Christmas Lights / myLot

United States

December 6, 2017 6:14am CST

I love to look at Christmas lights. We drove around the lake community the other night to see what people had up. I honestly was too ill to go, so I do not have a lot of great pictures. This image is of a family of lighted deer. This type of yard decor has become very popular. Many people and communities opt for plain white lights and that is festive as well as the colored lights. I remember when decorating your house with lights was not very common. My mom, judgemental soul that she was always commented about one particular house that had alternating red and blue lights outlining it, "That house looks like a tavern." It is amazing that I remember that almost sixty years later. I do not know if other countries do lights the way we do. I particularly like large drive through displays.

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peachpurple

@peachpurple (13884)

• Malaysia

6 Dec 17

I thought those were fire in the house. Didn't realized that those are lights and one of them is a reindeer

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157552)

• United States

6 Dec 17

Yeah, not as great a photo as I would like.

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peachpurple

@peachpurple (13884)

• Malaysia

7 Dec 17

@GardenGerty its ok, better than nothing

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (71664)

• United States

8 Dec 17

Hmm do taverns light up that way I don’t visit them enough to really know or does she just mean the big neon signs they usually have?

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157552)

• United States

9 Dec 17

This was in the 60's in Oklahoma. I know some bars had lots of neon lights, etc. My mom loved to use fancier words than necessary for everything.

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ShannyBananny

@shaggin (71664)

• United States

9 Dec 17

@GardenGerty I’m 34 and rarely go to bars. I can count on two hands the amount of times I’ve been in one since I was old enough to drink. I’m to shy.

BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (45484)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

6 Dec 17

Looking at a tasteful display of lights is nice, but a lot of people go overboard with them. Also, the new LED lights just don't have the same effect as the old incandescent ones did.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157552)

• United States

6 Dec 17

Those LED are pretty wild.

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AnjaP

@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

6 Dec 17

When the kids were small, I used to drive them around to see houses that had nice decorations. I have never decorated outside myself, it wasn't something my parents did, either. I would love to, but it's all the expense and hassle. Still, I can enjoy what others have done to celebrate the season.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157552)

• United States

6 Dec 17

I would love to get a collection of artificial trees and make a forest in front of my house. I treated myself to a whole bunch of evergreen wreaths to put on windows and doors out front.

Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (306113)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

6 Dec 17

What are drive through displays? I love looking at all the decorations at night as well, though I opt for daylight now with my poor eyesight. I'll be glad when I can have cataract surgery.

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157552)

• United States

6 Dec 17

@UncleJoe explains it pretty well. I know of one at a free zoo about an hour from here that we will probably go to this weekend.

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