My Neighbors Just Had to One-Up Me

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In all the time that I have lived next door to my current neighbors, they have never put up Christmas lights. So imagine my surprise when I came home this evening, after having put up my own lights on our balcony this afternoon, to find that they had decorated their balcony with brighter, more colorful lights (my lights are white.) Their balcony was not decorated when I decorated ours earlier today. And it still was not decorated when my boyfriend left for his second job at 6:00 this evening. But not even 45 minutes later when I got home, there it was, a bright display that overpowered mine. They must have rushed to do it as soon as they saw my lights come on. I would like to think that maybe their kids saw the lights on my balcony and pestered their parents to put up lights of their own. That is what I would like to believe. But, knowing their dad's aggressive and overly competitive attitude, it's more than likely that he just couldn't stand to see that my balcony was more festive than his, so made sure to make his more festive than mine. Their bright, colorful lights are the first thing you notice when driving up the street. My warm white solar-powered lights pale in comparison. Whatever. If it takes this pagan hanging a few strands of lights on her balcony railing to try to make the dark days of winter seem more bearable, to "inspire" my sourpuss Christian neighbors to make things more festive around here, then so be it. Maybe the other neighbors will follow suit, and we'll have ourselves a beautifully lit neighborhood.