Why do rich people like white Christmas lights?

[MustISO]

We have a few houses in our neighborhood (650K-900K) with colored lights. I prefer the plain white lights.

 

[xtknight]

Because white is the combination of all the primaries, and rich people want everything.

 

[uberman]

I like blinking multi-colored lights and black velvet paintings.

 

[Eeezee]

I don't know, I really prefer colored lights. My family lives in a pretty classy neighborhood (older, well-established Phoenix suburb), and they put up mostly white lights with a string of colored lights on the roof. Colored lights look so much cooler

 

[badmouse]

Because it's understated, of course.

My expensive suburban neighborhood (north-east NJ) has been infested this last week or 2 with trucks labeled "Tasteful Holiday Designs" or "Festive Exteriors" or something like that. One house down the street had a video crew taping the construction crew that was assembling the decorator's plans. It was easy to see which one was the decorator: she wore ridiculously high heels, a short tight skirt, fancy notebooks, and a lot of makeup. She was really, really old.

A hint: white and blue lights, around here, are either Hannukah decorations or Christmas decorations that the homeowner are hoping will please the Jewish relatives, friends or neighbors.

 

[jlbenedict]

I think its the "in thing". Give it a couple of years and nobody will give a fvck.

 

[forrestroche]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I live in a higher scale neighborhood, and the big thing here is solid colors on the trees and bushes, then those mechanical deer things. For instance, a green tree, a blue bush, a red tree and a moving lit up deer.

Yeah but you're in Ohio.

 

[potato28]

Uh, because they become cheap quick? I don't know, I live in a rich neighborhood and theres only 2 houses out of 35 with white lights.

 

[forrestroche]

Originally posted by: uberman
I like blinking multi-colored lights and black velvet paintings.

And Schlitz.

 

[SoulAssassin]

Originally posted by: spidey07
because we have taste.

colored lights are for the common folk.

qft

 

[daveymark]

we go for the minimalist approach. red and green spot lights placed strategically around the house, aimed at the house

 

[BillyBatson]

yeah white is just classier. a lot of ppl view the color lights as an old thing anyway like something you saw in the 70's just like when peoples kitchens along with the fridge was that aweful olive green looking color forgot what it is called. and how in the 80's and mid 90's everyone bought off white or cream color fridges and now it is hard to find a fridge that is not white or stainless steel.
oh and people use to have those big glass bulbs outside but now people have the little xmas tree looking lights

 

[forrestroche]

Originally posted by: BillyBatson
when peoples kitchens along with the fridge was that aweful olive green looking color forgot what it is called.

AVOCADO

 

[Philippine Mango]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
Every house in my brother's neighborhood ($400-500k houses) has all white Christmas lights. I guess it's seen as classier, to the point where no one at all has colored lights. What compels these people to be so bland and whitebread that even their Christmas lights lack color?

Edit: I realize 400-500k is not a lot in most parts of the country, but this is in a Houston suburb, and one of the most expensive subdivisions in this area. It's expensive enough for Slim Thug to have a house there.

Because they're not christian.... We used to have all white lights around our house because we're not christian..

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: forrestroche

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I live in a higher scale neighborhood, and the big thing here is solid colors on the trees and bushes, then those mechanical deer things. For instance, a green tree, a blue bush, a red tree and a moving lit up deer.

Yeah but you're in Ohio.

...which just shows we know what we're doing Seriously though...the multicolored lights and the "icicle" lights are a bit cliche, but the solid color thing is really in. White is too sterile.

 

[forrestroche]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
White is too sterile.

"Simplicity is the essence of elegance."

- Me, December 3, 2006

 

[biggestmuff]

Why do poor people have bad taste?

You don't see rich people decorating their entire property with all red or all blue lights.

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: forrestroche

Originally posted by: Fritzo
White is too sterile.

"Simplicity is the essence of elegance."

- Me, December 3, 2006

Must be why your parents kept calling you elegant while you were growing up.

 

[forrestroche]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Why do poor people have bad taste?

You don't see rich people decorating their entire property with all red or all blue lights.

You do sometimes. They are called nouveau rich. They live in cookie cutter mansions, drive Navigators or Hummers, and spend more on one surround sound speaker than they will on museum tickets in their entire lifetimes.

 

[Sketcher]

We just put our tree up today. 9' Frasier (our old house had 14' vaulted ceiling so we usually got a 11' Frasier).

-White Lights
-White strings of beads
-White frosted glass ornaments.
-Multi-colored ornaments collected throughout the years.

White shows off your ornaments better than using colored lights AND it provides a good base if you change ornament themes or vary colors of ribbons, beads or tinsel.
That's what we like about it anyway.

 

[pennylane]

White looks classier. I've had both at my house. Multi-colored seems nicer for kids though. I always prefered multi-colors when I was a kid.

 

[Chaotic42]

Why just use individual parts of the visible spectrum when you can use all of them all of the time?

 

[forrestroche]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
Must be why your parents kept calling you elegant while you were growing up.

You really should have pushed "cancel" instead of "reply to topic."

 

[forrestroche]

Originally posted by: Sketcher
We just put our tree up today. 9' Frasier (our old house had 14' vaulted ceiling so we usually got a 11' Frasier).

14' ceiling = rich
14' vaulted ceiling = nouveau rich

 

[jlbenedict]

Is this turning into one of those e-penis threads?