I generally have the Christmas lights up well before Thanksgiving, on one of the last warm days as the holidays approach but we were gone so that's not done yet. Got about 1/2 done with the house today before the rain hit, getting to a stopping point in the drizzle, so will be looking for opportunities to finish the house, and get the barn lights in place before Thursday. Our traditional lighting is dark thirty on Thanksgiving Day, into January a few days. Need to get back into the barn on the '32, but my incentive gets a bit weak when the ambient is below freezing....