We have a local Dentist that started making the Holiday News every year starting about 20 years ago; he was the first to decorate all of the evergreens on his property with LED Christmas lights. Man, you could see those things for MILES and they really were/are very pretty.
He sunk THOUSANDS of dollars into it. I’ll bet he’s mad at how inexpensive they’ve become! I have some of those ticky-tacky metal reindeer and we just put fresh, white LEDs on them. They’re so pretty - and since we have no light other than the Moon out here in the boonies, I’m expecting Santa to land his sleigh right on my front lawn this year! :)
This is his line of evergreens along University Avenue in, 'The People's Republik of Madistan,' WI.
nerkle (NUR kel) - n. A person who leaves Christmas lights up all year.
I never heard of “holiday lights”.
Do they mean Christmas lights?
I remember how Jimmy Carter said not to put up Christmas lights, and since then there has always been less and less.
The good news is that eventually Christmas comes and goes, and then she takes all of the lights down. And tells me the life story of every string of bulbs and all of the timers.
Not burning down the house has a certain attraction, which is why it spread.
An absolutely great story catch for the season. Thank you.
***...brilliant idea to use electric lights to replace the beautiful, (but extremely hazardous!) candles used to decorate Christmas trees.***
Babbs Switch comes to mind.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbs_Switch_fire
http://newsok.com/article/2487761