Twinkle, twinkle: Outdoor Christmas lights are kicked up a notch Dec 23, 2008
The Gillette News-Record: Friday. Monday, December 22, 2008. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
The Fives: The best -- and worst -- of Christmas season decorations Dec 23, 2008
Once you find the crown jewel of Christmas lights, you may want to keep it for posterity -- even if its your own. So this site at suite101. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
Three-peat for Chinati Court! Dec 23, 2008
The grand champion neighborhood of the Hill Country News' Christmas lights contest is perennial favorite Chinati Court. The cul-de-sac off of Sun Chase Boulevard includes a walking tour of Clement C. Moore's The Night Before Christmas and an opportunity for visitors to contribute to the Travis County Sheriff's Office Brown Santa in a booth in the center of the court. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
It's even better than Christmas lights Dec 23, 2008
It's even better than Christmas lights ... This year is the third time I've put together a Christmas lights contest for this newspaper ... Christmas lights and decorations are just one of the ways to put us into the Christmas spirit. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Celebrate the holiday season in St. Louis Dec 23, 2008
Anheuser-Busch Brewery Christmas Lights Display: Nov. 16 - Jan. 2. Santa's Magical Kingdom: Nov. 16 - Jan. 6, Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
How a multi-faith city marks Christmas Dec 23, 2008
The roads are completely empty and we drive past Trafalgar Square or through Oxford Street, admiring the Christmas lights. Otherwise I spend it like any other day during the school holidays. (BBC News)
Council feeling festive Dec 23, 2008
Christmas lights for everybody, Childers said. He said the strand was a necklace he bought his wife so she would have something festive to wear at the city's holiday party. (Missoulian, MT)
Holiday magic - Fourth-grade students at St. Joseph School express what makes Christmas special through writing, art Dec 23, 2008
I like to see our house decorated with Christmas lights. When I wake up in the morning I see our Christmas tree filled with candy canes and presents around it. (Missoulian, MT)
Church columnists: December 24, 2008 Dec 23, 2008
Gregg Kittle loaded up the van with children and young people to see the Christmas lights on Monday night. They really had a good time. (Catoosa County News, GA)
It's cold outside Dec 23, 2008
Then covered in light, new-fallen snow, the tree that couldn't have been more beautiful in all its glorious colors has suddenly shown you how sublime it is at its core minus the chameleon leaves it sheds; and, of course the Christmas lights lining city blocks like a quiet, more inviting, more peaceful, more innocent Vegas in your own neighborhood. When snow and ice blankets the earth, you can see everything for miles. (Dallas County News, IA)
Discussion topic: Say one thing positive and one thing negative about Christmas? Dec 23, 2008
Spudman wrote on Dec 21, 2008 10:24 AM:" Positive. The opportunity to refocus your life on something greater than self. To try to train your mind to the service of others and to find joy in that action. Negative. Those blasted Christmas lights. Love to look at them, hate hangin em' with a passion ". Bennion wrote on Dec 21, 2008 11:30 AM:" MountLoganAll the Christmas CRAP made by non-Christians in Communist China and sold by shameless capitalists starting in August???????I suppose consumers had... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Fighting for the Christmas spirit Dec 23, 2008
Christmas lights further undermined Operation Christmas Spirit ... Someday, I want to meet the Chinese engineer who designed Christmas lights ... Christmas lights are like kryptonite for the Christmas spirit. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
The house that charm built (87) Dec 23, 2008
A window was lined with tiny Christmas lights. And there, glowing in the middle of the window, there was this dollhouse. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Couple’s annual Christmas train display starts Friday Dec 23, 2008
The annual task of setting up 300 feet of track for their garden railroad display and putting up thousands of Christmas lights and decorations has taken its toll on Bob and Cindy Roerig over the past 15 years. We kind of threatened not to do it one year, because it gets harder and harder, Bob Roerig said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Snow brings more misery for some Dec 22, 2008
Rainville has a generator powering his house, but he has not turned on his Christmas lights out of respect for neighbors without light and heat. "I don't want to slap it in their faces," Rainville said. (Boston Globe)
Make the Christmas circuit Dec 22, 2008
Christmas lights are as much a seasonal tradition as trees and turkey. Some local residents spend days setting up their homes with strings of lights, figurines and decorations because they see it as a vital tradition. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Titusville parade shows off the boating lifestyle Dec 22, 2008
"We just found out about it because of word of mouth, but we couldn't wait to get down here and see the boats with their pretty Christmas lights," Clara Abreu said. Clark Eaton lives on his 40-foot trawler, the BonnieMarie, with his wife, Wanda, and their dog Starrfish. (Florida Today)
Dim Christmas Dec 22, 2008
Page last updated at 16:50 GMT, Sunday, 21 December 2008. Viewpoint By Paul Eisenstein Bureau chief, The Detroit Bureau automotive news. (BBC News)
Lighted Christmas tree stolen from NH town park Dec 22, 2008
Police are seeking the culprit who stole one of the town's three evergreen trees - complete with Christmas lights - from a town park. Roxbury Police Chief Gary LaFreniere said the 7-foot tree was sawed off 10 inches from the base at the town's Four Corners Park sometime this past week. (Concord Monitor)
Holiday cheer Dec 22, 2008
And of course with the holidays comes Christmas lights. Some people put out a strand in the front bushes or hanging off the front porch. (Montana Standard, MT)
Farewell Woolies: Death of a high street icon Dec 22, 2008
One woman asked if Woolies had any Christmas lights left. I had just moved the last three boxes and directed her to the front of the shop as she said that it was "sad to see" the shop in such a state. (Scotsman)
It's even better than Christmas lights Dec 22, 2008
It's even better than Christmas lights ... This year is the third time I've put together a Christmas lights contest for this newspaper ... Christmas lights and decorations are just one of the ways to put us into the Christmas spirit. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Celebrate the holiday season in St. Louis Dec 22, 2008
Anheuser-Busch Brewery Christmas Lights Display: Nov. 16 - Jan. 2. Santa's Magical Kingdom: Nov. 16 - Jan. 6, Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Pair realise son missing, 14 hours later Dec 22, 2008
A Melbourne couple have told police they had so many children with them, it took them 14 hours to realise their five-year-old son had been left at a Christmas lights display late at night. The boy, Alexander, was discovered wandering alone at 11. (The Age)
SAN MARCOS: Man seriously injured in fall from roof Dec 22, 2008
Victim was hanging Christmas lights ... SAN MARCOS ---- A man suffered serious head injuries Sunday when he fell from a roof while hanging Christmas lights, officials said. (North County Times)
Boy mislaid for 14 hours Dec 22, 2008
A MELBOURNE couple took 14 hours to realise their five-year-old son had been left behind at a late-night Christmas lights display. The boy, Alexander, was discovered wandering alone at 11. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Discussion topic: Say one thing positive and one thing negative about Christmas? Dec 22, 2008
Spudman wrote on Dec 21, 2008 10:24 AM:" Positive. The opportunity to refocus your life on something greater than self. To try to train your mind to the service of others and to find joy in that action. Negative. Those blasted Christmas lights. Love to look at them, hate hangin em' with a passion ". Bennion wrote on Dec 21, 2008 11:30 AM:" MountLoganAll the Christmas CRAP made by non-Christians in Communist China and sold by shameless capitalists starting in August???????I suppose consumers had... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Fighting for the Christmas spirit Dec 22, 2008
Christmas lights further undermined Operation Christmas Spirit ... Someday, I want to meet the Chinese engineer who designed Christmas lights ... Christmas lights are like kryptonite for the Christmas spirit. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
For the girls Dec 22, 2008
Published: Monday, December 22, 2008 1:09 AM HST Members of Kaulupono Basketball, a Westside girls program, wait for customers at their fundraising food booth dispensing spaghetti dinners in front of the Big Save store in Waimea during the annual Waimea Christmas Lights parade Saturday. Kaulupono was just one of several community groups offering food as a fundraiser for their respective programs at the event. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
More of this story Dec 22, 2008
Thousands of people line the main street of Waimea town to view the annual Waimea Christmas Lights parade Saturday. Photo by Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Couple’s annual Christmas train display starts Friday Dec 22, 2008
The annual task of setting up 300 feet of track for their garden railroad display and putting up thousands of Christmas lights and decorations has taken its toll on Bob and Cindy Roerig over the past 15 years. We kind of threatened not to do it one year, because it gets harder and harder, Bob Roerig said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Christmas chaos Dec 22, 2008
Once supper was done, the moms and the gramma piled us all into the largest available vehicle and we all went out to look at Christmas lights and sing carols. Most of us couldnt carry a tune in a bucket, yet we sang our little hearts out at the top of our formidable lungs, gleefully frightening otherwise peaceful neighborhoods throughout the entire county. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Christmas at the 'last house standing' Dec 22, 2008
Christmas lights serve as a beacon of hope in Gilchrist, residents say ... (CNN) -- The streets are dark and the town is deserted, but Pam and Warren Adams still put up Christmas lights outside their Gilchrist, Texas, home ... After the sun was gone and darkness enveloped the town once again, Adams asked her husband if they could put Christmas lights on their home. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NFL)
Make the Christmas circuit Dec 21, 2008
Christmas lights are as much a seasonal tradition as trees and turkey. Some local residents spend days setting up their homes with strings of lights, figurines and decorations because they see it as a vital tradition. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Boat parade dazzles enthusiastic crowds Dec 21, 2008
Dozens of people turned out to watch about 30 boats -- whose decorations included reindeer, dolphins, penguins, an assortment of Christmas lights, music and a couple of appearances by Jolly Old St. Nick -- travel on several canals along the waterway. Mariah Saccucci's family was returning to their Merritt Island home when they spotted the boats gathering under the Sykes Creek Parkway bridge and decided to pull over. (Florida Today)
Home for Christmas (31) Dec 21, 2008
Hand in hand we strolled, and soon the beauty of the night overcame me, with its drifting snow and Christmas lights shining messages of good cheer. Miraculously my heart began to soften. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Splendor of the season Dec 21, 2008
Christmas lights displayed throughout city and county ... n 994 N.W. Georgia Ave. Christmas lights are ready for viewing. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
New Storms, Arctic Air on the Way... Dec 21, 2008
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Holiday cheer Dec 21, 2008
And of course with the holidays comes Christmas lights. Some people put out a strand in the front bushes or hanging off the front porch. (Montana Standard, MT)
Davis calls energy crisis over Dec 21, 2008
More than two years after the last blackouts hit California, Davis noted in a press release that the state had survived a hot summer with heavy electricity demand this year, and "the lights didn't even flicker. I'm pleased to declare California's energy emergency over.'' Those involved in continuing energy issues had mostly tongue-in-cheek responses to the news. "I guess I'll turn my Christmas lights on this year,'' said Jan Smutny- Jones, executive director of the Independent Energy Producers.... (Yahoo News -- Utility Industry Deregulation)
It's even better than Christmas lights Dec 21, 2008
It's even better than Christmas lights ... This year is the third time I've put together a Christmas lights contest for this newspaper ... Christmas lights and decorations are just one of the ways to put us into the Christmas spirit. (Cedar Park Hill Country News Weekender, TX)
Celebrate the holiday season in St. Louis Dec 21, 2008
Anheuser-Busch Brewery Christmas Lights Display: Nov. 16 - Jan. 2. Santa's Magical Kingdom: Nov. 16 - Jan. 6, Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
Jingle all the way through Britt Dec 21, 2008
To top off the evening Brian Hiscocks fired up a school bus for people to board and he led them on a citywide tour of Christmas lights. Five families signed up for this year's light decorating contest although there were many, many more to see and enjoy. (Forest City Summit, IO)
• A bright idea: Make-your-own luminarias Dec 21, 2008
Cut a half dollar-size hole in the base of clean, dry jugs and feed a section of a strand of electric Christmas lights inside. Using the same string of lights, place another section in a jug next to the first, and so on. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Fighting for the Christmas spirit Dec 21, 2008
Christmas lights further undermined Operation Christmas Spirit ... Someday, I want to meet the Chinese engineer who designed Christmas lights ... Christmas lights are like kryptonite for the Christmas spirit. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
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If you need to replace a bulb in a string of Christmas lights, make sure that the wattage rating of the replacement bulb you re using matches that of the light strand ... When hanging Christmas lights outdoors, reduce your risk of electric shock by passing up metal ladders in favor of ladders made of non-conductive materials like wood or fiberglass-reinforced plastic ... Always turn off all Christmas lights and decorations before going to bed or leaving the house. (Atmore Advance, AL)
Economic downturn can't dim holiday lights Dec 21, 2008
In a tightening economy that makes even a small increase in an electric bill loom large, energy-conscious consumers are changing the look of Christmas as they switch in record numbers from the familiar incandescent Christmas lights to light-emitting diode bulbs, or LEDs. Sales of the newer bulbs, which require less power, are up 160 percent this year compared to last year, said Aaron Hassen, spokesman for Christmas Lights Etc ... But it was President Grover Cleveland who brought indoor Christmas... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Performers in church Christmas pageants endure tough times Dec 21, 2008
The clouds in heaven are rolled cotton, and the stars are white Christmas lights poking out of the wall, which are supposed to look like the night sky over Bethlehem. Erickson, 57, is comic relief in the annual Christmas pageant at Arvada Covenant Church, a medium-sized evangelical church in a middle-class Denver suburb. (Casa Grande Valley Newspapers, AZ)
Seniors pick best lights of Casper Dec 21, 2008
The Dahlstedts are one of three houses in Casper that won a city-wide Christmas lights competition judged by seasoned viewers from the Casper Senior Center ... Wendy Bennett is the main instigator behind the Christmas lights. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Kapaa fourth-grade food collection a step closer Dec 21, 2008
Moniz said following the pickup at Kapa a, he is tasked with decorating the van for participation in the annual Waimea Christmas Lights Parade Saturday night. The Rotary Club of West Kaua i will be walking the parade route with fishnets to benefit the holiday drive, Moniz said. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Couple’s annual Christmas train display starts Friday Dec 21, 2008
The annual task of setting up 300 feet of track for their garden railroad display and putting up thousands of Christmas lights and decorations has taken its toll on Bob and Cindy Roerig over the past 15 years. We kind of threatened not to do it one year, because it gets harder and harder, Bob Roerig said. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Christmas atmosphere in Beijing Dec 21, 2008
Christmas lights illuminate outside the Shanghai World Financial Center in east China's Shanghai Municipality, Dec. 15, 2008. (Xinhua Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
Fair Oaks Ranch Police Department (6) Dec 21, 2008
7900 block of Fair Oaks Parkway, 7:36 a.m., A caller reported a deer had Christmas lights wrapped around his head and antlers. Police found the buck that afternoon, but were unable to approach it without him running away. (Boerne Star, TX)
Retailers said no significant drop in sales this year-end season Dec 21, 2008
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A memorable display Dec 20, 2008
The train, of course, is the marquee attraction, taking visitors on a 2-mile course by animated Christmas lights and cranberry bogs. It lasts 20 minutes, and visitors can take as many rides as they like. (Boston Globe)
Make the Christmas circuit Dec 20, 2008
Christmas lights are as much a seasonal tradition as trees and turkey. Some local residents spend days setting up their homes with strings of lights, figurines and decorations because they see it as a vital tradition. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
"Christmas Light Festival" continues at Montgomery Zoo Dec 20, 2008
The children can have fun making different Christmas crafts for their families as a reminder of the family outing at the Montgomery Zoo's Christmas Lights Festival. You must be logged in to rate this story. (WSJA.com, AL)
Swiss in for a Merry Christmas after all Dec 20, 2008
The fairy tale tram rattles along Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich's posh shopping street, beneath the twinkling Christmas lights as if this was just any other year. Inside the tram, children listen to tales of Santa Claus, outside their parents rush from shop to shop, loaded with bags, ignoring the tales of global economic doom and gloom. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
Splendor of the season Dec 20, 2008
Christmas lights displayed throughout city and county ... n 994 N.W. Georgia Ave. Christmas lights are ready for viewing. (Lake City Reporter, FL)
Races from Midwest to Northeast... Dec 20, 2008
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Mistletoe? Holly? What do you see in Raleigh's street decorations? Dec 20, 2008
RALEIGH -- This week, Triangle Troubleshooter took to the streets of downtown Raleigh, asking folks on Salisbury Street whether they could tell what, exactly, those Christmas lights hanging from street lamp poles are supposed to be. Pat Rhyne and David Goodman work every day at a construction site on Salisbury Street, so they've had time to study the lights. (News & Observer)
Officials urge fire safety precautions Dec 20, 2008
Never overload electrical outlets (especially Christmas lights). Christmas lights should be grounded. (Brookhaven Daily Leader, MS)
Ho-Ho-Hold Flight For Houston Airport Karaoke Dec 20, 2008
Just past the security checkpoint, set atop a small stage, is a karaoke machine adorned with twinkling Christmas lights and stockings shaped like cowboy boots. A team of airport employees dressed as Christmas elves beckons. (Click2Houston, TX)
Talk of the Town: What a buck will get you today Dec 20, 2008
Consumer Reports warned against buying certain products from dollar stores, some because of safety concerns: electrical items such as extension cords and Christmas lights, vitamin supplements, brands that sound like known brands but aren t, vinyl lunch boxes, and toddlers toys. The bottom line: You can supplement your regular shopping experience with visits to dollar stores. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
Davis calls energy crisis over Dec 20, 2008
More than two years after the last blackouts hit California, Davis noted in a press release that the state had survived a hot summer with heavy electricity demand this year, and "the lights didn't even flicker. I'm pleased to declare California's energy emergency over.'' Those involved in continuing energy issues had mostly tongue-in-cheek responses to the news. "I guess I'll turn my Christmas lights on this year,'' said Jan Smutny- Jones, executive director of the Independent Energy Producers.... (Yahoo News -- Utility Industry Deregulation)