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Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Christmas Lights!

It's starting to feel like Christmas - I'm listening to Over the Rhine's Snow Angels as I type, and today it snowed. I'm writing Christmas cards and finally put up decorations in my apartment, and I’ve started to see Christmas lights appearing everywhere. There seem to be more of them this year. Perhaps it’s an antidote to our economic instability?

Last year I was using websites to try to track down light displays, but this year I’ve already stumbled across two enormous ones just driving around the city. For those of you in Chicago: there are fantastic light displays on Ashland Ave. somewhere around Irving Park (I was driving by, so I wasn't paying attention to the exact cross street) and Logan Blvd. and Washtenaw (the nearest major cross street is California).
Logan Square Christmas lights

Every year I spend time tracking down lights, so these were a fantastic find. The Lincoln Park Zoo also does a light display, and it's fun because you can walk around and see zoo animals in the process. And there's a wonderful cafe nearby that's good for warming up after walking around in the cold.
Logan Square Christmas lights

The photos are from the house in Logan Square. The house itself is quite large (even by suburban standards), and the entire façade and lawn are covered in decorations: there’s a Tigger on a lighted ball, Santa on the roof, reindeer every two feet, glass boxes with scenes from the North Pole, and an army of human-sized angels trumpeting on the walkway.

Labels: Chicago, holidays

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