Overview
- Balfour Beatty Communities emailed residents a “One Holiday at a Time” notice after spotting early Christmas displays in the base’s privatized neighborhoods.
- The community standard limits holiday decor to no earlier than 30 days before a holiday and allows winter decorations from the week after Thanksgiving through the first week of the new year.
- Lighting rules bar illuminating Christmas lights before the permitted window and require lights to be off nightly from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. during the allowed period.
- Tyndall public affairs chief Capt. Justin Davidson-Beebe confirmed the directive’s authenticity and emphasized that decoration rules can vary by installation.
- A Balfour Beatty spokesperson said the 30‑day guideline is common in rentals and homeowners associations, as online reactions from service members and families ranged from support to criticism.