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Why Dori's Christmas tree is still up

BY Jillian Raftery  on January 8, 2013 @ 2:10 pm (Updated: 3:59 pm - 1/8/13 )

Is it weird that Dori's Christmas lights are still up?

"Not only are our outside lights still up," says Dori, "Our Christmas tree is still up."

The decorations make him too happy to take them down; now that his middle daughter has gone back to school and his oldest daughter is out of the house, he doesn't want to throw away the trappings of the season that brings his family together.

"It brings me so much joy," he says. "Last night I was sitting there at midnight, everybody had gone to bed and I had the tree all lit up. We've got this lighted wreath above the fireplace. We've got the lighted garland around the railing going upstairs. I was so happy to still have Christmas in the house."

Although Dori tried to make the excuse that he's too busy, he really just wants to hold onto Christmas, and his good memories of the season.

So at what point is it weird to have your Christmas tree and decorations still up?

"As long as you're not saying this in April," says news anchor Ursula Reutin.

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Jillian Raftery is a social media captain for the Dori Monson Show. She loves the neighborly vibe of the Pacific Northwest and spends as much time as possible outdoors.
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  • spuddog wrote...
    Good to know...
    January 8, 2013 3:52 pm
    that KIRO is on the cutting edge.
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  • The Liberal Jedi wrote...
    Never:
    January 9, 2013 10:40 am
    I've seen houses with perminant xmas lighting... They even light it up for the 4th of July! It's your house Dori, you take it down when YOU feel like it.
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  • Pair o'dimes wrote...
    Sounds a little desperate....
    January 9, 2013 11:28 am
    "Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no. We're all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here. We're gonna press on, and we're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap-danced with Danny f@#king Kaye. And when Santa squeezes his fat white @xx down that chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of @xxholes this side of the nuthouse". - Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase)
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  • Gar57 wrote...
    Awwwww...
    January 9, 2013 11:59 am
    My favorite christmas movie quote! We hold hands and recite every christmas eve!
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  • Gerri Ann wrote...
    C'mas decorations
    January 9, 2013 2:49 pm
    Dori, don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened! ~Gerri
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  • awbitf wrote...
    Dori Monson----
    January 9, 2013 3:34 pm
    sounding more and more like a lazy, entitled liberal every day.
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  • longwayhome wrote...
    dorky's tree
    January 9, 2013 8:21 pm
    Is still up because he can't believe he still has a job at KIRO. Take the tree down and he and John Curley and Ken Schram are all going to apply for unemployment benefits. It was an insult to Dave Ross to put him on the 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. shift and then to put in another hour with Luke Burbank! What is KIRO thinking? Ken Schram with Linda in the a.m. Luke Burbank from 9:00 to noon. Get rid of dorky and put Dave Ross from noon to three, sheesh! My kids won't even listen to the radio anymore.
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