Holidays

Ease Into 2023 by Celebrating New Year’s Day at Home

By Joy Donovan / January 1, 2023 /

Happy new year to you and yours! You planned the holidays from Halloween through Thanksgiving up to New Year’s Eve. Now what? Spending New Year’s Day at home could be a great way to start 2023. If you’ve planned and wrapped and baked until you can’t think, we’ve got some ideas on how to spend…

The 10 Best Places to Look at Christmas Lights in 2022

By Joanna England / December 24, 2022 /

For our family, one of our favorite Christmas Eve traditions is making a thermos of hot cocoa, grabbing some caramel corn, and piling into the old V6 sleigh to tramp through some of our favorite neighborhood Christmas light displays. This year, our Christmas light coverage from contributors Joy Donovan and Marlin Weso spanned from Fort…

Electric Lizzyland And a Neighborhood Luminaria Light up Hollywood Heights

By Karen Eubank / December 23, 2022 /

Some neighbors and neighborhoods wade into the pool of seasonal cheer. Then some dive straight into the deep end, head first. The latter would be Liz Simmons and Hollywood Heights. If you’ve never experienced Electric Lizzyland, well, you have not experienced the true spirit of Christmas. When I moved to Hollywood Heights in 1990, people…

Christmas Yard Art in Grapevine That Breaks The Mold — Santa Style

By Joy Donovan / December 21, 2022 /

In our Christmas Lights 2022 special feature, we spotlight the Grapevine Santa House.

Signature Illumination Designs Showcase Former Penson House on Armstrong Avenue

By Marlin Weso / December 15, 2022 /

In a fitting tribute to the site’s historic background, the homeowners at 3756 Armstrong Ave. commissioned one of the more dynamic lights displays you’ll come across in the Park Cities.