Every year in the first week of December, the village community organise a Light Up Night, where all the residents who want can decorate their unit with Christmas lights. We get help from our families and the maintenance man if necessary and of coarse neighbours help each other. On Friday 5 December we turn on the lights and invite family and friends to walk around the village and finish up in the community centre for drinks and Carols. This year was different in that one of our residents organised a children's concert, where grand children and great grandchildren sang Carols for the residents. Unfortunately, I don't have photographs because I didn't attend due to having a bad cough. However, I did walk around some of the streets. The next night our wonderful Residents Chairman, Ian, gave us a tour of the village lights in a buggy, because he knew that Bill is not very mobile when it comes to hills and the village is built on a hill. Ian offered this service to all those not able to walk all around the village.
Hope your cough goes all the way gone. Happy Christmas. Love the lights.
ReplyDeleteThere are some nice efforts there, and I hate to choose the best. Merry Christmas.
ReplyDeleteThe white background under the lights is perfect. Dark walls would not have been nearly as festive.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas to you and Bill along with your family, Diane.
ReplyDeleteThat was a good ride in the buggy, the lights of Christmas look lovely around the villiage.
Happy Holiday, and I can imagine how magical the ride would be. all the homes are beautiful.. so glad your family could be there.
ReplyDeleteLights make such a difference here at this time of year, as we are in the depths of winter and need the sparkle. Your days will currently be much longer but your lights are still very cheery and it makes for a lovely community spirit.
ReplyDeleteI love seeing all the Christmas lights at night, they all look beautiful.
ReplyDeleteTake care, have a great day! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
What a delightful way to celebrate. The buggy tour was such a kind thing to do. I would have ridden in it too. I love the way your whole community gets together to enjoy the season.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas
Sue
What a lovely idea. A very festive way of bringing you altogether. Merry Christmas to you all.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Diane, for showing the festive lights in your community. We hope that you will be feeling better soon and able to enjoy the holiday season with family and friends. Patrick and myself send you and Bill our best wishes for Christmas 🎄 and the New Year.
ReplyDeleteYour village is a very special one. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your family, eventhough it was so excessively hot.
ReplyDeleteWhat a special place...
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
hugs
Donna
Lovely photographs.
ReplyDeleteI hope you are feeling better.
Sending good wishes for the coming New Year.
All the best Jan