Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

I want to wish my friends and readers a Merry Christmas and a joyous holiday season. Tis also the season to engage in massive lighting displays, and this year is no exception. Here are a sampling of lighting displays from around the nation that take the lights to extremes:



This display has 100,000 and 80 inflatables:


Closer to home, this one is down in Absecon, New Jersey:


And I can't forget the photos I took of one of the largest displays - the Freedom Tower decked out in holiday splendor: They not only ran Christmas lights, but they set up several floors with blue and gold lights for Chanukah: