christmas lights: how much is too much

    If you have ever seen the movie, "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" then you know how many Christmas lights they use on their house.

     That's a little  too much in my opinion. But I've seen many people go overboard when it comes to putting up Christmas lights and decorations on their house. And they even leave them there for the whole year.
   It seems that if they want to waste their electric bill, that's the only way to go.


Some of our neighbors don't put up lights, just a few decorations and candles on the windows, simplifying it. That's fine, but others go beond, decorating the whole house from the roof to the door. They even decorate around the garage doors and I still think it's not even worth the electric bill every month just to drain the whole neighborhood's electricity.

 I've also learned that some people leave their Christmas lights up all year because they have family that has gone to war and want to leave it on all year until they come back alive. It's an interesting factoid but still I'm not one of those people who would want to have all my electricity drained from all the Christmas lights ala "National Lampoons Christmas Vacation"

    I love the flickering of the lights in December and love to see the neighbors houses as well every year it can be the same or different and I wouldn't judge if they don't have theres up at all. One of our neighbors goes beyond insane and all out every year and I see the lights from my house, and I hate to see them go away in January. But when Christmas is here, they seem to be the most bright.

   Have a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful Bright holiday no matter how decorated your house may be. Ciao Bloggers