Main street lit up
Want to see a last little bit of holiday cheer? Well come along with me as we visit Rochester Michigan, a small town that puts on a show you won’t want to miss.
Santa’s on the roof!
We visited Saturday night, an almost balmy evening which brought out the crowds and added to the festive feeling.
Doesn’t the purple building look like it’s smiling?
We walked up one side of the two long city blocks and then down the other side.
Street of color.
The shop windows were decorated for the holidays and each building glowed in a different color.
Window shopping.
All the restaurants and coffee shops were full of happy people enjoying friends and family, good conversation, good food and good feelings.
Massive color.
It was magical. Everywhere you looked people were smiling. Little kids were giggling. So were grownups. No one was in a hurry.
Shades of fun.
Millions of lights were making lots of people happy. Maybe we should do something similar in the summer.
Holiday sparkles.
Who says lights have to be confined to December?
Green light for fun.
Change Is Hard 
December 29, 2013 at 9:39 pm
Wow! Beautiful, but all I can think is how much work it would be to take these lights down. I guess there’s a bit of scrooge lingering in my soul. I do remember when I would spend hours decorating the house and more hours decorating packages. In my youth.
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January 1, 2014 at 4:45 pm
Husband’s nephew was here for lunch today. He worked in the town where all these lights are. He says the town takes a truck out afterward and just cut the lights off at the roof and throw them away! ! !
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December 29, 2013 at 9:54 pm
Now, that is cool! Thanks for sharing!
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January 1, 2014 at 4:45 pm
It was REALLY cool!
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December 29, 2013 at 10:44 pm
How pretty. The buildings are so festive. I keep Christmas lights in my kitchen window all year long—On grey days they are very cheerful–even in the summer. Thanks for sharing your Merry.
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January 1, 2014 at 4:46 pm
I like your idea of lights in the kitchen window all year!
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December 30, 2013 at 2:14 am
That’s so pretty! I love the lights. Some muslims in my neighbourhood always keep some lights on outside of their house and it always give out some festive feeling to others.
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January 1, 2014 at 4:47 pm
I love lights on at night, always makes me smile.
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December 30, 2013 at 7:39 am
That’s so cool! What a great idea to make it a streetwide thing.
Vegas keeps their light up all year, why not everyone else? This reminds me of the freemont street light show in old town las vegas
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January 1, 2014 at 4:47 pm
I’ve been to the light show in old town Las Vegas…that was cool too.
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December 30, 2013 at 8:21 am
Wow, great pictures and great fun! Glad you shared this! The picture of you among the lights and star-shaped bokeh is fabulous!
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January 1, 2014 at 4:48 pm
Thanks, we had a lot of fun. The little camera we had with us has a setting to do ‘magic’ and one of those is ‘sparkle’ which is what husband used on that shot. I liked it because the sparkle covers up my little surgery scar on my forehead that is still healing!
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December 30, 2013 at 10:05 am
Those buildings are certainly festive. Very pretty! And I would love some beautiful lighting in the summer and fall!
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January 1, 2014 at 4:48 pm
Me too. Can’t think of a season that lights wouldn’t make us feel good.
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December 30, 2013 at 11:47 am
I LOVE the way those buildings are decked out in different colors! Yes, Christmas lights are festive and somehow manage to hold back the darkness and dreariness of long winter days. We keep Christmas lights on one of our artificial ficus trees year-round!
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January 1, 2014 at 4:49 pm
Good idea to keep some lights up all year!
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December 30, 2013 at 12:53 pm
That was a beautiful and fun tour, Dawn. I’ve never seen buildings lit that way before.
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January 1, 2014 at 4:49 pm
I know! Cool isn’t it!
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December 30, 2013 at 2:23 pm
Wow! That is fantastic
Lily
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January 1, 2014 at 4:50 pm
Thanks! We thought it was pretty cool!
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December 31, 2013 at 4:42 am
That’s so cool. I’ve never seen businesses go to that extent with lights. Nice!
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January 1, 2014 at 4:50 pm
I know. I wonder who’s funding it. Have to say it was bringing in a lot of people the Sat night we were there, so the restaurants and bars and coffee shops were full, might be a break even sort of expense.
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