The Griswald's live across the street

Our kids were so excited when over night our neighbors yard turned into a light display almost worthy of donations. This photo is not our neighbors yard, but they have lights on every window and these are not the everyday lights - they are the motion picture type things. A reindeer jumping, Santa's sleigh shooting across another window, a present in another window - you get the idea. They have a waving Santa, a reindeer, a fake white tree with lights, a snowman, a few other trees with various colors, some plastic figures, a Merry Christmas banner done in lights, a few candy canes - you get the idea. Surprisingly there are not lights on the house - the kind that outline the house or are the snowfall looking icicle things. However, we are told that this is a work in progress and every few days we see Mr. N outside adding something new. Our neighbors to the left have icicle lights, a few light up things and in the back yard a 9ft. cross lite up with lights and a light scarf. Down the street another family is in competition with the neighbors across the street and then there are scattered others. Today I sent BigGuy to the store to pick up lights for our house - and a few light up things for the yard. The kids totally want to compete. BigGuy and I just want to represent and not look like the Grinch house. Maybe we will pick up some more things after the holiday when they are on clearance, but this year we just want pretty and nice. Next year we can start on potential self induced electrocution like the Griswald's did. We will pace ourselves. We have to admit - it is nice to have a display like that across the street. You can just peek out the window and be reminded of the fun.