Outdoor Christmas Lights Viewing Tours
“Hey, Mom, let’s go to look at the Christmas Lights”
Most every Christmas season, there are Holiday Light Tours that drive around the city and the urban communities to take in the various styles of holiday lighting people have chosen. Buses of retirees from local retirement homes especially enjoy this every year. With the addresses of homes in the area that are labeled as “tackily lit”, there is a “tacky light tour”. It is a tradition for some people every year, usually the same ones, to have their yard just packed with figures of all types and sizes, inflated, wooden, kites, balloons, and lights blinking and winking all over the place. Of course, it’s just a joke and those who do it are very amused when the busloads ride by and slow down to see their particular “circus”. They’re doing a great job for the lighting industry, but most people have reservations about their conservation of energy. I say if a little fun and enjoyment can be brought to the senior citizens, it’s a good plan.
The last part of their tour is to view the most beautifully lighted and decorated homes. There are countless numbers of them and each as beautiful as the last. Following the conclusion of the tour, they stop off at a local fast food place for a hot chocolate or for a iced latte at a coffee house.
Do you have a favorite type of display?
Whether your favorite outdoor lights are the colored ones that are striking with their reds and greens, or like the more conservative clear white lights, your display adds to the joy of the holiday season. If you opt for the clear white icicle lights to stretch across the entire shape of your roof, be advised that you will need an electrician to assist you, or you may just want to have the entire job done for you. It is tricky just getting up to the point that the lights need to be fastened, and dangerous if you are not accustomed to climbing on a ladder. Keep in mind, too, that this type of lighting is more expensive than some of the others are.
Maybe you’d like the LED lights this year
The newest innovation of LED lights that use roughly 80% less energy is very good to consider for your lighting. With all the recent talk of “greening up the planet”, this is a fine start to working toward that goal. Take measurements with you to your local lighting expert in order to purchase the correct length of lighting that you will need for your particular application. Ask about sturdy electrical extension cords that are suited to using outdoors and make sure everything that you buy for your Christmas outdoor lighting display is UL approved. Whatever you use for your Christmas lighting display this year, put your heart and soul into it. There are a lot of people this year who need to catch the holiday spirit.
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