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Holiday Decorating

Monday, December 3, 2012

Ask the Patch Pro: Seeking Holiday Decorating Experts

Patch is looking for experts who can share their expertise on lights, sales, party planning and more.

Christmas lights, Santa and snowmen are popping up throughout most of our neighborhoods now that it's December.  Patch wants to help find the answers to all your questions about decorating for your work holiday party, putting lights on your house and local deals to help you decorate your home, but we need a little help.  In the latest edition of "Ask the Patch Pro" we need local experts who can answer readers' questions and offer advice. If you are consider yourself a local expert and can answer these questions and more, let us know two ways. One: You can leave a comment on this post along with your emal address. Two: You can send an email to jordan.lanham@patch.com. We need experts to answer questions on Thursday, Dec. 6.  Curious as to …

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Jordan Lanham

2:11 pm on Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Hi Brian! Thanks for the question! I'm no expert, but O'Fallon Patch is doing a "12 Days of Christmas" in O'Fallon shopping guide. Here's a link: http://patch.com/A-0cvc   more ›

Thursday, November 22, 2012

How to Decorate Your House Without Getting Up On a Metal Ladder

Several local companies are available to hang Christmas lights on your house. They take them down after the holidays are over, too.

For some families, "decking the halls with boughs of holly" is a warm and fuzzy Christmas tradition, with all family members participating in decorating the Christmas tree and otherwise putting out all of the home holiday decorations. But there's not a lot of fa-la-la-la-la-ing" involved for the person standing on a metal extension ladder on a cold and windy day, untangling stubborn strands of Christmas lights and attaching them to the gutters. Some companies have made a business out of a sometimes irritable task of stringing Christmas lights on your home. Green Print Lawncare is a Barnhart lawn service company in the spring and summer, but it hangs lights during the holiday season as a way to make money and to keep it's lawn service work …

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