Time to put up the Christmas lights?

I came home last night and had the annual realization that it's about time to put up the Christmas lights.

Want to know why?

It was dark out. Yes, shock of all shocks, it actually got DARK after the sun went down!

Christmas lights would help this problem immensely, since ours go on a timer that reacts to the amount of outdoor light and turn on automatically. Yet, I'm not putting any lights up yet! Too early!

(More importantly, we are having some repairs done to our front porch soon, and I can't imagine the construction crew that's coming in a few weeks wants to work around strings of garland & lights.)

In the meantime, maybe I just need to come home from work early while the sun's still out... Now, there's an idea! :)