I think they just didn't want the job! This is the first year that I cared to decorate the tree. Most years my family shamed me into putting one ornament on the tree, but I focused on our porch lights. Love to put Them up bc it is outside but inside bc of the windows, so nothing ever gets wet or icy and never freezes. I could take them down next month in the middle of a blizzard if that happens, easy, peasy, lemon squeezey. I am missing some decorations, so EVERYTHING is getting put this year, so that I can inventory.