Recently, a friend showed me a wonderful “secret” that has been happening probably for a decade in this one tiny Florida hamlet. One Christmas a gentleman loaded his bow and arrow with Christmas lights and shot them up into a tree. The effect was so festive he did it to his whole yard and volunteered his services to all his neighbors, who accepted gratefully.
Today, it is not really known whether he still decorates everyone’s trees or if he has taught them to do it themselves, but the effect is breathtaking and I only wish these photos could do it justice.
Christmas is a time when we all feel more connected to our fellow man (unless we are at a blow-out sale at Target then its every man for himself) and the fact that everyone pulls together in this neighborhood to decorate it for the season is visual proof of the sense of community here.
Since these photos were taken at night they are not the clearest, but please remember that all the vertical lights are the ones shot up into the trees. These lights go around corners and bends, from one block to the next. Quite impressive.
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