Lights signal Christmas spirit
With Winter Break right around the corner, streets, homes and businesses have lit up with an assortment of Christmas lights and decorations.
A drive down Main Street introduces a spectacle of traditionally decorated and lit trees with white mini-bulbs. Despite the lack of snowfall so far this season, the many decorations present holiday spirit in one of the most ancient and traditional practices.
In the 18th-century Germans began to decorate trees with candles and publicly display them.
Those interested in viewing some of the more elaborate Christmas light displays can drive down Cliffside Road and down Main Street.
Other classic holiday decorations include Christmas trees, snowmen and angels. Often, religious celebrators will display the nativity scene highlighting the day of Jesus Christ’s birth with the swaddled baby, his parents Joseph and Mary and three wise men.
Though these decorations are said to encourage the holiday spirit, most cities have specific guidelines for when the lights need to be turned off for consideration and energy conservation.
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