Got out with my wife Patty last night to see some of the sights in Kannapolis and Concord, NC. Like this house in Concord, NC on Union Street with the balls suspended in the air. Union Street is always a neat street to check out, lots of sights and some of the old elegant houses do a remarkable job of putting lights out as well as other decorations. Many of the houses are decorated much like those in Richmond's Monument Avenue area. Union Street is one of the oldest streets in Concord, many of the founders of the city lived there back in the early days of this city.
This is one of the displays at Village Park in Kannapolis, NC. I liked this display, it changed to the music and put on quite the light show (it is seen here "at rest"). Kannapolis once was a huge mill town, it was the home to Cannon Mills and employed many thousands. That was still going when I first got to North Carolina, but it soon went out of business and those massive buildings were torn down. It is now the home to the NC Research Center which is quite impressive but is so far not the job generator that everyone was hoping for. Still, who knows what the future will bring.
Patty and I took the small train ride around Village Park to see the many light displays. It was really neat and we enjoyed it a great deal. The park is very nice as is often a center of events in Kannapolis from concerts to firework displays and to other events of interest. Kannapolis is a nice little town, and is most famous as the hometown of Dale Earnhardt Sr. Nice area to explore with a lot of interesting sights.
Many of the houses in the downtown area are mill houses, which were built for the workers in the mills and later sold to the workers.
This is Cannon Village (or what was called Cannon Village)-once a sort of outlet mall area, now some stores remain, and some offices for the NC Research Center which starts at the end of this road.
I have enjoyed the Christmas lights in this area and also once again this year the fantastic lights in the Richmond, VA area. I enjoy the sights and sounds of the season, and this has been a most remarkable one for me, and I hope also for all of you.
Best wishes to all for a very Merry Christmas and a season of joy and peace!
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