holiday lights
In my neighborhood a minority of houses have Christmas lights (which makes sense; we're about 50% Jewish, I think). Of those, a majority are tasteful and a few are over-the-top. But Friday night on my way to services I saw one that was both under-stated and remarkable.
Four posts, about three feet high, were arranged in a diamond and wrapped in lights -- three red, one purple. It took me a moment to parse: advent candles. Somebody actually managed a religious light display that didn't involve statues of people. That's pretty cool.
On Saturday, in daylight, I noticed that there was another post, white, in the center. I didn't know its significance without Google; Wikipedia says this is an optional additional candle that's lit on Dec 24 or 25, though it was not lit on Friday night.
Four posts, about three feet high, were arranged in a diamond and wrapped in lights -- three red, one purple. It took me a moment to parse: advent candles. Somebody actually managed a religious light display that didn't involve statues of people. That's pretty cool.
On Saturday, in daylight, I noticed that there was another post, white, in the center. I didn't know its significance without Google; Wikipedia says this is an optional additional candle that's lit on Dec 24 or 25, though it was not lit on Friday night.