As a result, I was able to see some wonderful displays around Greene County. Branson also puts a big emphasis on lights, and there probably isn't a small town in the Ozarks that doesn't have some type of light display that is unique to their community. It may be obvious, but the closer to Christmas, the more lights come out. I guess if the weather were to get real bad closer to Christmas, the number of home lighting displays would not grow. That would be a good reason to get the lights up as early after Thanksgiving as possible.
Some people get very involved with the lighting displays they put up on their homes.
I spoke with one man who spends weeks putting up his lighting display. He has had to add electrical circuits to his home to handle the load. In my own neighborhood, we have a good natured peer pressure system to get our neighbors to put up their lights as early possible. Joe already has his up. It has increased the festive appearance of our neighborhood, but not gone toward the gaudy.