Christmas because it is a habit and have no idea or do not even care that it is a religious festival celebrating the birth of Jesus.
The Christmas light thing outside the house is a form of showing off and some peoples lives are so boring that they try to impress others in this way.
You do have a happy and blessed Christmas.
2007-12-02 02:13:45 · answer #1 · answered by ANF 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Ms Sensible --
They probably won't listen. That's the horrifying truth. I know for a fact that christmas decorations are bad for the environment - but think about your computer electricity right now. That's bad for the environment too.
Sending notes through a few people's doors wont make a difference. There's billions of people got christmas decorations up.. 50 people won't change the way the world feels
2007-12-02 12:07:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No of course not.
It's only for a week or two each year.
You mustn't spoil other people's pleasure - you are obviously in the minority - so you're just going to have to accept it.
Get some cheer - Maybe you should ask yourself why you're not a happy person at the moment instead of wingeing......?
2007-12-02 10:29:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I wouldn't tell them. There are much bigger problems in the world for the environment than some Christmas lights for a few weeks out of the year.
2007-12-02 10:48:39 · answer #4 · answered by Bears Mom 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'd stay away from that issue, with your neighbors, if I were you.. you'll get a reputation as a crazy person....it's only for a few weeks of the year... and makes folks happy...
If you don't like it... buy the folks energy efficient LED Christmas decorations, and be nice about it...
2007-12-02 10:15:13 · answer #5 · answered by Foggy Idea 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
no
bah humbug
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I save money and power too by enjoying other ppls lights but do the traditional no power decs at home. I'm not sure how that helps starving people in the world or saves the planet and seeing as geological processes make up 95% of global warming, 5% is manmade and the planet is coming out of a mini ice age, there's rally not that much we can do to stop it.
co2 doesn't cause global warming, global warming causes co2
2007-12-02 09:50:32 · answer #6 · answered by OzDonna 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I'd do it anonymously if I were you. I doubt anyone will take notice though. Maybe you could make a difference if you campaigned to your local council. It might also be useful to suggest environmentally friendly alternatives.
To the people saying not to spoil Christmas for the people. Would you be happy if the environment were irreparably damaged, but everyone had a good Christmas?
2007-12-02 09:58:03 · answer #7 · answered by JC 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, why don't you go knock on your neighbors doors and tell them how bad they are for celebrating Christmas, just make sure you have enough money to bail your self out on Monday morning.
2007-12-02 10:14:05 · answer #8 · answered by huckleberryjoe 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
You've got the whole year to live through afterwards, do you really want to ensure the wrath of your neighbours for ever after.
2007-12-02 17:34:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with you but do you really want to spoil your friendship with your neighbours and make everyone in your street hate you just for a couple of decorations?
2007-12-02 12:14:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋