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Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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Speaker 1: tip is to keep your holiday lights up. If you

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Speaker 1: didn't put up lights for the holidays yet, it is

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Speaker 1: not too late put some up now. We need all

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Speaker 1: the light we can get during these darkest months of

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Speaker 1: the year. Like a lot of people, we put lights

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Speaker 1: on our house in some of the trees in our

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Speaker 1: yard in honor of the holiday season. I will proudly

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Speaker 1: tell you that these are not coming down until February.

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Speaker 1: The winter is long, dark and cold here in southeastern Pennsylvania.

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Speaker 1: So I am preserving and savoring my beautiful lights. I

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Speaker 1: love coming home in the dark from somewhere and seeing

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Speaker 1: my yard lit up. The lights aren't particularly Christmas specific.

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Speaker 1: They are white and tasteful, and we are not in

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Speaker 1: a neighborhood that forbids them. So why not if you

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Speaker 1: live somewhere with long, dark winters, or if you find

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Speaker 1: winter gloomy, whatever the weather, I encourage you to add

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Speaker 1: your own light too. If you put up lights for

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Speaker 1: the holidays, leave them up into the new year. Not

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Speaker 1: just a few days into January. I am talking a

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Speaker 1: month or more. And if you haven't put up lights yet,

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Speaker 1: there is no reason not to do it now. Yes,

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Speaker 1: even if this episode is first airing on Christmas Day.

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Speaker 1: This could be string lights on the outside of your

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Speaker 1: house or apartment, or led candles in the windows. Depending

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Speaker 1: on where you live, several months of winter may still

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Speaker 1: be in front of you, so you will still get

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Speaker 1: lots of enjoyment if you hang lights now well. Driving

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Speaker 1: home from work in the dark is much more pleasant

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Speaker 1: if you arrive home to lovely lights. I will also

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Speaker 1: add that if you have your lights professionally installed and removed,

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Speaker 1: you sometimes get discounts. If you have them installed on

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Speaker 1: the early side or taken down late, see you may

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Speaker 1: actually be able to have lights up for longer for

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Speaker 1: less money than if you just had them up in December.

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Speaker 1: And hey, if you need to buy lights, you may

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Speaker 1: find some incredible sales on them starting tomorrow. Along with

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Speaker 1: lights outside and in the windows, lights can be nice

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Speaker 1: inside too. You could put string lights on your mantle

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Speaker 1: or long curtain rods or windowsills, or the handrail of

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Speaker 1: your stairs. If your home has a fireplace, build a

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Speaker 1: fire on occasion, light candles at dinner, turn on the

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Speaker 1: lamps embrace the warmth, peace and joy that light can bring.

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Speaker 1: Lights aren't just for Christmas and Hanukkah. You can enjoy

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Speaker 1: them all winter. So if you have lights up now,

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Speaker 1: don't take them down on January first. If you don't

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Speaker 1: have lights up, consider putting some up. You can enjoy

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Speaker 1: this added light until the earth starts to give us

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Speaker 1: our light back come spring. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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Speaker 1: our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've

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Speaker 1: got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at

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Speaker 1: Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a

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