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Friday, December 05, 2008

Mad cheer.


Neighborhood lights from lisab on Vimeo.

This is my official nomination for the "Paragon of Excess" Christmas Lights Award for 2008. It's like a light-eating monster ate too many, and then threw up Christmas in this front yard.  It was a drive-by, so I'm sorry about the obstacles the car itself creates.  In particular, you cannot view the seriously undecorated aspens on the east side of the yard.  More's the pity.
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8 comments:

  1. ABick10:00 PM

    hilarious!!!
    that is crazy...

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  2. Renaissance Girl10:48 PM

    whoa. i think they used to live on my folks' street....

    wouldja believe my word verification word is RADICAL?

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  3. CPS4:04 AM

    What? No blow-ups and lots of mechanical lighted toys that move? I believe these are required for total over the top obnoxiousness. If the folks who live across from my parents are in full force this year, I will have a challenger photo for you. This is a challenge, right?

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  4. gilian4:45 AM

    I think you have sparked my holiday cheer and inspired a new tradition--documenting the lightmare! I already have a few favorites to film, but wait until you see my mom's place lit up in blue...yes, Virginia, I said BLUE...it expands with every passing year...

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  5. Dr Write8:13 AM

    I love to drive around and look at the lights. It's actually one of my favorite things. And that house is hilarious. I love when people go crazy and mix things. I love, for example, a Santa in the manger. Or reindeer mixing with the Wise Men. My favorite lights are the all white ones, or the trees in different colors on South Temple.
    (Oh, and I love the Historian's narration. Maybe you could dub in a faux lecture style, as if he is studying a rare form of human culture: Holiday Over-decorator!)

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  6. Nik8:21 AM

    I think they had to dedicate one coal plant just to power that thing.

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  7. Clint Gardner3:27 PM

    There is a house on my street that just about has this one beat. I'll have to take a video of it with suitable commentary.

    I like the "host of Santas."

    Oh, and here is a new holiday greeting for you, courtesy of the City Weekly in honor of your great State Senator Buttars: "Hail Santa! Hail Santa! Hail Santa!"

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  8. middlebrow4:43 PM

    Excellent little documentary piece. Please post more. I think you need a whole series of Xmas light videos with commentary.

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