Best Christmas lights in Prospect Heights, PS, CH, etc.?

dailyheights

I'm organizing a small and informal walking tour of the "best" Christmas lights in the neighborhood. Which direction to walk? Obviously the corner of Underhill and Park Pl. is a must see...

apollonia666

Subject: Re: Best Christmas lights in Prospect Heights, PS, CH, etc.?

dailyheights wrote: Obviously the corner of Underhill and Park Pl. is a must see...

Heh... last year I was walking to the Grand Army Plaza station with a couple of friends after spending Christmas day at Unterberg's place and we stopped to look at those decorations. One of my friends who is Jewish was asking me questions about the nativity scene -- "Okay, and who's that dude?" and "Did the real baby Jesus have a light bulb stuck in his ass?" and so on -- and a woman who was walking her dog passed by, started laughing, and said, "I love Christmas in New York."

flute

Subject: Re: Best Christmas lights in Prospect Heights, PS, CH, etc.?

apollonia666 wrote: "Okay, and who's that dude?"

sje

My excellent neighbor Nestor always lights his house up, and this year is no exception: on Underhill at Bergen.

brookfetish

sje wrote: My excellent neighbor Nestor always lights his house up, and this year is no exception: on Underhill at Bergen.

Is that the guy with the Santa hanging out the window?

dailyheights

I think this is his place. The whole block is quite a show.

stacey

I happen to be partial to those homes myself

pitu

Subject: Re: Best Christmas lights in Prospect Heights, PS, CH, etc.?

apollonia666 wrote: One of my friends who is Jewish was asking me questions about the nativity scene -- "Okay, and who's that dude?" and "Did the real baby Jesus have a light bulb stuck in his ass?" and so on -- and a woman who was walking her dog passed by, started laughing, and said, "I love Christmas in New York."

Har. A bunch of Israeli teens joined our trek to Bay Ridge/Dyker Heights xmas light display one year. It was beyond my power to explain . . .

and really worth a visit. Must book Zipcar. Must book Zipcar!
It's as if several small town department stores from the '50's yakked all over a couple of houses. They have full sized horses rearing up on revolving pedestals! Good good fun. 80-something street, I think

smokin joe

okay, i don't know about best--i hate to make a value judgment here--but just for the sheer quantity of plastic and kilowattage involved, it's worth checking out the corner of park and underhill. (my wife thinks the red-suited guy on the roof is a well-disguised al qaeda sniper, but no casualties so far.)

candicissima

Smokin' Joe wrote: okay, i don't know about best--i hate to make a value judgment here--but just for the sheer quantity of plastic and kilowattage involved, it's worth checking out the corner of park and underhill. (my wife thinks the red-suited guy on the roof is a well-disguised al qaeda sniper, but no casualties so far.)

Alafairnadia and I walked past that yesterday and all we could say was "wow." That's some mighty Christmas spirit...and a major electric bill! There's a Santa in a bubble!

smokin joe

the santa's not just in a bubble. when it's turned on (which i think is always), it's one of those snowball things, like the kind you turn upside down and it snows on the statue of liberty, but this one blows snow-like particles all around inside the bubble while--and this may be the best part--it plays ringtone-like xmas ditties.

candicissima

Smokin' Joe wrote: the santa's not just in a bubble. when it's turned on (which i think is always), it's one of those snowball things, like the kind you turn upside down and it snows on the statue of liberty, but this one blows snow-like particles all around inside the bubble while--and this may be the best part--it plays ringtone-like xmas ditties.

Now see...she explained that to me, but I couldn't picture it until just now. That's...really special.

alafairnadia

Candicissima wrote: [quote=Smokin' Joe]the santa's not just in a bubble. when it's turned on (which i think is always), it's one of those snowball things, like the kind you turn upside down and it snows on the statue of liberty, but this one blows snow-like particles all around inside the bubble while--and this may be the best part--it plays ringtone-like xmas ditties.

Now see...she explained that to me, but I couldn't picture it until just now. That's...really special.

sweet jesus, I'm glad that thing wasn't turned on when we walked past. I might have lost it and gone a wee bit postal on the bubble.