There are two things I've always wanted to do on Christmas Eve with the kids - the first is going to a nativity play in a church with real live animals (there used to be one locally but I think they stopped doing it) and the second is a twilight walk around some of the houses in and around Hastings whose owners totally cover their houses and gardens with Christmas light displays. This year it was cold but dry so we went to investigate.
This house is the only one in the street to be decorated and there are crowds of people coming to see it and leave money in the charity collection box.
Look in the bedroom window - there is even a Santa projected in the window who suddenly appears to squeals of delight from the children.
Our next stop was the nearby village of Westfield where every single house and garden is festooned with spectacular twinkling lights and displays.
There were even bigger crowds of people here, along with people with charity collecting tins.
I don't think we've ever seen so many lights on one house before !
I hate to imagine what their electricity bills will be like in January though !
There are displays on houses and in gardens ...
... and even a caravan !
I'm not sure if this was a game of football or snowball !
This house invited you to walk down the garden path to take in everything on display ... and there was a lot !
There was even a train that moved around on a track.
You can see the crowds of peope queueing up to walk down the path.
There was also a very impressive Christmas tree.
And Pierre was delighted to finish off with an illuminated Minion !
It was a fabulous way to kick off Christmas Eve, before coming back to more Christmas Eve magic with a phone call from Santa and watching his progress on the NORAD Santa tracker.
Love going for Christmas light walks, it's great when houses have such excellent displays. There's a few near us that are covered too :)
ReplyDeleteThey really are magical, whatever your age - even the grown-ups were oohing and aahing !
DeleteHow exciting! We used to have a house like that just down the road, all sparkling and glittering but they stopped doing it. It must cost an absolute fortune in electric bills. Fab for kids though.
ReplyDeleteI think they might have a nasty surprise when the bill arrives !
DeleteWhat a fabulous way to spend Christmas Eve, it's great that the kids were keen to go searching for the most Christmassy house. I love the house with white lights and animals. It's great that they do them all for charity though! Thanks for linking up with me on Country Kids.
ReplyDeleteI think this may end up being a new Christmas Eve tradition - although last year it was rainy and horrible so we couldn't go.
DeleteWow, I love seeing the lights in our town, but I've never seen any quite as huge as this. It does make you feel really festive, so maybe next year we'll have to make more effort to see the places rumoured to do lights for charity.
ReplyDeleteI'd always wanted to go but it turned out even more spectacular than I expected :)
DeleteIt looks fab, I really like the decorations, they are so elaborate.
ReplyDeleteAmazing!! Some people really pull out all the stops when it comes to Christmas lights. Glad you all had a nice walk, I bet it felt really magical xx #whatevertheweather
ReplyDeleteIt was a great way to kick off Christmas Eve :)
DeleteWhat a fabulous selection of lights, really amazing
ReplyDeleteThe lights look amazing, I can't believe how may lights they have on one building. Must have been great fun to look round at all the houses, I wish we had something similar nearby us. Thanks for linking up to #Whatevertheweather :) x
ReplyDeleteIt must be weird for the people to have strangers constantly peering in their house though !
DeleteOh my this is insane!!!! How incredible. I love Christmas so much, these are the most magical lights I've ever seen. So much fun looking around at them all. I'd have to take a flask of hot chocolate to go around look at them. Thank you so much for linking this to #whatevertheweather. xx
ReplyDeleteI'd heard they were good but really wasn't expecting something quite so magical ! :)
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