Family Tree Frog

Thomas MacEntee from Advent Calendar Geneabloggers says: Some families string up a few lights each year while others go nuclear and are destined to force their neighbors into a brown out situation. Did your family put up lights and outdoor decorations around Christmas time? What about the neighbors? And was it a favorite family activity to drive around to look at Christmas lights? What about any local attractions such as parks, zoos and the like which put up displays of lights and outdoor decorations? In my childhood, Christmas lights were really only placed on the tree.  There was often a lot of cursing as one or two bulbs were inevitably broken which meant none of them worked and you had to figure out which bulb was causing all the trouble. Now we string lights up out the back around the patio as well as some fairy lights out the front over the carport. But nothing major.  Just a token gesture really. There is a Christmas lights competition held every y...