This is the house we wanted to give it to. Sadly they were not home. We looked in the windows (in a non creepy way) and the inside of their house looked beautiful too!
So we gave it to this house.
We never know what kind of reaction we will get when we plan on handing out this award. This year was sort of a downer. We picked this house and when we walked up to it we saw them backing out of their car. So instead of walking up to the house and giving it we gave it to them through the car window. This would have been fine but as we handed it over (to the wife who was very appreciative) asked who we were with we said "no one it was just our family" and she thanked us (very nicely) and said her husband who put up the lights was in the shower. She said he had won several times in the past and would be happy to get this one when he didn't even do as many as he normally did. It just really didn't go how we expected it to (much like our Christmas caroling). The point of the award is to give to someone who just likes lights and put them up for fun not someone who has like experience competing! Oh well. Their lights were pretty and we did enjoy driving around seeing the lights. We will see what happens next year. She was very kind about it and was happy to get it and said her kids would enjoy the candy. Jared and Lydia loved seeing the lights, drinking their hot chocolate and having their blankets with them outside of the house. We drove all over town trying to find the right house. We just couldn't find one in other neighborhoods. I need to remember that it goes better when we focus on one area not all over the place and to just pick one before it gets too late. It appears that candles in every window is a much bigger deal than lots of lights. Most houses had a candle in each window which we saw a little of in Colorado but nowhere near as much as here. We may jump on that band wagon when we have a house here. It was also really common to have matching wreaths on every window too it was pretty and fun to see something different.
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