season's greetings from arma madison

I love Christmas lights—I look forward to seeing them as I drive around town and through different neighborhoods and cities.  They brighten up my nightly walks with my dog, to see which neighbors have set up new lights or added to their displays.  When I pull in my driveway, our cheery lights always welcome me home.  We love our lights so much we often keep them on until February!  Somehow, it makes the winter and the nights seem not so long. 

This year, we put up our Christmas lights a whole week before Thanksgiving and even turned them on.  I see many of my neighbors doing the same.  Most years, that would be unheard of, but somehow this year, it feels right and the lights seem brighter.  Our Christmas tree even went up the day after Thanksgiving, instead of two weeks later as in past years.

For me, the lights are my way of dispelling the darkness of winter and recapturing the joy from Christmases past.  It is a comforting tradition in a year that has been anything but normal.  And, once again, we’ll be keeping them on all winter long in the hopes that by the time we turn them off in February, or maybe even March, life will be a little more normal again. 

Wishing you all a very Bright Holiday Season!

Yvonne