Great job, Merry Christmas
Nice poem.
My homeowner's association has rules about how long the lights can be up. Although, it was politically correct and used the word "holiday", so there's probably a loophole there "No, these are not CHRISTMAS lights, they are St Patrick's Day Lights, so I'll take them down 90 days after March 17, except then they will be Memorial Day Lights".
I've never left any lights out. They aren't attached to the bushes well (mostly just gently laid on top), kids tend to start messing with them (one year I had several strands cut), and they don't really look nice in the day (you can see all the wires the way I lay them out).
I am tempted to leave some in the inside of the big tree because they were hard to do. But lights don't last long when left out to the elements, and next year I'd probably have to crawl up inside the tree anyway to replace burned-out bulbs.
So instead I try to simplify the setup so it takes less time the next year.