Comments on: Dear Neighbors With The Over The Top Christmas Lights, I Love You. http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/2011/12/02/dear-neighbors-with-the-over-the-top-christmas-lights-i-love-you/ blue butterfly flitting through life Sat, 21 Feb 2015 01:05:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.8 By: 3 Things I’m Obsessed With Right Now http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/2011/12/02/dear-neighbors-with-the-over-the-top-christmas-lights-i-love-you/#comment-17685 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:12:19 +0000 http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/?p=2999#comment-17685 […] I wrote a post last year about how much I appreciate other peoples’ Christmas light installations and what they represent for me. I just reread it and realized it’s a little sombre (sorry) but truth is, it still rings totally true. I’m still totally obsessed with Christmas lights and décor and they make me so totally happy. I am therefore including Christmas Lights as my #2 true current obsession. […]

]]> By: Jessica http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/2011/12/02/dear-neighbors-with-the-over-the-top-christmas-lights-i-love-you/#comment-6077 Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:42:59 +0000 http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/?p=2999#comment-6077 I couldn’t love this more Sara. I have the same troubles during the holidays, it is hard to stay in the spirit with a piece of your heart missing. But you are right, we have to keep pressing on and creating memories to make Christmas special for our own kids. Thinking of you through the holiday season (and stumbling this because everyone should have such a great outlook, as you do.)

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]]> By: Julie http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/2011/12/02/dear-neighbors-with-the-over-the-top-christmas-lights-i-love-you/#comment-6042 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:52:10 +0000 http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/?p=2999#comment-6042 I wish we weren’t in the same club (the holidays without mom one) but thank you for this lovely post. My mom was the same way. As much as I feel this tremendous missing piece this time of year, passing on the same brand of silliness to my own kids serves as something of a salve.

Thanking your neighbors too, and you (even though I have a monster lump in my throat now;)

]]> By: Ayesha http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/2011/12/02/dear-neighbors-with-the-over-the-top-christmas-lights-i-love-you/#comment-6032 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:49:15 +0000 http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/?p=2999#comment-6032 Ilana, there is a house somewhere in Bayside near the Clearview Expressway that has the brightest lights in NYC =) We don’t even celebrate Christmas, yet each year my brother would pile up the mini van and take us to see that house.

Merry Christmas Sara =) This was a lovely post. Thank you Ilana for sharing on Twitter =)

]]> By: Ilana http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/2011/12/02/dear-neighbors-with-the-over-the-top-christmas-lights-i-love-you/#comment-6022 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:12:38 +0000 http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/?p=2999#comment-6022 I was just saying to Mike that we have to take Mazzy driving around the suburbs to see Christmas lights. We lived in a predominantly Jewish town growing up, so my mom used to pack us in the car and we’d have quite a road trip to find worthy houses. They used to publish a list in the paper of best ones and we’d hit them all.

I miss that about living in the city. Professional lighting jobs on skyscrapers just aren’t the same as the homemade ones.

]]> By: Laura http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/2011/12/02/dear-neighbors-with-the-over-the-top-christmas-lights-i-love-you/#comment-5991 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:34:23 +0000 http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/?p=2999#comment-5991 I don’t even want to imagine the time after I lose one of my parents. My heart really goes out to you. I am glad that you have such amazing memories though and that you get to share them with your children as well. And I really love all of the crazy over the top christmas lights as well!

]]> By: Nicole http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/2011/12/02/dear-neighbors-with-the-over-the-top-christmas-lights-i-love-you/#comment-5973 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 02:47:07 +0000 http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/?p=2999#comment-5973 I’m so happy that you have such a magical place to make you smile.

P.S. I’m starting this tradition immediately.

]]> By: Kathleen @ Sugar and Spice http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/2011/12/02/dear-neighbors-with-the-over-the-top-christmas-lights-i-love-you/#comment-5932 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 20:35:13 +0000 http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/?p=2999#comment-5932 Sara – (( hugs)) to you, that house lifted my spirits too. This is my first year without my beloved Grammie, the waves of emotions can be overwhelming. Hopefully, with time, the wave will be less strong and frequent. xo – kat

]]> By: Sara http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/2011/12/02/dear-neighbors-with-the-over-the-top-christmas-lights-i-love-you/#comment-5907 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 23:39:36 +0000 http://www.periwinklepapillon.com/?p=2999#comment-5907 Awww. thanks Rachael.

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