1. Beg your dad to put lights up for weeks.
2. Insist that it happen Thanksgiving weekend.
3. Find a treasure trove of lights in the garage, handed down from an elderly neighbor who no longer hangs lights on her house.
4. Happily untangle all lights when Dad protests that they're too tangled.
5. Explain to Dad how to fix imperfect strings of lights.
6. Wrap the solitary tree in the front yard with Christmas lights yourself.
7. Walk 6 houses down the street to borrow a ladder from a neighbor when Dad says he can't hang lights on the edge of the roof because it's too high.
8. Place hooks on the edge of the roof when Dad says he doesn't have a way to hang the lights.
9. If Dad continues to drag his feet, climb up the ladder and hang the lights from the hooks yourself.
10. Sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labors. And don't forget to tell everyone you know that you are solely responsible for the beautiful light display at your house.
So well captured in words! Actually, I use this method with my husband as well:)
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