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12.24.2019-2 A Beautiful Display in the Neighborhood
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Very beautiful Steve, especially love Rudolph!
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Thanks, Liz. The house is down the street from us and I have been meaning to photograph the display for a while. It is now up for sale so maybe I shot it just in time.
Have a Merry New Zealand Christmas. 🙂
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We had a lovely Christmas thanks. You have a Merry New England Christmas!
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Thank you, Liz. Not very snowy but it will still be a lovely day. 🙂
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Thanks Steve. Wishing you a very happy Christmas too.
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Thank you, Susan.
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Santa and Rudolph are cute, but I really like the wreath on the chimney. The one thing I’ve noticed this year in our neighborhoods is that there are many more lights, and fewer inflatables. That’s all to the good in my book. I do wonder if the introduction of LED lights is slowly bringing larger displays back. In my hometown, where there’s a lavish light display at the courthouse, last year’s switch to LED reduced their bill from around $500 to $50. Merry Christmas, indeed!
They’ve done this for over eight decades. When I was a kid, I remember when commercial airline pilots headed to Chicago began diverting over Newton so passengers could see the display from the air. It was quite the thing.
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Yes, I agree about fewer inflatables being better. Maybe they were cool initially but now are not all that interesting, at least to me. I guess it’s for the kids and maybe they enjoy them more than we do. LEDs would make sense even if they didn’t encourage larger displays. I am glad that my neighbors just have this on the roof, the chimney, and a few bushes below. There are no really large displays in our neighborhood and I don’t think in the entire town.
I can see a town such as your hometown doing something but I think huge displays are problematic in neighborhoods.
Anything about the title? 🙂
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That’s very festive and fancy!
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Yes it is. They’ve been showing that for several years now. Sadly though the couple have divorced, although still living there, and the house is for sale likely meaning this might have been the display’s last season.
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Maybe it will be sold with the house!
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I guess it will depend on where each goes next. I think the husband would probably be the one to take it as he is the person who does the lights. It’s a shame to see marriages break up and what it does to folks’ lives. It may be for the best but sad that the best requires such a traumatic life experience.
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Very sad, indeed, Steve, but it seems to happen a lot.
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Yes. I am thankful everyday that Mary Beth and I continue to do well as a couple. I can’t imagine life without her.
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I’m happy for your 2! 💕
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Thank you.
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