I made hot chocolate for the boys and they eat got their own bag of mini marshmallows to eat along with it (half are peppermint, half are regular) and then we loaded them up in the car.
Jon stopped and got Peppermint Mochas for us since Starbucks was still having their BOGO deal.
We drove up to South Barrington where the houses are enormous and the lights are impressive. We drove around for a while looking at the different displays. We also enjoyed the box of petit fours that a sweet family friend had sent to us earlier this month as we drove around.
Then, we made our last stop. My good friend Ruth told us about a house that had their lights timed to music on a radio station. Wow! This house was impressive. It put the house in Christmas Vacation to shame. I'm sure the neighbor directly across the street LOVES the blinking lights for 5 weeks each winter and the steady stream of traffic that it brings. This house is in a gated community so I'm surprised the owners even get away with doing this.
This is one of my all-time favorite activities. As a kid, my family use to always cross the river and drive through another town's "Candy Cane Lane." It was impressive. It was a 2 block street where every, SINGLE house on the block went all out with their lights. Sometimes when it was really close to Christmas, there would even be someone in costume handing out candy canes to cars as they drove up and down.
And 10 years ago when we were home visiting my parents, Jon took me to Candy Cane Lane and proposed to me there. If I didn't already have enough reasons to love ridiculous Christmas Light displays, the proposal amidst Candy Cane Lane sealed the deal.
This will always be one of our advent activities.
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