Holiday light displays: Be the best on your block
“Holiday Hero: A Man’s Manual for Holiday Lighting”
by Brad Finkle
Chronicle Books, 136 pp., $9.95
/ The season for the most competitive of outdoor decorating sports is under way. In neighborhoods throughout the nation, all-star yard-trimmers are dusting off boxes of holiday lights and hauling out the elements for Nativity scenes and other displays - all in an effort to make their homes the talk of this winter’s dark December nights.
If you’d like to match reindeer and kilowatts with these masters but fear your amateur efforts might mess up the grid and black out all the homes on your street, you can find the help and inspiration in this new do-it-yourself outdoor decorating guide.
“Holiday Hero” takes the guesswork out of creating memorable Christmas displays. It covers everything from the basics on Christmas lights and how to hang them to planning, installing, troubleshooting and storing your dream display.
The book also comes with a dozen sample decorating plans you can install or use to stimulate your own creative thoughts.
Finkle has been a professional holiday decorator for more than 20 years.