{"id":1558,"date":"2017-12-09T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T13:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2018-02-26T07:56:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T13:56:17","slug":"christmas-from-the-attic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/christmas-from-the-attic\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas from the attic"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"comp-jawsfe8d\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1558-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/wp-contentuploads\/2018\/02\/Christmas-in-the-attic-MIX.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/wp-contentuploads\/2018\/02\/Christmas-in-the-attic-MIX.mp3\">http:\/\/theagingofaquarius.com\/dw_blog\/wp-contentuploads\/2018\/02\/Christmas-in-the-attic-MIX.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Carolann and I spent this past weekend getting Christmas out of the attic.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"comp-jawsuqv3imgimage\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/cd2718_72529a92b6274bb5a5bf2c931640cac0~mv2_d_3024_4032_s_4_2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_176%2Ch_232%2Cal_c%2Cq_80%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/cd2718_72529a92b6274bb5a5bf2c931640cac0~mv2_d_3024_4032_s_4_2.webp?resize=177%2C233&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"177\" height=\"233\" data-type=\"image\" \/>She goes up and hands everything down to me, box after box of Christmas treasures we\u2019ve collected together for nearly\u00a0thirty years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jawsw1tm\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<p class=\"font_8\">A lot of people these days hire professional house light hangers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jawszfzc\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<p class=\"font_8\">They do a beautiful job. Too good, if you ask me. Everything&#8217;s weirdly perfect. And it&#8217;s expensive.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jawt4n9m\" class=\"wp2\" title=\"\" data-exact-height=\"301\" data-content-padding-horizontal=\"0\" data-content-padding-vertical=\"0\">\n<div id=\"comp-jawt4n9mlink\" class=\"wp2link\">\n<div id=\"comp-jawt4n9mimg\" class=\"wp2img\" data-style=\"\">\n<figure style=\"width: 508px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"comp-jawt4n9mimgimage\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/cd2718_f71eabbe1ac54dc2af991be8dd33e14a~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_508%2Ch_301%2Cal_c%2Clg_1%2Cq_80\/cd2718_f71eabbe1ac54dc2af991be8dd33e14a~mv2.webp?resize=508%2C301&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"508\" height=\"301\" data-type=\"image\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is beautiful but it&#8217;s not our house.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jawt7hoz\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<p class=\"font_8\">And I think there&#8217;s something wrong about sitting inside the warm house watching TV while strangers decorate your yard. Wrong for me, anyway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">We used most of what we&#8217;ve had for decades: boxes of tangled, ancient light strands in various sizes, some all-white, some multi-colored; some working, some not. We have one light in the line of dozens along the driveway that flashes. Just one. That&#8217;s fine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jawtc53m\" class=\"wp2\" title=\"\" data-exact-height=\"295\" data-content-padding-horizontal=\"0\" data-content-padding-vertical=\"0\">\n<div id=\"comp-jawtc53mlink\" class=\"wp2link\">\n<div id=\"comp-jawtc53mimg\" class=\"wp2img\" data-style=\"\">\n<figure style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"comp-jawtc53mimgimage\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/cd2718_b437797a3a7547bdac96c60a04a238a8~mv2_d_3024_4032_s_4_2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_221%2Ch_295%2Cal_c%2Cq_80%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/cd2718_b437797a3a7547bdac96c60a04a238a8~mv2_d_3024_4032_s_4_2.webp?resize=221%2C295&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"221\" height=\"295\" data-type=\"image\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Decorating tip: hide cords behind hardscape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jawthq5m\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<p class=\"font_8\">Decorating tip: dangling cords can be hidden behind\u00a0brick columns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jawtjpux\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<p class=\"font_8\">We didn&#8217;t do any precise planning. We sort of decided where to put stuff as we went. The pros get their work done in a couple of hours or less, I guess. We spent two days and part of a third. We&#8217;re still not sure we&#8217;ve finished.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">Through the process we made three or four trips to the big box hardware store and wound up spending almost as much money as we would have for the professionally perfect jobs though ours is a decidedly unprofessional result.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jawtmpv0\" class=\"txtNew\" data-packed=\"true\">\n<p class=\"font_8\">It\u2019s a bit of this and that but I like it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font_8\">We\u2019re proud that we have no giant blowup characters powered by air at night but left to puddle, lifeless, all over the yard during the day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jawtoe59\" class=\"wp2\" title=\"\" data-exact-height=\"242\" data-content-padding-horizontal=\"0\" data-content-padding-vertical=\"0\">\n<div id=\"comp-jawtoe59link\" class=\"wp2link\">\n<div id=\"comp-jawtoe59img\" class=\"wp2img\" data-style=\"\">\n<figure style=\"width: 322px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"comp-jawtoe59imgimage\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/cd2718_3ee6e53696094f08926562e21979950a~mv2_d_4032_3024_s_4_2.jpg\/v1\/fill\/w_322%2Ch_242%2Cal_c%2Cq_80%2Cusm_0.66_1.00_0.01\/cd2718_3ee6e53696094f08926562e21979950a~mv2_d_4032_3024_s_4_2.webp?resize=322%2C242&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"242\" data-type=\"image\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lifeless puddles of inflatable characters. Note Santa hanging from the fence.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"comp-jawts8q2\" class=\"wp2\" title=\"\" data-exact-height=\"352\" data-content-padding-horizontal=\"0\" data-content-padding-vertical=\"0\">\n<div id=\"comp-jawts8q2link\" class=\"wp2link\">\n<div id=\"comp-jawts8q2img\" class=\"wp2img\" data-style=\"\">\u00a0By the time Carolann and I were finished we were both exhausted. 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