DELIGHTFUL NIGHT LIGHTING UP THE SAUGUS NIGHTS.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Darvish Staff Writer SAUGUS - December is here, and they're at it again, the in-the-spirit residents who inhabit Wakefield Court and blanket their cul-de-sac street with surfing Santas and twinkling twinkling, in astronomy: see seeing. reindeer reindeer, ruminant mammal, genus Rangifer, of the deer family, found in arctic and subarctic regions of Eurasia and North America. It is the only deer in which both sexes have antlers. each year. Terence Barnes has only started moving into his new home, but he received fair warning before he ever signed the papers. ``The first words
First Words is a Canadian hip hop group, consisting of Halifax beatmaker Jorun, DJ STV and emcees Sean One & Above. from the Realtor were, 'We've found the house you want - but do you like Christmas?''' Barnes said in his driveway Saturday as neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. residents strung Christmas lights across the street and back again. ``We're still waiting for our carpets to arrive, but we'll be out there doing it, too, no question,'' he said. The 41-house street is transformed this time of year, with massive painted, plywood cutouts of the Nativity Nativity See also Christmas. Neglectfulness (See CARELESSNESS.) Nervousness (See INSECURITY.) Bethlehem birthplace of Jesus. [N.T. , trains and other festive images dotting lawns, porches and rooftops. Jan Schroeder and his wife, Kim, have lived on Wakefield Court for 13 years, but the annual street party never gets old. With motion-activated sensors sending his front lawn into a wave of hip-shaking, carols-singing Santas and snowmen every time someone walks by, the Christmas spirit is not only alive and well, but funny. ``It's a great uniting of the neighborhood,'' he said. ``This is a time when we all come together as a big family. Sure, it brings four weeks of traffic, but we like the company.'' Wakefield Court is located off Copper Hill Drive, between Seco and Hasley Canyon roads. Amy Raisin Darvish, (661) 257-5254 amy.raisin(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1 -- 2 -- color) Lights along Wakefield Place, above and below, in Saugus brighten up the nights throughout the Christmas season. David R. Crane/Staff Photographer |
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