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Topic: Massive Christmas light display
draws crowds, annoys neighbors |
Massive Christmas light display
draws crowds, annoys neighbors
Yahoo! News, by Mike Krumboltz
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Posted By:NorthernDog, 12/20/2012 3:42:31 PM
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| Clark W. Griswold had a theory: When it comes to Christmas lights, more is definitely more. A woman in Orange County in California, clearly inspired by Griswold´s philosophy, has decked her home with a staggering 65,000 holiday lights. This isn´t the first time Jan Stewart has gone all-out to light up her house. Last year, Stewart (with some professional help) used about 54,000 lights as a tribute to her late husband, Larry. In this year´s display you can see Larry´s face flash on the roof. This year, she added 10,000 more lights, a few lasers, 16 lighted arches
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Comments:
A little too ´´busy´´ for me. Nonetheless, Merry Christmas!
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Mr. Know-It-All, 12/20/2012 4:23:28 PM (No. 9076589)
This woman is nuts. $50k to set the lights up? Plus who knows how much she´s paying in electricity to run them!
Just think of all the obamaphones that would have financed!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
beth, 12/20/2012 4:28:09 PM (No. 9076596)
I love lots of lights, but this is a little too busy for me, also. I prefer the more traditional light bulbs, and less flashing. But it seems to help her with the loss of her husband.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl, 12/20/2012 4:31:59 PM (No. 9076608)
There is at least one Youtube video of this display. It is over the top for sure, but it is her money. On the scale of craziness, this is relatively harmless.
I would probably just ask her to turn off the speakers (people can listen on their car radios), limit her hours and turn everything off by 10 p.m. A few hours a night for a month isn´t that big a deal for all the enjoyment it gives people.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Jloophole, 12/20/2012 4:43:25 PM (No. 9076624)
Pink Floyd would be so jealous. Too busy for me....and night after night would definitely get old but I´d probably just shut my curtains and let it go. The husbands face on the roof...ok that made me chuckle.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 12/20/2012 5:43:01 PM (No. 9076680)
"I wear my sunglasses at night so I can, so I can... walk the dog!"
Wow!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Trust No One, 12/20/2012 8:31:17 PM (No. 9076846)
I like this one better
http://www.flixxy.com/best-christmas-lights-display-b.htm?utm_expid=1298512-10#.UNO7pGt5mSN
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
ScarletPimpernel, 12/20/2012 8:50:48 PM (No. 9076870)
Wow!!! That´s spectacular. And thanks for the other link, #6 -- I like that one very much.
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