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The Evergreen Parker
The Evergreen Parker: Christmas Lights Fight Winter's Darkness
Evergreen Park's holiday light displays are the perfect antidote to the darkness of the shortest days of the year.
The holiday lights in my neighborhood come on slowly at first, and then with a flourish in the days after Thanksgiving. Where one might see a house decorated here and there in mid-November, by early December our street turns into a veritable outdoor light show. We have lighted reindeer, icicles hanging from eaves and gutters, light-covered bushes and lampposts wrapped with greenery and more lights. Christmas trees pop up in front windows, drawing the eye indoors to even more festive decorations. The houses here in Evergreen Park are close enough together that the displays all play off one another, but are far enough apart that the lights don't blend together. I can stand at the south end of Springfield and look north and see that nearly …
