Monday, November 26, 2012
Did you decorate your house for the holidays this year? Enter our "Deck the House" contest and you could win $100,000 for your local school district and $500 to pay your electric bills!
We’re launching our annual Deck the House Contest to find the most over-the-top holiday decorations in America—the best “decked” house in the country—the one home so spectacularly decorated that everyone in town jokes your holiday decorations could rival Rockefeller Center’s. If this sounds like your house, upload a photo or video of your home to our contest page from Nov. 26 to Dec. 16 to deckthehouse.patch.com/contest/dunwoody. Only residents of Patch towns are eligible to enter. We’ll select 24 regional finalists, and from them, pick one grand prize winner. Patch will pay up to $500 of the utility bill for each finalist, while our national winner will have $100,000 donated to his or her local school district. Our contest is right …
The Christmas season is coming up and many will have to make the choice: real or fake?
For the purists, a fake tree would never grace the middle of the living room. No fragrant scent, no dice. On the other hand, what’s the point of cutting down or buying a real tree just so it can sit in your house for a couple of weeks, drip sap and drop needles all over the living room rug? There’s a choice to be made for sure and the season is upon us. So which way are you going this year? Do you plan to pull out the artificial tree or go buy one for the season? According to the National Christmas Tree Association, the number of real trees purchased in 2010 was 27 million, while fake trees were 8.2 million (note: you only need to buy an artificial tree once). So what are your thoughts - does a tree need to be real or does an artificial …
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Area retailers are pulling out the decorations for the biggest Christian holiday of the year. And if you're looking for a decked out tree, a lit up Snoopy, a row of nutcrackers and all the rest of the decorating trimmings - hit it - they're already here.
When I rushed into the The Home Depot on Peachtree Dunwoody Road on Thursday around 8 a.m. (impressively they open at 6 a.m.); it was banked by its orderly, well-labeled rows of fastners, home decorations, flooring and plants. And helpful workers in their signature orange vests. I was there for a renovation project that required the help of a guy who turned out to be a really knowledgable orange-vested worker. He explained the problem, helped me hunt down the solution, and even had the patience to let me quiz him so there would be no chance of a return visit on this. All due respect, sifting through metal dowels wasn't my best experience there, With the fasteners licked, I fell into the sort of amazement when I saw the Christmas …
Jason Massad
6:40 am on Monday, November 5, 2012
Thanks for you comment. But doesn't the "stuff" celebrating Christmas build the anticipatiion you speak of? But I agree .... I'm not right. It was simply an experience that created an opinion. more ›