For the past month or so I have spent many hours figuring, calculating, measuring and designing how my Christmas lights will look this year. My love for Christmas lights began well over a decade ago. I believe I was in my freshman year of high school when I first saw the movie Christmas Vacation. Two of my best friends, Matt and Doug Freeman, introduced me to this holiday classic. Thence forth, I have had the desire to make my house '...the best looking house in town...' I have been lighting my residence every year since, some years more elaborately than others. I want to thank my father for teaching me everything I know about exterior illumination. It truly is enjoyable although a lot of work.
In this photo, I am hot-gluing 3 1/2 inch 16p nails to the bottom of each individual light so I can stake them in my yard. Fun stuff!
As of today, I have all of the lights in place on my roof, my lawn, my one tree and have staked all of the candy canes that line the driveway. I only have a few small additions to make which should be done tomorrow. 
The next step, which will be interesting, is going to be figuring out how to plug it all in efficiently. The key word is efficient. I've already decided which outlets to plug in to throughout my house but I need to figure out the best way to do it without using more extension cords than I need to. I should finish that project tomorrow as well!
3 comments:
Jason, you crack me up! Good luck with the lights it's starting to look like a "bute!"
Thanks for the entertainment, Jason. We enjoyed your movie clip also. We will have to come down just to see the lights.
This enthusiasm for lights sounds familiar to me. Your lights look incredible, very straight rows! I cannot wait to see them turned on. Of course, if the whole plugging them in thing doesn't work out, "they still look beautilful even if they're not lit."
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