A Cavalcade of Lights
Posted in Out and About and tagged with Christmas, Christmas lights on 12/15/2009 08:00 am by JennNothing says Christmas like the light displays extravaganzas some of the houses put on. I absolutely love it and this weekend MPW and I were lucky enough to see two such houses. Located in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada, these houses are extreme in their decorations. Am I jealous? Absolutely! (Though not of their hydro bill).
The first house is actually right next door to a friend’s house. There are moving reindeers, music and it spills over onto their neighbour’s lawn. Awesome!
And here is a picture of our friend’s house. I wish the sign turned out better in the photo, it has an actual countdown. You can kind of see that it says “13″. MPW has helped a bit in getting it set up.
On our way home from visiting we stopped by this house…
They had lights set to music (which you could tune into on a radio station in your car!) and it was completely computerized. They work on the decorations as a family and even have a donations box at the end of the driveway, 100% of which goes to charity. We felt like such tourists taking pictures of the houses (which is allowed, I promise!). Our flashes may or may not have disturbed the other drivers. But whatever! Tis the season! And they said we could. Really!
Yeah, That Just Happened!
December 15th, 2009 at 9:18 am
Holy moly! People in your neighborhood don’t mess around when it comes to holiday decorating!! That is incredible!
Thanks for sharing the pics!
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December 15th, 2009 at 11:56 am
I adore over-the-top Christmas decorations like this … though I don’t confess that I understand what motivates people to do all the work and spend the money to run it. You’re lucky to have that many around you to visit!
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December 15th, 2009 at 12:21 pm
That is sooo cool!!! There is a street in Whitby that has a tooooon of lights and they all get breaks on their power bill because it is such a tourist draw. There are even some awsome Chanukha lights with blue and white minoras (sp?). I dont know what i would do though if I had a light sensitivity and neighbours like that … also I would just write ditto in christmas lights with an arrow pointing at their house (saw it in a picture once)
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December 16th, 2009 at 8:44 am
I love Christmas lights. I wish I had more time to spend on ours!
Thanks for visiting me on my SITS day the other week!
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December 17th, 2009 at 12:15 am
I LOVE Christmas lights! I just wish we had snow out here, it would make it more festive!
Thanks for stopping by my other blog last week!
Bianca
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December 17th, 2009 at 9:21 am
What awesome displays!
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