[AAAAA]

It's Christmas time, and I'm not normally a Scrooge, but my neighbors have these musical outdoor lights that make me absolutely INSANE.

I sleep with my bedroom window open all winter. I'm always hot and I just like a really chilly bedroom. I sleep the best in the winter because with the window open and fan blowing in, I can snuggle down into the comforter and be just the perfect temperature.

EXCEPT from the middle of November to the end of January. They have this crappy brash music playing non-stop from dusk until dawn. I hear it over the fan in the window, over the TV and when the sleep timer goes off on the TV, that stupid "music" wakes me up. When I'm on the phone, people will ask me to turn the music down I WISH I COULD.

Every flipping year I send my husband over to politely ask that it be turned off at 10 pm. I don't think it's unreasonable, but apparently Mr. Christmas Spirit does not agree. So every flipping year I have to call and complain to the police repeatedly. They can hear it at the police station, this jerk's house is exactly in the middle between my house and the police station.

I do not condone vadalism. But every year someone (kids I suspect) goes out and deflates all of those blow up decorations people have in their yards. The police stopped hubby and I one evening while out walking the dogs, asked if WE were responsible for this. I was so irritated, I said "of course not, but if I knew who was doing it, I'd have them cut the cord on those musical lights."

[jerrymichele]

Go on over when they are sleeping and cut the cords. I promise I won't tell. lol

[Sabrina]

Clearly very frustrating and inconsiderate!

[modelcarguy]

Doesn't your area have a nightime noise ordinance? Here all outside noises must cease at 9 PM. My former neighbor had those musical lights and they drove me nuts. My Mom has some in her yard but you have to walk to within 5 feet to hear them.

[KathyM]

AAAAA

Your neighbor's rudeness would infuriate me too. I don't care for Christmas music in the daytime, I'd go nuts too if I had to listen to it all night long as well. If I knew where you lived, I'd go there and cut the cord for you.

[AAAAA]

We do have quiet hours, they begin at 10pm. This guy thinks he's exempt because 1) he's on the villiage board and 2) it's the holidays and he's celebrating. When I first started complaining about this FIVE YEARS ago, the police actually said "well it doesn't bother their neighbors why is it bothering you. (I live across the street and one house down). I walked into the bedroom with my phone and said "do you hear that? This is what I have to listen to 24 hours a day! It's getting on my nerves."

Last night at 10:30 I turned on my light and started to dial the non-emergency number and the music shut off. So maybe I won't have to complain this year. I'll see if turning my bedroom light on at 10 prompts him to turn the stupid thing off.

[Elysium]

Hey there!!

Suggestion....

If it's okay for him....it's okay for you!!

Find the most irritating, nauseating Holiday music you can find....like maybe something with bag pipes, hook up some speakers inside your windows, Open the windows, throw up a string of lights on your Porch and every night at 9:58 pm, turn it on and turn it up loud. This will surely annoy all of the neighbors, including the one that is annoying you, and at that point the police/city will be forced to get involved and tell everyone to keep it quiet. They won't just be able to tell you, if they tried that you could just state you were celebrating like your neighbor across the way. Then if they ganged up on you you could report it as discrimination.

I bet they wouldn't tolerate it for longer than one night before they complained.

So if you can tolerate a sleepless night manning your own atrocious music....I say go for it. Let's have one set of rules for the community. Not a set of rules for those that are on the village board and a set for others.

Good luck!!

[tonih]

Love the bagpipe idea, but instead of driving the rest of the neighborhood nuts, just do the lights.......directed right at them! If you must do loud music though, I would play the chipmonks as luod as they could be played! Or.....maybe some rap CHRISTMAS FOR A CHANGE. gOOD LUCK AND i DO SO FEEL FOR YOU!

[NuckingFutz]

Music suggestion: Alvin and the Chipmonks Do Christmas...ba ha he he

[billieJ]

Dear AAAAA ~ music of any kind, played loud and from dusk to dawn is rediculous! Have you make a specific complaint to the police. They should take some action about this. I know what you mean abolut liking a cold bedroom. Maybe soon the temperature will dive low enough that you can close the window and just use the fan with the heat off. I have a long-standing aversion to heat, too, but in my neighborhood, the police even made one of the neighbors stop playing his drums except for a short time in the evenings. I feel that the police would be responsive if you made a formal complaint. Hoping the best outcome for you ~ billieJ

[Naturefreak]

Stand out in front of his house dressed in an army uniform with a toy bazooka . If he see's you he will most likely call the police , when they arrive let them in on your story and hopefully they won't lock you up. Just a joke couldn't resist.
Could you maybe phone him and let him know that it is keeping you awake at night . He may just turn them off at a certain hour then.
I don't know.....good luck AAAAA

[lynn P.]

That is very rude and inconsiderate of them, considering this has been going on for years AND they know it bothers you. I turn off my Christmas lights at 10:00 pm to conserve energy. I'm surprised a company would even make it musical. I would think the only good place for that kind of Xmas decoration would be a department store. I would keep complaining to the police and I agree with Modelcarguy that you should find out if there's a noise ordinance law.

[AAAAA]

That's exactly what it sounds like! It sounds like my bedroom is in a mall! As I said, we do have quiet hours that start at 10, but sometimes he "forgets" to turn them off, sometimes they run all night long. Last night was just such a night. When I called the non-emergency #, I got the recording and left a message that I would appreciate it if they would remind Mr. Christmas Spirit that quiet hours start at 10. As annoyed as I am, I cannot make myself call 911 for something that, while annoying, is not an emergency.

[SilverNeurotic]

Sue him for emotional distress...hehe!