Thinking outloud....this is my first year and I had the show running (2 songs) on my target date, Dec 1st. Mind you I was setting up in September for Halloween test run....In my city the mayor does a tour of the city on a convoy of buses that happens the Wednesday after the Christmas tree lighting (which is the first Friday of the month). So, my goal moving forward will be to hit that date. If I miss it because of illness, work, otherwise, I hope that I could still put on some sort of show at least the weekend before Christmas. I would say that would be the date I pack it in if I wasn't running. That said....really...if I'm not near up and running by mid November the weather turns nasty here and I wouldn't be able to do half of what I have done so my date becomes that 2nd week of November. after that safety starts to factor in going up on roofs in slippery conditions.
