I had the same thing here in my old neighborhood here in FL.
It was a poor neighborhood, and I can tell you in FL the poor man's entertainment is holiday decorations. To sit in your driveway on the 4th was incredible. People saved up all year to shoot off professional mortars, I guess. They were coming from all sides, fountains and rockets and everything.
I sat there with my hose and a lady from MA, and we had a terrific time. She was in awe. It was wonderful. I hate the firework Nazis.
Christmas is the same way, they actually put poles over the street and spread Christmas lights overhead so you travel down the street through tunnels of lights. They cover every inch of the houses and lawns with lights inches apart.
My new neighborhood is nicer, but much more staid.
Well, I really wouldn't appreciate HAVING to be there with a hose, rather than, say, out of town visiting family.