Thursday, December 18, 2014

Christmas Lights by Raine English


One of my favorite things to do during the holiday season is to drive around looking at Christmas lights. I love white lights, so I always head for the center of town, where the tree-lined streets have been turned into a winter wonderland, then I head across town to the park with the dazzling light show of more than three hundred lighted characters.


After that, I wind through a number of neighborhoods to satisfy my daughter’s love of multicolored lights. Some of the houses are so decked out that I hate to think of what the home owners’ electric bills must be like.


But the trip wouldn’t be complete without a drive by the brown Cape Cod with the lifelike Santa and his sleigh and the huge hot air balloon with Rudolph inside. It’s been a favorite of ours for years.

Where do you go to look at Christmas lights?

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USA Today bestselling author Raine English writes sweet small-town romances. She lives in New England with her family and her French bulldog, Bailey. Her latest release, Some Christmas Magic, is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Kobo.


For information on all of her books, visit her website at www.RaineEnglish.com.

3 comments:

  1. I love Christmas lights, too. There's an entire neighborhood in town that goes all out, every house for several blocks is decked out with lights for a couple of weeks at Christmas time. The streets are blocked off to through traffic, so thousands of people walk through admiring the lights and displays. It's wonderful, but I always wonder about those electric bills.

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  2. Like many towns, we have a "Christmas Tree Lane" - a neighborhood that bands together to light up the night (with a train that travels ten feet off the ground around the streets). I'm practical, like Patti, and wonder about their electrical bill.

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  3. These days, we like to seek out the houses who have their lights coordinated to music.

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