We’ve got our Christmas lights up, and they look very nice — so nice, in fact, that one of our neighbors came up to me and thanked us for making the street more festive.
The neighbor asked me if I had put up the lights. I found this flattering, and funny. My Christmas light-stringing days are well behind me, and there is no way I would flirt with disaster and climb up a long ladder to get the lights up to the top of our tall tree. I told the neighbor, without a hint of personal masculine embarrassment, that we had hired a service to put up the lights and were pleased with the job they had done.
In my book, if you want Christmas lights done right, hire a professional — one covered by the workers compensation laws.
Many of our neighbors in the North of Woods section of New Albany have put up their holiday lights, and the neighborhood looks great. Kish loves Christmas lights, and I agree with her — seeing the pretty displays in the morning and returning from work in the evening makes the world seem a bit more bright and cheerful. I’ll be posting pictures of some of our neighbors’ colorful creations between now and Christmas.
Tomorrow is December 1, and our holiday lights are up. Ho, ho, ho!