And wherever we went we were always seeing houses that were so bright, fancy and beautiful, somebody should have called us and told us about them. I'm also amazed at the patience people must have to do this every year. I recall one occasion they attacked me and wrapped me up tighter than Johnny Weissmuller battling one of those giant rubber snakes in the old Tarzan movies. Countryside lights it up Saturday This Saturday, starting at 6, the Countryside neighborhood will have its annual luminary lighting. Located off NW 39th Avenue, west of Interstate 75, entrance is by NW 108th Boulevard or NW 110th Terrace.
Motorists can enter, with lights dimmed, and take a peek.
Student singers from Kanapaha Middle School will be singing Christmas carols. Taking them down also is tricky. More than once I formed the giant wad of lights with enough knots to qualify it as a macram sculpture. We saw one house with enough lights to stretch in a string from Gainesville to Newberry, and I can just imagine what a mess I would make of that. Charlie Blythe, the unofficial king of Christmas lighting in our evening cruise, says he's got 80,000 lights up this year at his house on SW 80th Boulevard.