Patty and I took a tour of the Concord and Kannapolis area in the car on a cold December 10 night. After a stop at Starbucks for some coffee and with Christmas music playing on the radio, we checked out some of the local houses. This one is a favorite of ours, it is on Union Street in Concord, NC. That is one of the oldest streets in the city and was once the home of many of the regions movers and shakers. I love to see this house, and look forward to it being lit up every year. There are many fine houses on the street-not quite tacky lights tour as in Richmond, but a great Christmas display.
A very fine house is seen here in Kannapolis, NC. The owner did a good job of lighting it up for the holiday, and I enjoyed the house here. Kannapolis has a good light display in the area formerly known as "Cannon Village" and also in a park downtown which has a lot of nice light displays. In fact they had a nighttime Christmas parade which we did not go to-so will bring some of those sights in a future post this month. The houses though in the area have some really nice displays-if a bit lower in wattage than those to be found in the Richmond area. I plan to see some more of those in the RVA this weekend.
Richmond does a very artistic job with trees, and some of them are really remarkable. This tree in North Carolina (again in Concord) is typical of what you tend to see here. While perhaps not as arty as some I have posted in Richmond, it is nonetheless really impressive and fun to see over the Christmas season.
I hope you have enjoyed these photos, I will be bringing more both from Richmond and from North Carolina in the next few weeks-and perhaps if all goes well even a quick look at Christmas in Louisville, Kentucky. Best wishes to all for a very Merry Christmas! Thanks for visiting!
Just wanted to wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. As always, I have enjoyed reading your blog every post and love the photos too. I also wanted to tell you that Richmonds Tacky Light Tour will be on this Sunday on CBS Sunday Morning Show at 9AM .
ReplyDeleteMy family and I take the kids each year on the tour although we havent been able to do each one. Your blog has helped me this year to decide which ones we are doing this weekend.
I hope you keep writing as it is always interesting to read anothers experience and what they see in our own backyard and other places. Was wondering if you ever tried geocaching while you are out and about ? We cache and love it for the interesting places it takes us.Again thank you and Merry Christmas !
Linda Miller
Thanks I will be watching for that on the Morning Show. It does get a lot of attention, have seen the Tacky Light Tour on various HGTV Christmas shows over the last few years as well.
ReplyDeleteWill check on geocaching-sounds interesting. Hope you have a Great Christmas and a Very Happy New Year as well. Glad you enjoy the blog, I sure enjoy doing it, and plan to continue to do so.