Holiday decorations and a funny review
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
United States
January 9, 2019 10:13am CST
How long do you keep your holiday decorations up? I tend to put mine up after Thanksgiving and leave them up until the middle of January. I figure - if you are going to the work of putting decorations up, one may as well enjoy them for as long as possible. And there is the issue of - the lights do seem to be so bright and cheery. Once they come down - things seem more grey, dull and boring especially in this winter landscape of white , grey , snow tones....
*sigh*
Maybe I should just keep my tree up year round and switch out the theme of the décor. lol.
But as much as I like it, it is looking fairly cluttered in here, so I'm sure that sometime in the coming week I will take the things down or at least start on it. I do find that the joy it gives me from looking at it - is mixed with the thought that I will have to be taking it down .
Here's an unusual review: this holiday season a friend gave me 2 boxes of prank candy canes one in dill pickle flavor and one in mac n cheese flavor. (Because I love pickles and mac and cheese, not together, though) As tempting as it was to leave them alone - I had to see if it was just witty packaging on yellow and green color canes, or if they actually mimicked the flavors they were supposed to be.
So the first one I tried was the dill pickle one. I was surprised that it actually wasn't bad. It was sweet - but very "dill" flavored. So, if you like sweet pickles - not bad. lol. That said sweet pickles not my first pick, but I did find this to be a very effective candy, surprisingly.
I was excited about the mac and cheese ones. This was less effective as a candy. Sure they were cheese flavor alright, but they were very strong on a sweet candy cane base. It reminded me of dirty socks.
Hilarious product though.....
Photo: Mine - the candy canes
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14 responses
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
9 Jan 19
That's funny. I would have had to at least try them, also. If I ever see them in the store, I'll pass on the dirty sox ones.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
10 Jan 19
Ah yes, their cheese is more feet than cheese lol
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
9 Jan 19
My wife took down the tree, the lights and lantern at the front of the house just yesterday but we are keeping the ones in the garden as we always do. Never tried prank candies.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
10 Jan 19
Ah good work! I'm taking my decorations down today, or at least, most of them.
What kind of ones do you have in your garden?
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@louievill (28846)
• Philippines
11 Jan 19
@FayeHazel the one in the garden are led string lights so we decided that it's not seasonal and beautiful whole year round.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
11 Jan 19
@louievill Oh nice. I love seeing lights out doors year round. I'm in an apartment, though if I were in a house I think I would do that
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Jan 19
I took my decor down around the second or third of the month. I didn't have much. I hardly turned on any of the lights. I was thinking of geting more cheery lights for in here and turning them on. Something with batteries that I can recharge I think.
Also, those are both very interesting. I would be more likely to try the pickle flavored one. It's a bummer that hte mac and cheese one was a bust.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
10 Jan 19
@FayeHazel Yes there are really thin wire lights as well that can be manipulated. I have a set of them but I haven't used them in awhile. I have a set of string lights that say up in my bedroom year round. I don't always turn them on though.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
10 Jan 19
@ScribbledAdNauseum They're so festive :-)
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
10 Jan 19
Ah, sometimes I think that is wisest move. Not much holiday stuff. Putting it out and packing it up (like I'm doing, today) is a bother.
There are many kind of lights you can get now that are battery operated for in door use - …. makes things a bit more cheery :-)
Pickle actually wasn't bad - I'm not tempted to eat more of it - but not as bad as someone would think
@amadeo (111937)
• United States
10 Jan 19
@FayeHazel Yes the regular ones hare horrible.I gag on it.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
12 Jan 19
@FayeHazel Especially since you don't spend much time at home right now.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
13 Jan 19
@just4him True. Got mine down - tomorrow I will start at the folk's place. Just a few things at a time, I think
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
10 Jan 19
Ah yes, I love the both flavors too, but agree, they are best in non-candy form.
Ah good for you! Hold out - as for me? I'm taking mine down for the most part today. I was thinking to leave them, but I have both mine, and my parents to do.... so better do mine first
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
11 Jan 19
We have stockings on the livingroom and stair walls that we leave up 24/7. But our tree goes up (usually) thanksgiving after dinner, and comes down sometime early to mid January. However. This year the teee went up the night after thanksgiving, and we may keep the tree up all month. As we have nothing in that corner of the livingroom anymore, especially for light.
Those definitely dont sound like good ideas to me lol, but people sure do come up with some funny / strange things!
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@Courtlynn (67089)
• United States
11 Jan 19
@FayeHazel plus cheap compared to regular lights , least thats what weve been told.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
11 Jan 19
@Courtlynn Oh yeah, I would think so with those little LED light bulbs in there
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
11 Jan 19
I think it's awesome you keep your stockings up year round. I totally don't blame you for keeping the tree up, either. Christmas tree lighting is, I don't know... just so nice. :-D
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@GardenGerty (169448)
• United States
27 Jan 19
Thanks for the review of the candy canes. I had seen them online and wondered about them.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
29 Jan 19
You bet - I wondered if they were just colored or if they actually tasted like the flavors mentioned
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
10 Jan 19
Ah at least you got the decorations out of the way. I'm taking mine down, mostly, today
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
10 Jan 19
Me either, I would far rather have my mac n cheese and pickles in their usual form :-)
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
10 Jan 19
Ah, well, after I took pics of the boxes, I admit that I did throw them out. I didn't want to eat them, and didn't see the point of packing them up
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
9 Jan 19
Never thought candiescould come in prank flavours
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
10 Jan 19
Surprise! A long while ago there were "Bertie Botts" too, they were a jelly bean based off of the Harry Potter series - some were nice and some were bad flavors
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@responsiveme (22923)
• India
11 Jan 19
@FayeHazel ha ha...But I would stick to safe chocolate....Boring Ol me
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@dgobucks226 (37621)
•
17 Jan 19
Ok now pickle-flavored candy canes is out there but I draw the line at candy canes which taste of smelly foot odor 
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
17 Jan 19
Ah yes, I was so hopeful that the mac n cheese would be tasty but nope... tastes like feet ugh! lol
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
10 Jan 19
Ah yes, I think the holidays should be mirthful
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