My boss wants me to find somebody to set up exterior Christmas lights on our building this year, and I haven't the slightest clue of where to go for that. Has anybody done anything like this before? Any companies you would recommend or advise against? Thanks.

11/16/2009 5:37:24 PM

i actually know someone that does this. where are you located?

11/16/2009 5:52:10 PM

Cary.

11/16/2009 5:56:21 PM

my parents used to have this done to their house in greensboro. it was built on a hill and because of the basement, the back side of the house was effectively 3 stories up.

sorry that doesn't really help.

11/16/2009 6:41:52 PM

saw some on craigslist

11/16/2009 7:21:12 PM

hell, how much do they want to pay? i'll throw some lights up...

11/16/2009 7:50:43 PM

The Contractor next door to me growing up would do it for businesses. I would just call a contractor.....they are also insured if they fall off your roof.

11/16/2009 9:29:07 PM

sorry, the guy i was thinking of services the atlanta metro area.

11/16/2009 11:00:27 PM

yea, make sure you get someone insured, you dont want to be sued for someone falling

11/17/2009 4:38:59 AM

Each year we scale back a little bit more for Christmas. They even did away with providing food for lunch, it's a pot luck now. Better than layoffs though.

I need to work for a place that can still do things like pay people to put up lights for them.

[Edited on November 17, 2009 at 8:21 AM. Reason : -]

11/17/2009 8:10:10 AM

^ Last year we had our first company xmas dinner at the Angus Barn. Rented out the new lodge building they had and all that. Hired the dude who was on Iron Chef to make our dinner. 60+ people. Pretty big event.


Two months later, they laid off 75% of the company and closed the Chicago office.



Fail.

[Edited on November 17, 2009 at 10:38 AM. Reason : .]

11/17/2009 10:38:05 AM

^You talking about Walter Royals the executive chef of the Angus Barn?

11/20/2009 9:48:49 AM

^ yeah, I guess. I dunno. I wasn't that impressed, to be honest.

11/22/2009 10:51:54 PM

I've always heard Angus Barn was more hype than anything else.

11/30/2009 12:02:54 AM

I would say that this person knows a thing or two about how to decorate for Christmas:

11/30/2009 12:21:51 AM

haha damn that's badass. Where is that house?

11/30/2009 7:33:50 AM

that looks pretty tacky imo

11/30/2009 8:03:47 AM

I would say they know a thing or two about putting up lights, but nothing about decorating.

11/30/2009 8:31:19 AM

i'll do it. check out my portfolio:

11/30/2009 8:33:36 AM

I will admit that the pictures aren't the best but I challenge any of you to actually go out there in person and then call them "tacky".

11/30/2009 2:30:06 PM

It's got nothing to do with the pictures or quality of.

Excess != taste

11/30/2009 2:36:47 PM

I would argue that in this case it's tasteful "excess". It's a hell of a lot better than that clown outside of Cary with a lit up fire truck, boat and t-rex. Plus, the yard mentioned above is quite large and would look even worse with dark splotches everywhere. I will concede that inflatables are hideous but I got out voted.

[Edited on November 30, 2009 at 2:43 PM. Reason : .]

11/30/2009 2:42:38 PM

there's a guy in cary with a xmas t-rex?
will have to check that out some time.

11/30/2009 9:57:51 PM