Every year, The Crown Entertainment complex in Melbourne will run a lazer light shows in the foyer area between the hotel and the entrance to the casino. Like a moth to the lights, I would be drawn to see the colourful sights. Check out the photos in the slideshow below - can you tell I love night lights?
And every year, houses along The Boulevard in Ivanhoe would put up Christmas lights on their houses. It has become such a tradition that it has become a mini Christmas tourist attraction drawing crowds of people to visit every year. I still remember AP telling me that if you lived along The Boulevard, the neighbours with Christmas decorations would pressure the rest of the houses to decorate their homes with lights.
When I took Charlie to check out The Boulevard in December 2004, I was amazed to see the changes from the previous time I went to see the lights way back when I was still in University. For one, I had never seen so many people walking along a surburban street in the middle of the night. There were road side stalls selling ice cream, snacks, drinks and those glow-in-the-dark toys. The Boulevard had gone from a few houses putting up fancy Christmas lights for their own personal enjoyment to a Christmas feature with its own advertising billboard!
It’s rather impressive to see the lengths some houses go to with their decorations. If you watch until the end of the slide show, there’s a house with a bicycle stuck to the chimney! I have to hand it to the owner of that house - that’s dedication for you! I guess it took a person like that to coin the phrase “in the spirit of Christmas”.
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