Many Morton East students have admitted to not hanging up Christmas lights outside of their houses this year.

In a random survey of 100 students, 78 of them said that they didn’t or were not going to hang up Christmas lights outside of their houses this year. According to ehow.com, outdoor Christmas light displays on houses evolved from decorating the traditional Christmas tree and house with candles during the Christmas season. The tradition of lighting a tree with a small candle dates back to the 17th century and originated in Germany before spreading to Europe. The small candles were attached to the tree branches with pins or melted wax. Furthermore, Europe Christians used to display a burning candle in the windows of their house that was visible from outside. The candles indicated that the house was a Christian house. During the 1880s Christmas season, Thomas Edison introduced the first outdoor electric Christmas light display to the world. He displayed the lights outside of his laboratory, which sat near a railroad where many people could see them each night. This was the first official outdoor Christmas display that was separate from decorating just the Christmas tree. Christmas lights have come a long way, they are a Christmas tradition that has strongly withstood time. Outdoor Christmas lights displays bring joy and spirit out of people across the world as Christmas approaches every year but as this trend took off, it became apparent that lighting up the Christmas tree and house took a lot of effort and money.

One East student talks about the hassle it is to put up and take down Christmas lights.

“I genuinely don’t have time to put them up and I think it’s a hassle to take them off when Christmas is over, but when decorated a good way, I find them very pretty,” senior Emily Peralta said.

Another student said it was worth the hassle.

“I think it is a hassle to put them up but at the of the day it’s all worth it and they look very pretty until you have to put them back down and poor frosty has to go back in the garage,” senior Monzerrath Garay said.

Lastly, a Morton student talks about how nice it is to put up Christmas lights.

“I have no complaints about putting Christmas lights up or taking them back down,  it gives a cheery ad happy feeling, and plus it makes the neighborhood look nice,” senior Sebastian Mantilla said.