| Let's face it - even during Christmas - that most | | | | and wanted to show me the finished product |
| special time of the year - we still want to look | | | | instead of simply explaining it to me. |
| good and keep up with the neighbors. With the | | | | Let me tell you, it was really worth the wait! The |
| amount of time and money that people spend on | | | | effect was absolutely stunning. The animated |
| outdoor Christmas lighting and holiday decorations, | | | | outdoor Christmas decoration was actually a |
| this can be kind of hard to do. I was surprised to | | | | moving animation of Santa Claus driving his |
| find out that many of my neighbors start planning | | | | reindeer. They would move across the lawn, |
| their lighted outdoor Christmas decorations | | | | Santa raising his whip to spur the beasts into |
| months ahead of time. Gone are the days when it | | | | action as they leapt dramatically on. It was classic |
| was as simple as running a string of lights along | | | | and high-tech at the same time. It was, in short, |
| the roof and making a snowman in the front | | | | just what I was looking for in my Christmas |
| yard. Nowadays, if you don't spend weeks | | | | decor. |
| decorating, it looks like you have put in almost no | | | | Of course, animated outdoor Christmas |
| effort at all! | | | | decorations come in many different styles. I |
| Fortunately, for those of us that are short on | | | | prefer the look of animated wire, but some |
| time, there are some great shortcuts to | | | | people like to go a lot further than that. I have a |
| Christmas decorating. The very best one, in my | | | | neighbor who actually has an electric powered |
| opinion, is using animated outdoor Christmas | | | | carousel with reindeer moving around inside of it. |
| decorations. I first discovered them a few years | | | | It is not something that you can ride, of course, |
| ago when one of my friends was putting up his | | | | but it does make quite an impression. The whole |
| Christmas light display. I was surprised to see him | | | | thing flashes and glows with red and green lights |
| covering his lawn with silhouettes made of stiff | | | | and can even be programmed to play Christmas |
| wire. When I asked him about it, he told me to | | | | carols. When it comes to animated outdoor |
| wait. He was proud of the work that he had put | | | | Christmas decorations, the sky really is the limit. |
| in to the animated outdoor Christmas decorations, | | | | |