Monday, December 15, 2008

Yule Light Up My Life ...


Whilst over my wife's brother's house last night, we got into a discussion about an interesting (or, at least I thought so) topic ... Christmas lights. The more we discussed it, the more it became obvious ... the women absolutely loved the white lights - they felt these lights give the Christmas tree, as well as the outside part of the house a bit of elegance.

Of course, the little kids like the multi-colored lights ... and, ironically, the men in the house also favored the multi-colored lights. Of course, one can draw the conclusion that the reason for this is because boys never really "grow up."

Personally, I'm ok with white lights (heck, I like lights), but yes, I do like multi-colored lights ... and, I'll take it a step further - I like the big, multicolored lights. My mom placed these on the bushes outside of the house annually when I was growing up, and I guess I've never outgrown that.

Of course, obnoxious snow globes might be going a little too far.

9 comments:

  1. Big, multi-colored lights like at the Griswold house?

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  2. KIDS... COME ON OUT AND LOOK AT THE LIGHTS!

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  3. Blinking or not?

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  4. I must agree. The BIG multi-color lights always captivated me more than any others, and still to this day, remind me more of Christmas than any others. You rarely see those anymore, though.

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  5. I like the blue lights. For some reason it makes me think of a cool, wintry xmas.

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  6. I like the new whiteish bluish lights. I HATE blow up decorations.

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  7. Not only is it impossible to find the monstrous mutli-colored bulbs, but now I'm starting to see more and more of these new-fangled LED christmas lights everywhere! What's next, solar powered Chhristmas lights??

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  8. Jeff - exactly!

    Rev - No kids yet.

    Sandi - Blinking .. the tackier the better!

    Heff - Great minds think alike.

    Ink - My mom doesn't like the blue lights ... I'll tell ya why some time.

    ELP - Good man!

    Scargosun - It looks like my theory is being proven.

    Stevil - I bet those are already available.

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