Christmas lights, camera, action
The day after Thanksgiving I started what appears to be a new holiday tradition at my house—namely, me stringing up Christmas lights. This is the first year I’ve made any attempt whatsoever at exterior lighting, so I decided to start small. Armed with two strands of 25 lights and a package of 75 gutter clips, I set forth to become the first house on the street with a multi-colored rooftop.
One thing I learned very quickly: You never have enough lights. Think it’ll take two strands of lights to cover the front of the house? BUY THREE. Think you need 75 gutter clips? BUY A HUNDRED. Think you need a six-foot ladder? BORROW A 20-FOOT ONE. (Seriously.)
Anyway, after two trips to Target and one each to Ace Hardware and my parents’ house (for the ladder), and after weathering a solid three hours of gravity-defying antics on a rain-slicked precipice, I did it! And it’s now officially Christmas season at my house.
My lighting odyssey begins
Ethan watches and learns
We put a star on the garage, too
Let there be light!
Stay tuned tomorrow for Christmas tree pictures.
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For those green readers of this blog, the lights on the house and in the window candles are LED. Energy conservation is important even during the holidays! However, the lights in the star are not, but the star was given to us by my parents and has sentimental value. Can’t be green all the time!