I don't know how long ago that was, but that one house on the northwest corner of Moross and Lakeshore has been absolutely batspit crazy with the amount of lights they have, and this year was no exception. The last couple of years up Lakeshore have been disappointing though. Not as many lights as I remember from years ago. But there are still a few houses that boggle the mind--you know, the ones with large trees who obviously hire someone with a cherry picker to put lights way up there.taking a drive to The Grosse Pointes (wealthy communities) to see Christmas lights,
I’m talking way back when I was a kid, late 60s to early 70s. This was before the mini-lights that are the dominant type today were available. Most folks where I grew up didn’t have the money to buy many of the large (C9) light sets. So my dad would drive us down to the Pointes to see the lights on the well-to-do homes.I don't know how long ago that was, but that one house on the northwest corner of Moross and Lakeshore has been absolutely batspit crazy with the amount of lights they have, and this year was no exception. The last couple of years up Lakeshore have been disappointing though. Not as many lights as I remember from years ago. But there are still a few houses that boggle the mind--you know, the ones with large trees who obviously hire someone with a cherry picker to put lights way up there.
My grandparents lived in the Woods, buying into the area back before it became a bit too upscale. Back then, our drive from home was mainly 12 Mile for about five miles east to I-94, and down to Vernier. Not many had lights back in the day along that route. My grandmother used to put these plastic candelabras in the window with red C9 bulbs in them, the extent of her decorating.I’m talking way back when I was a kid, late 60s to early 70s.