I keep the Christmas lights out all year. I also have a collection of "snowbabies" penguins, and each penguin is staring in awe at the lighthouses. Some of the penguins look up at the tower, but one is staring down a little snowman!

A couple years ago, my husband tripped and fell down the back staircase and knocked a "foot" (actually two-feet-size) size hole in the wall, happened to be centered between two studs (and in the very middle of the wall!). Rather than repair the wall and try to re-wallpaper it, he enlarged the hole and turned it into a built-in mini curio-cabinet. He made a glass back and lucite shelves and mounted a strip light on the top. We now use that to display Christmas ornaments year-round. He wasn't hurt after the first fall, but he MIGHT be if he falls again!