One man's tacky is another man's awesome

On our way back from the Army-Navy game, K and I stopped off to see a few light shows that are so huge we learned about them on national TV. We were excited to learn these Griswold-on-steroids houses were in Richmond, just over an hour away, and completely on our way back home from the game!

There's a website devoted to these extravagant Christmas displays, and there are tours that take you around to the biggest of the big. When we were on the main road outside the neighborhood of two homes on the tour that are actually side by side, we could easily see the glow that awaited us. And when we turned onto the street, we had to park and walk half a block for all the traffic. There were even limos and buses!

Once we got to the houses, we could understand why!

These homes are owned by a mother and her son. On the website, their display is in the lead for "Most Likely to Be Seen From Space."

There were fun, silly signs, and several varieties of scenes in the displays.

There was even a dog peeing on a snowman!

A modernized pinwheel of lights ...

And even some patriotic displays.

There was even something for those who prefer a much more modest display of festivity!

From the looks of the crowds of people seeing the houses, the line of traffic just to get into the neighborhood, and even the group of carolers who randomly showed up to serenade the home owners while we were there, I think the "bah-humbug"gers are few and far between!