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RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
Fri Dec 23, 2011, 01:42 PM Dec 2011

I Noticed Something in My Neighborhood

More Christmas lights. This is the first year we are actually walking up and down the different streets and practically everyone is lighting up their houses. It's so festive. Even here in warm South Florida. It actually feels like Christmas for the first time in a few years.

This year has been tough for most people in my neighborhood. My husband just recently got a job (2 actually) and I believe things are looking up. Maybe it's just the lights, but I'm seeing something more there. People want to celebrate. They want to stop with the all of the negativity. They want to be happy again. It may be a small sign, but maybe it is a sign of things to come.

Thanks to you all and God Bless

Merry Christmas to all
Happy Hannukka to all
And to all a Happy New Year

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NNN0LHI

(67,190 posts)
1. Seen my neighbor across the street on a 20 foot ladder putting them up on his house
Fri Dec 23, 2011, 01:45 PM
Dec 2011

Been my neighbor over 20 years and he never put them up before.

Don

Journeyman

(15,001 posts)
2. My neighborhood, too, here in South California. . .
Fri Dec 23, 2011, 02:06 PM
Dec 2011

I get the feeling we're sort of like the Whos in Whoville, content to celebrate the season despite the efforts of the world's Gingrinches to make the season a fright.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
4. Same around NW PA, haven't seen so many lights since I was a kid, 60's. Maybe it is a sign of hope.
Fri Dec 23, 2011, 03:36 PM
Dec 2011

I love the lights!

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