Not much in our area for this Challenge. These are all from one local home, though. Spread across the whole frontage. I missed some to the left, but we had a car trying to climb up our exhaust pipe.
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Beautiful, aren’t they! Nothing much around here, Some in Melville I think… which would be the closest. I miss the rides to see the lights down West Street in Durban.
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They are still there (of course, they call West Street some other outlandish name) and quite festive, but not quite up to past glories.
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Recession seems to have taken its toll round here this year. Normally all houses are a blaze of lights both inside and out from 1st December until the day after Boxing Day. Indoor trees are very small. and I never saw a real tree for sale outside any of the shops. Again, they are normally stacked against the premises from early December right through to this weekend. Changing times, with little change in the pockets!
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Lovely sight to see… but someones got to pay…
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They should put a collection box – except that it would be emptied by outsiders!
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Those lights are quite a spectacle, as I imagine the owners electricity bills will be, if it is anything like the UK over your way.
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The owners will no doubt enter the new year having to cope without arms and legs …
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I have Christmas lights up inside because we dont have a electric plug outside at the right place and must add that with this heat lately the lights will melt within a few days. We have had above 40*C here now daily. Hot really hot here. Huge hugs to all and esp MBH
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Phew, that is HOT! Durban hasn’t got to grips with summer properly, yet – but of course, come February …
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I missed some great photo opportunities last night as we sped through to King George. People really go to town here with their outdoor Christmas lights. One garden along the route was chock-a-block with an illuminated Santa sleigh with half a dozen reindeer. At the moment, we’re following a Jeep with a Christmas wreath encircling the spare wheel. 🙂
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They upstage us completely, don’t they?
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We be planning our drive of lights for tonight.
There are a number of homes who festoon to no end (I think they compete with each other). Some are even professionally done (you see the crews out there hanging lights).
We used to do more organic (throw a bunch of lights over the shrubs and house), but these days I don’t have the will to do all that. Most of our x-mas stuff has been donated or gifted, and we do minimal decorating . . . holiday lazy, we have become.
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It usually boils down to showing off, actually.
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I remember driving the streets of Johannesburg city centre with my parents when I was a young child to see the Christmas lights. Alas, it has been decades since those streets were lit up.
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I also remember the lovely Christmas decor in centre Johannesburg, It was a huge garden with lots and lots of Christmas themes, and the people really enjoyed it very much and were very safe those years.
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I remember walking though that garden at Joubert Park. I was sad when they no longer had it.
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Heheheh yes Joubert Park was the name and it was tradition for us to go every year!
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Centres would vie with one another. Durban used to have some spectacular shows. They still have lights, but muted.
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Never saw the Durban ones – but admired many photos.
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Upington also have some lovely lights one whole street is all done up and it seems the neighbors are competing with each other, but it just so lovely to see. Sadly they are now having lots of theft there too, so now its limited to owners grounds only.
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I do wish thieves would all electrocute themselves! And I don’t care if that isn’t a very Christmassy thought!
I don’t remember any lights in Upington when I was last there. It was just after Christmas, too. Mind you, that was 1974 …
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hehehehe thats a long very long time ago. We were there in 2012 over Christmas. May you and your family have a wonderful blessed creative 2014!!
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Those are nice. There aren’t many in my area either. 🙂
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They do make a festive sight!
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When we bought our house in NS, the previous owner was proud to tell me there was enough electrical cords outside for 1700 Christmas lights. I didn’t say it but I thought “oh my, the neighbours are going to be so disappointed in me!”
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Eek – 1700?
We have lights on our tree in the living room – and that is it!
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yeah apparently people used to come by each year to see “our” house all lit up.
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So they take a dim view of the present situation! 🙂
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Lovely!
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Worth the drive!
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Not exactly a ‘green’ display!
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And with our electricity costs, it will probably put them in the red!
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Yes wont even think about the costs, we have aircons running all the time!
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