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holiday lights

I am obsessed with holiday lights. Ever since I was a young child I have loved hanging Christmas lights, I looked forward to spending the frigid afternoons with my Dad and now I look forward to seeing our house twinkling in the evenings leading up to Christmas. This year has been especially fun with Payton! We started driving the neighborhoods close by that go all out right after Thanksgiving and have done so a couple nights a week to see the progress and that little bit of joy that gets Payton all excited before bedtime. Last year we were introduced to Christmas Card lane and Candy Cane Courts that are literally in our backyard. While they do not compare to some of the nationally acclaimed “tacky” streets they definitely go all out and make the list for our family to visit year after year. We always discuss how our next house has to be in one of these neighborhoods, I would die to have a house like those pictured below, maybe not their electric bill but, oh! the lights! Our close friend has a friend that lives on Candy Cane Court and there is an ordinance that you cannot use your microwave from 5 to 8 PM. NUTS! Do you have a favorite neighborhood you visit? What kind of lights do you decorate with/prefer? LED, classic, crazy colored? I am a classic girl, love the whites and reds. Next year we are adding more, taking on our huge palms and additional elements to create a tastefully tacky holiday house. If you in live in the San Diego area I highly urge you to head on over to any of these North County neighborhoods
for some holiday fun.

Holiday of Lights in Del Mar 

We visited the Holiday of Lights at the Del Mar Racetrack, it costs $14 at the gate or $12 at your local Albertson’s. While you can go around the track as many times as you would like the $14 for this attraction is a little steep. Not to mention the free Santa photos at the end or rather their attempt to sell you on the newly remodeled Welk Resort isn’t worth the time with the scary Santa or the ditzy not-to-nice Santa’s bimbo helper. Pay still loved the lights but we joked that when their older they’ll tell us how boring it really is. 
Candy Cane Courts in Poway
grab a mug of cocoa, the kiddos and your best karaoke voice. I love that this street is just a few over from ours.
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Christmas Card Lane in Rancho Penasquitos 
There are about 200 families that participate in this yearly tradition that began in 1985. Take a sleigh ride, drink some cocoa, listen to Mt. Carmel High School students sings carols and take in the beautiful Christmas “cards” that are displayed on every lawn. 
Point Loma’s Garrison Street
Point Loma’s Garrison Street is fun for Christmas and even Halloween. I loved when I worked down by the bay because this street is amazing! Jim took the kids along with our friend Geoff a few weeks ago while I was out to dinner with my girlfriends. Payton loved it, like we knew she would! Check out her jump at 32 seconds, she is constantly doing this in her boots, I guess she is practicing for her snowboarding jumps! 
and our house. Probably should’ve done this first so it didn’t look so boring but there are a lot of small things you cannot see in the photo. More next year!

Comments

  3. Oh my goodness! My grandparents use to live in the neighborhood right next to Christmas Card Lane!! It was my favorite Christmas memory from my childhood! So glad they are still doing it! Looks like y’all had so much fun!

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