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Hi,  
 
Next week I have some friends over from Europe. Where to go to find the most beautiful decorated houses without driving all over town?  
 
Thanks.

I have not been out looking yet this year but I know 49 Almond cres always has a big display.  
This week I drove by 63 Memorial Crescent and they have quite a huge display as well.

The house at the corner of Almond Crescent is a must! It's what I like to think of as a pro-version of national lampoon's Christmas house!  
But hey, isn't driving around with a coffee or hot chocolate and some Christmas music half the fun?!

There's a really cool display on I believe Christie Bay where you tune in to a radio station and watch the lights go to the music.

check out photos

in the 800 block of 9th. street.

I''m hoping to get the last of the lights up and wired this Saturday (Dec 2nd) so the show can start the evening of Dec 3rd.  
 
With 5160 lighting channels our display is sequenced to music (at an average of 6 hours of programming per minute of song) and we are home of the Singing Light Bulbs! Tune your radio to 104.1FM  
 
Check out  
http://crosslights.ca/christmas  
for show times and where to find us.  
 
We also have videos from previous years and a video from the Santa Parade float we sponsored!  
 
Edited by Jason Cross, 2017-12-01 00:54:54

Wicked display corner or 21 and McTavish

The house in the east end that is timed to music is my favourite. On princess maybe?  
 
We drove by last weekend and it wasn’t on yet though.

sammy said "The house in the east end that is timed to music is my favourite. On princess maybe?     We drove by last weekend and it wasn’t on yet though. "

I think the house you are referring to belongs to Jason Cross - see his post above with a link to where you can find details to location, dates, times, etc. It''s well worth a drive by to watch - love it!  
 
Edited by Grandmama, 2017-12-01 14:41:16

Somehow missed that comment! Yes, sounds like the one I’m talking about  
 
Loved the float in the parade too...I recognized the music and knew it had a familiar feel to it! Great job every year!!

sammy said "Somehow missed that comment! Yes, sounds like the one I’m talking about     Loved the float in the parade too...I recognized the music and knew it had a familiar feel to it! Great job every year!! "

Was out working on wiring until 1am Sunday morning but except for a few bulbs & pixels that need replacing the show ran successfully on Sunday.  
 
Princess Ave East & Frederick St.  
5-10pm Mon-Thurs  
5-11pm Fri-Sat and Christmas Eve/Day

Grandmama said "    sammy said "The house in the east end that is timed to music is my favourite. On princess maybe?     We drove by last weekend and it wasn’t on yet though. " I think the house you are referring to belongs to Jason Cross - see his post above with a link to where you can find details to location, dates, times, etc. It''s well worth a drive by to watch - love it!     Edited by Grandmama, 2017-12-01 14:41:16"

I''ve had trouble getting into the Christmas spirit this year... But reading these comments and seeing the neighbours kids dancing in their yard during the "dress rehearsal" really helped!  
 
Edited by Jason Cross, 2017-12-04 01:04:40

Jason Cross said "    Grandmama said "    sammy said "The house in the east end that is timed to music is my favourite. On princess maybe?     We drove by last weekend and it wasn’t on yet though. " I think the house you are referring to belongs to Jason Cross - see his post above with a link to where you can find details to location, dates, times, etc. It''s well worth a drive by to watch - love it!     Edited by Grandmama, 2017-12-01 14:41:16" I''ve had trouble getting into the Christmas spirit this year... But reading these comments and seeing the neighbours kids dancing in their yard during the "dress rehearsal" really helped!     Edited by Jason Cross, 2017-12-04 01:04:40"

We check your house out every year. Funnily enough we noticed you had only changed up a couple songs and we were thinking (and hoping we were wrong) that you weren't feeling it this year.  
Kids loved it though and we sat through the entire play through.  
We'll probably end up checking it out again later this month as well.

Jason’s is my favourite! I’m from the East End and I enjoy a song or two everyday on my way home from university and work. I appreciate the work that goes into such a well organized show and I love to see the little tweaks and changes every year. Thank you for providing such an amazing service to our community!

I’m sorry you’re not feeling the spirit this year! I think we’ve all had years like that so it’s understandable. I imagine the work put into it, is a lot!!  
 
If it helps, we drove around Saturday night looking at the decorated homes (we saw you working on yours ) and I said to my husband that yours is definitely my favourite!! On our way back home I said we should drive by yours again to see if it was ready and my husband just laughed and said give the poor man some time haha  
 
Thank you for the hard work and time it takes to decorate your home (and thank you to everyone else that does theirs as well!!) You’re all part of so many people’s yearly traditions

Thanks everybody for their input. It's going to be a nice tour of Brandon. Of course with a hot chocolate in the console.

Drove home on Richmond tonight and looked for santa peeing off the roof but he wasn’t out. Was a little disappointed, that one always made me chuckle!!

But, I suppose it make the homes that have the lights shine brighter. I too have to admit that I wasn't much in the spirit until last week. Early cold & snow in November, that constant push for the season to start earlier from the stores/advertisements and the dreaded expenses that seem to increase every year. I can't blame anyone this year in having the "Christmas Blues" when I had it too. My lights for the house were problematic this time around and with my mood I was almost determined to just "give up" with the outdoor display. However, with the mild weather I couldn't ignore the opportunity to go out, fix and get them up and running for "one more time again" (That's what I keep saying to myself every year. LOL). ...And I'm feeling more festive this week now that it's all done and lit up. But, there were moments... Lights sold today are absolute crap! How is it that LED lights need "replacements bulbs"? The bulbs in theory don't burn out because they're LED, so why do they go out? I got so frustrated with the scam in the need to replace the string because we can't figure out which socket has the poor connection. It drives me nuts, that LED's from over ten years back are still working (because they are permanently set in the line), but the last year or two replacements are getting tossed in the trash because we can't get them working. What a "con-job" from the Holiday Light Industry, by engineering the flaw of bad connections with the sockets so customers will get fed-up with the current ones and go out to purchase more of the same. Then every couple of years change the socket design so we will eventually run out of spares and be forced to replace the old with new strands. What suckers we have become! Oops, got negative again. Must be festive. LOL So anyway, I'm taking the family out next week and I'm going by Adam's Christmas map from last year, but I'm asking everyone/anyone if there's any new displays we need to see this year?  
 
... And before I forget... Hat's off to those who go above and beyond! Thank you for the lights & displays and Merry Christmas.  
 
Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

FYI I've put together this year's annual eBrandon Holiday Lights Map that you might find helpful. Folks can use the map to view and vote for some of the better displays I've seen or add additional displays you've found yourself. I've added a link from the front page (right-hand column) for easy access...  
or the direct link is:  
https://ebrandon.ca/xmaslights.aspx

Thanks for the list! We will do the tour and then vote one evening soon.

Perfect timing. We're planning to go tonight or tomorrow to drive around for some family time. Again, thank you for all your effort and time in producing some great services for our community. Have a great Christmas for you, your family and to the eBrandon crew.  
 
Just my opinion, I could be wrong.

Tastefully decorated!

Elderwood drive has many decorated home. Am I correct in thinking they call it candy cane lane?  
 
The one on the corner of elderwood and cottonwood is one of my favs too. I haven’t seen it at night yet but during the day it looked like they added some new ones this year?  
 
The new townhouses built beside GA school had lots of inflatables up too!

There is a home on Hemlock Crescent that has a leaping fish out of the ground. It's pretty cool to see!

Is there a group or someone like the Lions who could maybe load a van/ bus with seniors or handicap people and give them tours of the lights each night. I bet the seniors. handcapped would thoroughly enjoy it.

Added a few more this evening.  
 
Re groups putting on tours, pretty sure the Real Estate Board has done tours in the past. Not sure if they still do?

I saw santa peeing again tonight!!! Lol  
 
We drove by Jason’s on princess east and LOVED it as usual!! It’s definitely our fav! However, posting my videos of it on fb was different this year. Said I couldn’t because of copyright but then I said I could if it was a parody. So I said yes to that and they allowed me to post it?? Hopefully i don’t get put into fb jail hahahaha  
 
There was one on 26th, on the north side of Victoria, that had a lot of decorations on it!

The big main one on Christie bay is just a big mishmash of stuff that just doesn’t go together. That said there are several others on Christie bay and park avenue with lights that are nice so the street itself is a must do.  
 
Almond Cresent is our favourite. So tasteful and classic looking without going over the top.  
 
Few nice ones on Imperial, infact the whole Riverheights neighbourhood has lots of nicely lit ones.  
 
Also a few along Rosser between 28th and Rosser that are quite pretty.