What would December be without light?! One of things we do every year is drive through town listening to Christmas music and looking at the beautiful Christmas lights. I remember one year when we drove to a city 45 minutes away and checked out this house that had ice scuptures lit and my dad poured us all some hot chocolate out of his work thermos (totally special, huh?!) We loved it and looked forward to the drive to see lights every year, so I've continued it with my own children.
We had some favorites that we made it a point to see every year, and now that we've moved, we have to find some new favorites. We were all totally impressed to find that, even in our tiny town, there is a family that has gone to great lengths for their light display. They have winter, Christmas, and religious themed shapes and have it all set to music, which you can tune on your radio. This year, they even have bleachers so you don't have to sit in your own car. We found it the other night (yeah, we don't read the paper, so what others knew, we actually happened upon...lol) and we are most definitely going back! These houses are so much more fun to see in person and they actually encourage you to walk through the driveway during the show!
They have a few diffent songs that are included in the 10 minute program, but this is the first one.
Apparently, our neighborhood is a little control-freakish because we were looking at our covenants and we are only allowed to have whitle lights. We may try to sneak in a few red ones, but our lights (if we actually get them up) will be much more muted than the computerized display.
The most important light of Christmas is the light we give to each other, through kindness and service. Whether you are one who feels that this is the light of the Christ, the light of life, the light of friendship, or the light of nature, this is the light of the season. It shines forth in every kind smile, every act of service, the sparkle in every child's eye, and each light on the tree. Our life, just like the season, would be very dark without this light.
As always, more 'light' themed posts are over at Mo's Manic Monday blog!
5 comments:
We always drive around looking at Christmas lights as well. It's so fun for everyone. There is a live drive through nativity that we get to visit as well. It's like actually driving down the streets of Bethlehem. It's very cool.
Happy Manic Monday ~ My Lights
This is my first Christmas in the States, and the other night was my first time to drive around Old Torrance, CA to check out the neighbors' light decor extravaganza. So, so cool.
Kindness and service are the best kinds, indeed.
Cheers!
Seems like tons of people are getting into these extravagant lights shows set to this song.
crazyworkingmom: the nativity sounds very cool. we actually have a pretty good one in front of the mall, but not live (or as big, from your description) that would be really neat!
frenchkys: welcome to the states! CA is a great place to be for your first year...there is so much diversity that you will be able to experience
desertsongbird: you're right. i wonder if it is just the trend of the year or if it is particularly easy to get the lights and sounds coordinated. i remember a few years ago the main song on all of them was TSO doing Carol of the Bells.
At this house, they actually have, let it snow (or a version...yellow snow...the kids like it) YMCA (that was changed to NOEL) and a few others.
In my old neighborhood in southern California, there were whole blocks that put together themes with their holiday light displays. Those are so neat to drive or walk through and see how intricately each home is tied to the next.
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