On Christmas Eve, we were going to look at lights, but by the time we got there - the display was closed. BUT we went out last night and oh my - were we in for a treat!!!!
Sit back, relax and enjoy!!!!!!!!
And DO NOT tell Mark that NONE of these pictures were taken with MANUAL settings. For that - I need to go out by myself (hey - I might do that tonight) and play around with the settings. but when you have people in the car - well - best to not mess around!!!!
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| We were driving around on Christmas Eve and saw these lights near our house |
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| Same house - different angle |
Our first stop last night was near Campbellville.
The Stone House Christmas display
Check out the web site if you want to go - it is open for a bit yet. You can park your car in the parking lot and walk around. It is an amazing display.
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| Singing lawn ornaments |
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| In addition to lights, there were some display cases - this one is dedicated to Santa's reindeer |
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| This display was The Nutcracker (everything was beautifully labelled) |
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| Train of lights |
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| Santa's ferris wheel |
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| Circus themed Christmas display |
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| And some of the pieces have to be ANTIQUES - I am sure of it - but all of them were stunning. |
Anyway - if you haven't been, you should go. It is a beautiful display - doesn't take too long to have a peek at everything.
And if you are looking for stained glass windows - I would go HERE first. Same place - they sell stained glass windows. Check out this web site for more info........
The Stonehouse
Then we decided to stop in Milton at a house that we had heard about. Funny how word of mouth about these places gets out.
I had heard that the house had a LOT of lights, but no idea what we were in for. We only knew the street name. Plugged that into the GPS and off we went. We turned onto the street and while we saw lights - we don't see anything that would take our breath away. Then we turn the corner - AHA - we found the house.
It was a SYNCHRONIZED Christmas Light house OMG - I've never seen one in real life before............
Tune your radio to an FM station and VOILA - there is their music and a pre-recorded message about their display. It was very cool............
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| Synchronized light house in Milton |
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| It is hard to describe the entire thing -- but see the hoops - they changed colour a lot |
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| The poles changed colour - the lights on the house changed colour |
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| And they had a "talking" head on the garage |
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| Stars on the roof |
If you go to this link, you will read more about the house.
Milton Christmas house lights
Note - what you see in the video is their FIRST year. This is now their third year so the display is bigger. I believe the display goes on until early January.
After listening to most of the eight songs, we decided to move on and ended up at another "light" house in Georgetown.
Again - we didn't know the exact address, so plugged the street into the GPS. We arrive at the street - hmmm - I don't seem anything spectacular and then WHAM. We were assaulted with lights - have a look.................. The Lambert's have been doing their display for SIXTEEN years. I wonder if people looking to purchase a house on this street are informed of this!!!!!!!!!!!! It was SPECTACULAR.
Check out this link. Apparently in 2010, the Lambert's won the MOST OUTRAGEOUS HOLIDAY house in Canada. Pretty funny!!!!!!!!!!!!! And won a full sized leg lamp that is in the front window.
Outrageous Lights
And the Lambert's have their OWN WEB page for their house. Check it out.............
Lambert Lights
OH MY GOD - if you don't feel excited and happy after watching that - well - it is just amazing. I notice there is a countdown on the last web site - number of days until the lights go off. I bet the neighbours come out that night and celebrate!!!!!!!!!!! It is truly amazing and the video does NOTHING to describe in real life what it is like. BTW - there are even more LIGHTS than in the video!!!
If you are looking for a hobby (I wonder what Daryl does in real life??? an electrician or works for the hydro????) but this would be a good hobby for someone!!!!
But should you want to make your own synchronized music house, I found a web site that tells you how to do it.
Make your own Synchronized Christmas light show
And here is a link to a guy who did just that - he made it his hobby, but got his neighbours involved. Yikes - imagine if Daryl in Georgetown did that?????
Pickering houses
Well - one could go on and on with this. But now I must go and get back to reality.
I have the ENTIRE afternoon ahead of me and NOTHING, I repeat NOTHING is due. Oh goody - what will I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway - have a great day!!!!!!!!
Ciao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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