Exterior Illimunation, Stage IV: The Holly and the Ivy...

Or is it the garland, tree, and wreaths? Wow is it a good feeling every year when I finish the lights! Last Saturday I picked up our fresh cut tree for our front porch from our Trees for Toys event at my office (more on that in my next blog entry). I used last years roof line lights to decorate the tree and the garland that is swagged across the front railing. The garland by the way came from our local boy scout troop. You will notice the color difference between the porch lights and the roof line lights. We still like the porch lights better but the roofline lights are LED energy savers so we are going to stick with them.

I also hung a wreath on every garage light. You can see one of them below.

And here it is...

the final product from dead on.

Here is the final product from our cul-de-sac. Maybe next year Jessi will let me put a blow up Santa on the front yard. Okay that is doubtful but I am going to add some lights to my evergreen trees in the back corners of my lot.

Here's to hoping you are moved to let a little Clark W. Griswold out of your personality in the coming years. Remember, it isn't too late to throw some lights up this year!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!