SEE THE LIGHTS FANTASTIC.GRANADA HILLS Terry and Carol Winger, 17556 Ludlow St. More than 130,000 lights. Many lawn sculptures, including one of Santa and Mrs. Claus Mrs. Claus is a folk hero, and is the wife of Santa Claus in many modern versions of the Santa Claus legend. In many current versions of the mythos, Mrs. Claus lives with her husband and assists with the production of Santa's toys, sometimes overseeing their production by driving a motor home. MISSION HILLS Tony and Nancy Orefice, 10535 Halbrent Ave. More than 8,000 lights, handmade gingerbread gingerbread In architecture and design, elaborately detailed embellishment, either lavish or superfluous. Though the term is occasionally applied to such highly detailed and decorative styles as the Rococo, it usually refers to the hand-carved and -sawn wood ornamentation of men and candy canes, rooftop Christmas tree Christmas tree Evergreen tree, usually decorated with lights and ornaments, to celebrate the Christmas season. The use of evergreen trees, wreaths, and garlands as symbols of eternal life was common among the ancient Egyptians, Chinese, and Hebrews. and snowman. NORTH HILLS Maria and Greg Carlson, 16451 Tupper St. Lighted sleigh sleigh: see sled. with Santa and moving reindeer, lighted angels, crystal church, lollipops, moving train with lights, and twinkling Santa and stars. Fran and Miles Indermill, 9656 Swinton Ave. A handmade 6-foot Ferris wheel Ferris wheel, amusement park ride. It consists of a power-operated wheel that is about 50 ft (15 m) in diameter. It has two rims that are parallel to and equidistant from the shaft about which the wheel rotates. , lots of lights and illuminated decorations. NORTH HOLLYWOOD Joe and Barbara Wheeler, 6434 Cleon Ave. Handmade decorations, including lights, candy canes, elves helping a rooftop Santa, a kissing Santa and Mrs. Claus, a North Pole North Pole, northern end of the earth's axis, lat. 90°N. It is distinguished from the north magnetic pole. U.S. explorer Robert E. Peary is traditionally credited as being the first to reach (1909) the North Pole. In 1926, Richard E. sign and a full-size sleigh. NORTHRIDGE Tim and Cindy Begley, 18530 Entrada Court. Santa, reindeer, snowmen, figurines, angels and thousands of lights. The Huffman family, 16842 Itasca St. 20,000 lights, teeter-totter with Christmas countdown, 10-foot lighted tree with glowing stars, animated Santa and reindeer on roof, gingerbread man on trampoline trampoline Resilient sheet or web (often of nylon) supported by springs in a metal frame and used as a springboard and landing area in tumbling. Trampolining is an individual sport of acrobatic movements performed after rebounding into the air from the trampoline. , jack-in-the-box, bells and train and Christmas music. Also a Toys for Tots Toys For Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which donates toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by Major Bill Hendricks. drop-off location. Mike and Darlene Kline, 19100 Ludlow St. Santa and reindeer, snowmen, Grinch, deer, candy canes, stars and lots of lights. Jon and Sharon Legg, 9829 Crebs Ave. Snowmen, flying reindeer, Christmas tree, packages, train, gingerbread house and man. More than 15,000 lights. OAK PARK Paul Geyer, 477 Summit Knoll Court. A winter wonderland of lights, lighting displays and Christmas characters. PANORAMA CITY John Best, 8619 Sylmar Ave. ``Land of Enchantment'' sound and lights display. Includes 13 Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus figures, 12 snowmen, 14 animated lawn sculptures, a rooftop train, and lights galore. Now through Jan. 8. Lights operate from 5 p.m. to 1 a.m. SAUGUS Wes Novotny, 22514 Ash Court. An entire yard devoted to the Grinch: green lights, inflatable Grinches, faux snow, a Grinch crawling up a garland on the roof, a Grinch dancing in the bushes and more. STEVENSON RANCH Stevenson Ranch, California (in the 91381 ZIP Code) is a Los Angeles County, USA, unincorporated community west of Santa Clarita a few miles south of Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park. The Stevenson Ranch fountain was redone in 2007. The Jensen family, 25169 Hazelcrest Lane. Gingerbread house and people, skating rink with skaters, Santa, sleigh and reindeer, candy canes, 21- foot-high flashing lighted tree and more. SYLMAR Jeff and Trish Hastert, 14246 Bledsoe St. Thousands of lights, animated figures, inflatable Santa Grinch, lighted train, Nativity scene A nativity scene, also called a crib or crèche (meaning "crib" or "manger" in French) generally refers to any depiction of the birth or birthplace of Jesus. In Italy it is known as presepe and red, white and blue lights on the trees. VALENCIA Carol and Dave Gerke, 23020 Weymouth Place. Lots of lights, pond with waterfall, reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Santa and Christmas tree inflatables. VALLEY VILLAGE Wanda Barr, 4956 Gentry Ave. Christmas lights everywhere, Santa's train on the roof with snowmen and holiday music. VAN NUYS Jeri and Winston Elliott and neighbors, 14956, 14960 and 15000 Hartland St. These three homes are decorated with Santas, trees, hundreds of lights, a carousel horse, wreaths, stars, candy canes, arches, snowmen, grape lights, lollipop lights, Disney characters, a live Christmas tree and a large, lighted Christmas stocking. Bud and Leah Johnson, 15943 Basset St. Rooftop Santa Claus and reindeer, candy canes and many lights. WEST HILLS The Gilbert family, 7728 Atron Ave. Carolers, a manger, icicle lights, reindeer, snowmen and more. The Handris/Fong family, 7824 Sale Ave. Lots of lights and displays - a winter wonderland. Faux snow on the front yard, bushes and icicles. The Wine family, 7362 Asman Ave. Handmade Christmas and Hanukkah decorations, snowmen, Santa Claus and candy canes. WINNETKA Mary Clark, 10100 Lubao Ave. Lots of white lights, sculptured deer and trees, and a large live tree decorated with about 100 strings of lights. Bob and Diana Smith, 8749 Winnetka Ave. Lights, lighted reindeer and snowmen, plus cutouts of the cartoon versions of ``The Hobbit'' and ``Goblin.'' WOODLAND HILLS The Caplan family, 20619 Oxnard St. Lights galore, a giant rooftop snowman, elves, wreaths and reindeer. Tom and Gail Lander, 22724 Dolorosa St. Three large trees wrapped in lights, Santa, Rudolph and reindeer on the roof. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) In the 14900 block of Hartland Street in Van Nuys, three adjoining houses offer holiday luminescence luminescence, general term applied to all forms of cool light, i.e., light emitted by sources other than a hot, incandescent body, such as a black body radiator. as far as the eye can see. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer (2) This fellow's sparkling personality is sure to charm visitors to the home of Bob and Diana Smith, at 8749 Winnetka Ave., in Winnetka. Gus Ruelas/Staff Photographer |
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