For Snohomish County PUD and other purveyors of electricity, this is the most wonderful time of the year. Why? Well, it’s all those bajillions of colorful lights dotting trees, homes and decorations, of course.
Just look around. If there’s not a house near you emitting a warm glow you could see from low-Earth orbit, you’re not looking very hard. Head up Woods Lake Road near Monroe for a gander at Colin Stewart and Linda Foster’s display.
It’s pretty impressive, considering this is their first big effort. The neighbors better watch out for a promised bigger display of electrical festoonery next year.
Either way, the PUD will be happy.
Back in the 1970s, we were lucky to have one string of lights, and we liked it! Adolescent Buzz recalls some familial holiday short circuits.
There was the year we didn’t get a Christmas tree until Dec. 23 and flocked it ourselves using some aerosol product whose contents were likely as toxic as they were flammable. The next year, Dad tried to make amends and hauled us to a far-off tree farm to dig up a Norway spruce with needles so sharp you vow never to get one again, and it thrived in our yard. The irony? Years later, whoever bought our old house cut that tree down.
Maybe that’s why The Buzz appreciates (other people’s) lights so much.
Merry Christmas!
— Kurt Batdorf, Herald staff
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