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:

Jeff said...

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

The Rev said...

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

Sandi said...

Blinking or not?

Heff said...

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.

Ink and Stone said...

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

El Padrino said...

color, need color

scargosun said...

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

Stevil VU said...

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??

Los said...

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.