Christmas Taking down Christmas lights math I estimate that taking down the Christmas light show is 8 to 10x the speed of putting it up. The last two days I took down: 1. Arch tunnel 2. Arches 3. Wall lines 4. Lawn lines 5. Stairway lines 6. Trees 7. Tree trunks 8. Bushes 9. Megatree & star
Review, Christmas Review: Jelly Belly Holiday Favorites Santa delivered these Jelly Bellies to my stocking. They have five flavors: 1) Pumpkin Pie 2) Egg Nog 3) Cranberry 4) Candy Cane 5) Hot Chocolate They really aren't bad. Each tastes like the flavor it claims to be. The egg nog is the strangest and I would compare it
Review, Christmas Review: Trader Joes Advent Calendar 2022 I haven't had a chocolate advent calendar in a long time. But Kari gave me one this year. Frances and Calvin also got one. Frances gave up on hers after about a week and a half and gave it to me. So then I had two advent calendars I was
Christmas Christmas light traffic 2022 Christmas was on Sunday this year. We had a QR code in the front of the house that people could scan and then vote for the show they wanted to see. Christmas Eve Eve (December 23rd) was the most crowded day. Traffic was lower on Christmas Eve and on Christmas
Review, Christmas Review: Brown Family Lights The Brown Family Lights is a synchronized Christmas light show in Rancho Santa Margarita. I met Colin Brown who puts the show together a few years ago. It is on my list each year of must-visit lights. It is unique because it isn't just one house with lights but it
Review, Christmas Review: Pacific Symphony Organ Spectacular 2022 Maybe this concert should have been called a trumpet spectacular. Barry Perkins is the principal trumpet player for the symphony and he was the real star of the show. The first act featured "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen and "Hallelujah" by Handel. So that was fun to have both of them
Review, Christmas Review: Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree This book is one of our favorites to read in December. The premise is that Mr. Willowby has bought a Christmas tree but it is too tall for his room. So to fix the problem he chops off the top of the tree. The tree then magically looks fine and
Christmas RGB Christmas Lights on Garage Matrix We use a low density matrix of lights in front of our garage for our lightshow. There are 16 strands of 10 lights each. So just 160 lights. But they create a really neat effect. 0:00/1× Video showing how they look.
Christmas, Review Review: Laguna Niguel Christmas Parade I have gone to the Laguna Niguel Christmas Parade for a few years. I go because the kids are in the marching band but it is actually a nice parade. Even though almost every parade entry has something to do with Christmas they officially call it a "Holiday" parade. The
Christmas People voting on the light show People can scan a QR code in the front yard and then vote on the next song they see on the light show on the house this year. They pick Danger Zone from Top Gun over and over and over. It is definitely not a favorite for anyone who lives
Christmas How to choose a Christmas tree Going to the tree lot and reaching a consensus is impossible for our family. So sometimes someone will get final say in the choice. But this year we tried a new method. Four of us were going to the lot. So three of us got to select our favorite tree.
Christmas Another cool still frame from the Light the World videos I didn't notice the nurse as the shepherd with a crook made out of the IV holder until a year late.
Christmas Do you store your Christmas lights plugged-in? I love the Light the World videos that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints puts out each Christmas. But we always laugh at the intro of the video from 2016. The person is unpacking their Christmas lights and they are on!
Christmas, Lights Making a QR Code with RGB Christmas Light Pixels I wanted a way for viewers to see a website about the lights this year. So I tried making a QR code out of pixels. The website will have a way to vote for the show you want to see on the house with Remote Falcon, information about the lights,
Christmas Del Mar Highlands Christmas Decorations My friend Bruce has been designing and decorating the Del Mar Highlands for a few years. The boys helped him design the synchronized RGB LED lights on the surfboard tree there. Last year the igloo decoration was destroyed by arson. This year he designed a snow globe to take its
Christmas Trunk-or-Treat Christmas Fran helped me put some of our Christmas lights on the truck for the Trunk-or-Treat.
Christmas I found a large icicle This was the biggest icicle I have ever seen. And it was easily removed so I could examine it. I can find several articles claiming to be about the world's biggest icicle. At 27 foot is this the world’s biggest icicle?A 27-foot icicle photographed hanging from a bridge
Christmas Storage Space in Odyssey Minivan The Odyssey has an incredible amount of storage space. We started transporting the Christmas lights from storage to the house this week. The 2018 Odyssey has 144.9 cubic feet of storage. A 2018 Chevy Suburban has 121 cubic feet of storage. The van really is amazing for storage when
Christmas Hammond Lights Expands to North Carolina I brought Fletch a little lights controller and some new mini RGB lights so he could put something up in his dorm room. 0:00/1×