Brian, his parents, his grandmother & I piled in the car last night, made a quick stop at Starbucks and then went on a self-guided tour of some of Wichita's craziest light displays. It was fun ... at the expense of others footing what have got to be some huge electric bills this year!
Brian's grandma was so cute. When we placed our order at the Starbucks drive-thru ("tall Caramel Apple Spice" ... "grande Peppermint Mocha, non-fat, no whip"), she said she'd never heard of such things and must be old-fashioned. It was fun to have her along. She'd say, "Oh, for goodness sake!" at the elaborate light displays we found.
Grandma & Janice
Janice & me
Brian
John, a.k.a. the tour guide
(I asked him to pose for his photo, and this is what he did. Can you tell we were being silly and having a good time?)
Should you choose to take a similar adventure, take a look at an interactive map of Christmas light displays that I helped with for Kansas.com. If you only have time for a few displays, I'd suggest checking out:
"Is your house on fire, Clark?"
"No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights."
-- Christmas Vacation
Brian was quite pleased to see a home with a leg lamp lit up in the window, a la "A Christmas Story."
"Only one thing in the world could've dragged me away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window."
-- A Christmas Story
See more Christmas photos in my Facebook album.
Brian's grandma was so cute. When we placed our order at the Starbucks drive-thru ("tall Caramel Apple Spice" ... "grande Peppermint Mocha, non-fat, no whip"), she said she'd never heard of such things and must be old-fashioned. It was fun to have her along. She'd say, "Oh, for goodness sake!" at the elaborate light displays we found.
Grandma & Janice
Janice & me
Brian
John, a.k.a. the tour guide(I asked him to pose for his photo, and this is what he did. Can you tell we were being silly and having a good time?)
Should you choose to take a similar adventure, take a look at an interactive map of Christmas light displays that I helped with for Kansas.com. If you only have time for a few displays, I'd suggest checking out:
- The two homes near 1428 N. Coach House Road
- Candy Cane Lane, 1050 N. Azure Circle
- The home near 21st and Park streets (Check out the photos of the home with the nativity on the roof near the end of this blog post.)
"Is your house on fire, Clark?"
"No, Aunt Bethany, those are the Christmas lights."
-- Christmas Vacation
Brian was quite pleased to see a home with a leg lamp lit up in the window, a la "A Christmas Story."
"Only one thing in the world could've dragged me away from the soft glow of electric sex gleaming in the window."
-- A Christmas Story
See more Christmas photos in my Facebook album.
1 comment:
A girlfriend of mine found her dad a leg lamp on the LTD commodities website. Future gift idea? ;)
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