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November 27, 2005
Old School Xmas Lights
Clark Griswold to his father in Christmas Vacation
I've never done much with Christmas lights. Over the years I've made many a half-assed effort, putting a few strings of mini-lights together with some garland on the porch. Or following crowd with a string of stupid white 'icicle' lights.
Not this year. This year, we got ourselves some 'real' Christmas lights, and I even found the nerve to drag my shaking butt out onto the roof to hang a string on the second floor. Our Christmas display won't be causing any traffic jams of cars filled with wide-eyed gawkers. By most any measure, it's rudimentary. But everything is relative, and for us this is a big leap forward built on a happy memory looking backward.
I hesitate to confess my other memory about these big old Christmas lights, but it's time I did. I remember the satisfying 'POP' a hot Christmas bulb would make when hurled like a grenede onto the street behind our house. Sorry Dad, Sean and Kevin made me promise not to tell :-?
Category: Guide to Life
Comments
Is Jennifer lucky to have you to put up those lights! I never was able to get Dad to climb up on the roof for Xmas lights. Your house looks absolutely beautiful.
Mom
Posted by: Jean at December 1, 2005 12:17 AM