And then the alligator *ate* the carolers!

[telerib]

So, we have this Christmas thing where we drive around and look at lights. And while, for my own house, I am a big fan of the tasteful pine-with-red-bows-and-white-lights look, that gets a little old when you're driving around. You want to see crazy, tacky stuff.

The historic area of a town is probably not the place to go to look for that. On the other hand, we did see a huge (50-70' tall, at least) pine tree absolutely covered in lights - on private property, no less. That was really something - we drove past it twice. And we pulled over to listen to some carolers. Yes, real live, door-to-door carolers. I wanted to do something like that in our complex, but didn't have the time and energy to get it together. Next year!

It turned out that some of the most crazy-tacky stuff was right in our backyard, in or near our complex. The "Most Lights Crammed Into a Small Space" award has to go to a house just down the road from the complex; their lawn was absolutely filled with light-covered shrubs and light-up statues and glowing white deer. The "Cognitive Dissonance" award goes to a trailer that had a great over-the-top display of lights and inflatable glowing things and the new giant snowballs - and then a lovely little display of a miniature Christmas Town sort of thing in an outdoor pavilion.

But our hands-down "Viewer's Choice" award has to go to the trailer that had, next to the traditional snowmen and Santas and reindeer, a white wicker light-up alligator.

Seriously. With green lights for eyes and one leg raised as if to step forward. A Christmas Alligator.

Maybe they're from Florida?

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[curiousangel.livejournal.com]

There's a section of Baltimore (Hampden) that prides itself on stuff like that. If I'd known you were looking for "oh my GAWD" light displays, I'd have given you directions. :)

A Christmas Gator... now *that* has possibilities. Put Santa in a swamp buggy or an airboat, and you're good to go!

[cmccurry.livejournal.com]

Another suggestion for lights if you get the time and have the cash is out at Seneca Creek State Park in Gaithersburg. It's a nice slow drive through the woods and the displays are incredible.