Travel
... or how to turn your house into a tourist attraction.
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Hardly slept at all Thursday night. There was a stupid Christmas tree with lights and one of those electronic gizmos playing Christmas music all night set up near the motorhome. It would repeat itself over and over. The music played all night long and...
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Travel
The House With One Million Christmas Lights...
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| Faucher family's Christmas lights |
... or how to turn your house into a tourist attraction.
For 25 years now Faucher family in Delaware, USA has been decorating their house with one million Christmas lights; and this surely gives a totally new meaning to the words "crazy about Christmas". While this is my favorite holiday of the year, I somehow manage to stay happy with only 200 tiny light bulbs on my Christmas tree. Yes, I know, there must be something wrong with me!
HouseLogic was nice enough to do the math for the Faucher's and they came up with a pretty sum of $82,320 in electricity bill for one month. While the house looks nice and everything decorated like that, I can think of better ways of spending that money (like maybe just a few of these!).
Gizmodo went further and they said that if the Faucher's were using LEDS, which they don't (booo!), their bill would shrink down to $10,680. Huge difference, but still expensive, not to mention that the LEDS cost money to buy too.
While nobody thought about asking the Faucher's how much they really pay for their extravagant Christmas spirit that surely drives nuts their neighbors lets just say that everything fun in life is either immoral, illegal or fattening. No wonder the Grinch didn't come to steal their Christmas. Too much work!
HouseLogic was nice enough to do the math for the Faucher's and they came up with a pretty sum of $82,320 in electricity bill for one month. While the house looks nice and everything decorated like that, I can think of better ways of spending that money (like maybe just a few of these!).
Gizmodo went further and they said that if the Faucher's were using LEDS, which they don't (booo!), their bill would shrink down to $10,680. Huge difference, but still expensive, not to mention that the LEDS cost money to buy too.
While nobody thought about asking the Faucher's how much they really pay for their extravagant Christmas spirit that surely drives nuts their neighbors lets just say that everything fun in life is either immoral, illegal or fattening. No wonder the Grinch didn't come to steal their Christmas. Too much work!
- They Were Right.
Medellin, Colombia is one of the top 10 places in the world to view Christmas lights! So, yesterday we had a busy day! The Medellin Botanical Garden in the afternoon, and the Christmas lights displays in the evening. And, a ton of walking. I didn't...
- Puerto Escondido (day 2)
Hardly slept at all Thursday night. There was a stupid Christmas tree with lights and one of those electronic gizmos playing Christmas music all night set up near the motorhome. It would repeat itself over and over. The music played all night long and...
- The New Airberlin Christmas Aircraft & My 5 Seconds Of Fame
Christmas is our favorite time of the year, therefore we were both excited beyond words about going on a Christmas trip to Germany in partnership with airberlin. We had been told there would be a surprise waiting for us in one of the private hangars in...
- The Magic Of The Christmas Markets In Germany
Christmas markets originated in Germany in the Late Middle Ages and they are a great way to get into the Christmas spirit. I love this time of the year and as the weather gets colder, I'm already switching to a festive mood. Hundreds of Christmas...
- $11 Million Bejeweled Christmas Tree At Emirates Palace Hotel In Abu Dhabi
The $11 Million Christmas Tree At Emirates Palace Hotel In Abu Dhabi This might come as a surprise, but the most expensive Christmas tree ever is to be found in the gold-leaf bedecked atrium of the luxurious seven-star Emirates Palace Hotel...