Residential Holiday Light Displays

Holiday lights are not as big and spectacular as they used to be. It seems neighborhoods are decorating less and less, and we lost those famous Jennings Osborne Cantrell lights that people still talk about. I remember the area around the old University mall used to be much more spectacular. I remember looking for the "Globe Trotter's House" when I was a kid (Hubert “Geese” Ausbie used to go all out).

There is something magical about Christmas lights, especially to children. Driving around and looking at the lights is a favorite holiday tradition of many families. The good news is that some neighborhoods keep up the old tradition of decking the halls (and it seems to be making a resurgence in recent years). Some neighborhoods are still worth driving through. We have an Arkansan who won the Great Christmas Light Fight last year (he's a bit of a drive, but he's listed here too).

I think shows like Great Christmas Light Fight and other holiday decorating shows are making decking the halls more popular. There are also some fun technological advances that make it more fun, like syncing your house to music or letting guests control your lights with an app.  That's pretty cool.

Advances like this make decorating your house even more fun. So, string up the LEDs, sync up the apps and make a jolly holiday, or just go look at these lights. That's probably easier.