Were I the neighbor, I would have probably done the same thing.
I'm with you. Sounds very excessive. I feel for the neighbors, they had to live with the noise and commotion non-stop.
To bad they couldn't work something out, but i can see how it could be disruptive.We have a few homes in my area w/ very elaborate xmas deco's. They look like mini disney's at night.Kind of a block party atmosphere. Complete w traffic jams + people w video cams/cameras tromping thru neighbors yards trying to get a good shot.
I'm with the "Grinchlike" neighbor.
Imaging just trying to get home at night after a long day at work, having to crawl through the traffic to get to your own driveway.
Imagine trying to back out of your driveway after dark and get to a family member's or a friend's house while tens or hundreds of people are trying to walk or drive by your neighbor's house to see his Christmas display.
I think that the display of Christmas spirit is nice, but this guy really should have had more consideration for his neighbors. If he had, the display probably would not have been banned. Something more appropriate might have been "on Saturday and Sunday nights, from 8pm to 11pm" or some such. For him to dismiss his neigbors as "Grinches" because they object to a display that attracts hundreds of people to the neighborhood is the same kind of juvenile namecalling that the Left has been engaging in for years. I think any reasonable person would complain.
My extended family insists on having get-togethers at my house in part because the neighborhood is so festive.
I'm not much of a decorator on the outside but on the inside, I have floor-to-ceiling Christmas lights throughout the entire downstairs and on up to the upstairs hallways. You can spend December at my house without having to turn a single light on because the Christmas lights throw off so much light on their own.
I say the Nguyens need to lighten up and get into the spirit. Go with the flow.
Sorry but I thought this was a fishing story gone bad......
Sorry, Nguyen = Aerts.................
Who cares about the dispute. I'm wondering what this guy does for a living when he can spend $150,000 on Christmas decorations.
Unfortunately I live in a condo complex which totals 72 units the majority of whom are elderly. Those who do not migrate to Florida this time of the year are much to inform to get out and decorate. This saddens me......
I have been playing Christmas music now for the past week and have spent all day yesterday and today putting up lights, replacing burnt out bulbs and all that kind of stuff, it invigorates me.
Growing up I never had that opportunity so you might say I am living my childhood fantasy and to those who wish to bash excessiveness, I say Bah Humbug!!!!!!!
Now, if anyone on this thread can can give me some tips on how to properly set up my "thousands" of outdoor lights without blowing circuit breakers when I turn on my microwave I would greatly appreciate it!!!!!
"We wake up to Christmas for about 45 days of the year," said Mr. Nguyen, 55. "You ever seen the movie 'Groundhog Day?' It's just like that."Now I think he's the hero.
My Sainted Mother (God rest her soul) was not a big believer in outdoor decorations. Her definition of a tasteful display was a small wreath on the door and positioning the Christmas tree where you could see it through the window from the outside.
It was a big deal when we went to colored lights on the tree, rather than her preferred white. So, she would bend, but wouldn't break.
She thought all those lights hanging on houses made them look like beerhalls or "houses of ill repute."
Nowadays, in my own home, we follow her standards... at my direction. My wife, who grew up in a home where her Dad hung lights all over the house, retaliates by massive indoor decorating.
FWIW, my sister married a fellow who puts up plastic snowmen (in Alaska, for pete's sake) and such. They have a fight every year.
I would hate living next to this guy and having all those cars trolling the neighborhood.
The neighbors have differing ways of dealing with it, but the one I liked the best was the teenaged boy next door. When I spoke with him last year, he had saved over $12,000 for college by selling hot chocolate and donuts to passersby.