Driving around to see winter lights

Thanks! We really have fun with it. I'm hoping to get to a nearby town before the holiday season is over - they are supposed to have big display too

It must be beautiful with all the Hannukiot. I hope you had a lovely Hannukah , am I correct that it has ended for this year? We don't do a lot here decorating wise... we have a small tree, with crochet ornaments that my mom made on it, I put out some red and green doilies instead of the white and pink that are usually up, for outdoors I have a small artifical tree, I put some battery powered lights on it and after the holidays I will leave just the tree for winter decor. The decorations make winter with all this snow a little bit better :-)

@FayeHazel Today is the 2nd day. The last day is next Monday. I will light candles later on for Hannuka. What can I say there is a lot of light for the holiday. With all the Hannukiot lit it shows us so much light. It is called the Festival of lights. Next Monday is the last day and Sunday is the last time for this year that we light our Hannuka candles. On Friday I light my Hannuka candles before I light my Sabbath candles. On Saturday after our Sabbath is over we light Hannuka candles. As long as you are happy with the tree and decorations for your holiday that is what is important and not what everyone else does. I remember all the snow in Minnesota. I am glad that the decorations help somewhat with all the snow you get. Bye for now. I will be back on the computer but have to call my techician for help with some things. The TV will go on after I finish some songs. It is a holiday where we can work and work on the computer and watch TV.

@Hannihar Happy Hannuka! I did a quick search, I have heard of the Hannuka celebration, but didn't know much else about it. Interesting to learn about the miracle of the holy light of the temple staying lit for 8 days when only 1 day amount of oil was available. Are there some holidays you cannot watch TV or be on computer?

@FayeHazel Thanks Faye.

That must be so pretty when the look of the lights is designed to showcase the home they are on.

@FayeHazel I'm sure before Thanksgiving.

It makes me wonder when they start working on the bigger displays... before snowfall maybe?

@FayeHazel thanks Faye yes in Calcutta mostly it is warm. Only on christmas and 31st dec year ending it is cold. So people venture out for outing. the streets have good lighting

I've seen pictures from Calcutta. It looks most beautiful

@sathviksouvik Ah how nice it must be to have a warm climate . Here it is cold from November to May.

@FayeHazel here people also put some lights in the houses but it isn't as in the US.

@nela13 Some people do quite a lot of lights. Others a more reasonable amount . :-)

They did so pretty, their neighbor had a display as well. How fun

So welcome :-)

@FayeHazel

Thanks! We have a lot of fun

They did really well with their display

Oh yes. So nice to see the beautiful lighted scenes

All the white from the snow and ice can look so bleak. The lights really help make winter more cheerful. I do a little decorating, mostly in the house, a Christmas tree , a few decorations set on tables or hung up. Outside I put a small tree with battery power lights. Nothing like these big displays. How about you?

@cool83 Are there any mid-winter celebration in the Buddhist faith?

@FayeHazel We are not celebrating the Christmas because i`m a Buddhist , But my daughter decorated her little Christmas tree ...