House With One Million Christmas lights

[labell]

This is a must see article....

The house with one MILLION Christmas lights | Mail Online

 

[sorcer3ss (RETIRED)]

Holy Cow that's going overboard, $686 to light the house up for one hour!

 

[CareyG]

Wow thats amazing! Must be an unbelievable sight!! I cant even imagine how much work went into that. They must have to start decorating in January!!​

 

[Iamagambler]

Beautiful.....Guess if they can afford, yippee for them. Crazy though for what the electric is. I think mine is high at $114.00 a month

 

[vixen777]

That is insane!

 

[judyb57]

Holy Cow that's going overboard, $686 to light the house up for one hour!

But if they can afford it and it brings them joy, then why not?

I really enjoyed this piece of history:

Candles became important symbols of Christianity outside chuches centuries ago when Christians were persecuted for celebrating mass.
A lit candle in a window was a secret signal that a mass was taking place.
Lights were first placed on Christmas trees in Germany in the 1500s. From there the tradition of lighted trees migrated to the UK and on to North America.

But it was not until the turn of the century - and the growing use of electricity - that fairy lights began migrating beyond the tree and windows


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