Before we left Washington State our neighbor gifted to us this wonderful Christmas Train. I've mentioned him before - he also gave us a few tombstones which we've since customized for our own Pet Cemetery. As soon as Halloween was over and the yard cleared, Ed's front lawn and house facade became a Christmas wonderland of lights and decorations.
We used to have a more extensive collection of outdoor lights but sadly they gave up the ghost years ago. Incandescent blue globes lined our fence top. Gradually the color chipped away and I even repainted them once with rattle can blue paint. One string kept getting 'shorter' as I borrowed functioning bulbs to replaced the burnt out ones. Eventually they just got to be too much work to maintain.
Maybe next year we'll add chasing rope lights to simulate track along which this train can travel. And of course it will need a destination...perhaps a manger scene? And ooh - the Grinch could be hiding in the trees ready to ambush the train and swipe all those presents. Oh, OH! And the train has to be leaving Santa's workshop...seems the model railroader's curse of expansion isn't limited to the train room. Ah well, maybe next year.
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