The twelve days of Christmas traditionally end on Three Kings Day, January 6th. On Tuesday, February 6th, many homeowners still had not taken down their Christmas lights. They blamed the season’s snowstorms and cold weather. Many homeowners associations have decided to give homeowners a break.
“I was waiting to get a phone call, I’m glad it hasn’t come yet,” said Jeff Hoffmeister. For about a month, he has been procrastinating on packing away his Christmas lights.
He blamed the wild weather. “You know we’ve had a lot of snow here. I just haven’t wanted to get up on the roof yet.”
Mary Anne Miller has also been putting it off. “We have just a couple of wreaths to take down and we left the lights on one of our trees, but because of the snow we couldn’t get to it,” she said.
Fortunately for Hoffmeister and Miller, the Flying Horse Homeowners Association has been patient. “They’ve gotten more snow than other parts of town, without a doubt,” said Chuck Fowler, Flying Horse HOA Manager.
But as the snow melts, that patience is wearing thin. “I’m sure some people are just being lazy about it,” Fowler said.
Hoffmeister said his lights would come down over the weekend. “So if you come back and do a follow up story, you shouldn’t see any lights on the house,” he said.
The Flying Horse HOA uses a January 15th guideline for removing Christmas lights. But it is not a covenant, so on a case by case basis, homeowners have a little more flexibility.
However, the HOA plans to soon send a courtesy letter, strongly recommending homeowners remove those lights within a couple of weeks.
With: fox21news.com
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