| 1. | twinkle lights | ||
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Christmas/Holiday lights that are small, sometimes colorful lights to be strung indoors or outdoors. In You've Got Mail Kathleen Kelly is excited to hang her twinkle lights in her children's book store to improve the atmosphere and ambiance.
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| 2. | lazy lights | ||
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Christmas holiday lights that do not get taken down for weeks after the holiday season has passed. Johnny: Hey man, what day is it?
Andrew: January 25... why? Johnny: Well I was checkin' out that guys lazy lights. It's been a month since Christmas! |
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| 3. | Griswold | ||
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(noun) A house or display that has been decorated with way too many holiday lights, so as to be almost blinding. Origin is from the 1980s movie "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation," starring Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold. I can see that house from a mile away. It's a real Griswold.
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| 4. | Griswald syndrome | ||
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Fear or anger felt upon the realization that you neighbors have more holiday lights than you do. Lori developed Griswald syndrome after seeing her neighbors Christmas lights. All she talks about is how she needs to get more lights up.
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| 5. | Griswoldian Christmas Display | ||
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From the 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation' movie character, Clark Griswold and his overdone Christmas lights display. Any obscenely over-the-top holiday lights display on someone's home. Often done in an insanely competitive, anti- "peace on Earth, goodwill towards men" desire to outdo and one-up the neighbors. Jack: Dude, you're late for work again. And you've been looking like hell lately. What's up?
Shawn: I haven't had any sleep in days. My neighbor's Griswoldian Christmas display is so freakin' bright it's been keeping me up all night. AND it's draining so much power it caused a black out in my neighborhood last night, so my alarm clock didn't go off! |
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| 6. | Holiday Vandalism | ||
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Destroying the holiday lights/santas, tipping raindeer and ruining any and all hard work . Dude, last night we wrecked the neighborhood's lights on our holiday vandalism streak.
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| 7. | Thanksgiving Lights | ||
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Christmas Lights that are put up before Thanksgiving. (for people who are sick and tired off anti-procrastinators putting their lights up to early) Person 1:Dude....That guy has his Christmas Lights up already
Person 2: Na man, those are just Thanksgiving lights. |
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