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Show i M I o a i .r I U e) v n r ist mas II The Daily Utah Chronicle Christina 3 Ms illiomiinaite seasonn Story by Worth Anderson Photos by Earl Cline Even though it is often freezing outside, the warmth of Christmas feeling can light up many people's faces. ..and their trees, and their yards and their house gables. Christmas lights seem as integral to the holiday as Aunt Bev's uncuttable fruitcake. Of course, lights at days, Anne Kaelberer, Dan's mother, said. This year Dan did the tree, shimmying up and down the limbs, because "You can see the lights from everywhere. fern's Dubach's 4 yard glistens X with dozens of Christmas tree. lights, strung around According to the yard, in every legend, Martin window, up and down was Luther to inspired put the house sides, candles on the across bounding old Yule tree while walking reindeer, past caroling in the woods. figures, and through a wire sculpture proclaiming "Noel. that had held the host of angels proclaiming good tidings moved him to make the innovation. After Edison, the highly flammable tradition went electric. Bulbs were big and some even bubbled. Bubble lights were filled with a colored liquid that bubbled when an electric current went through it. After a long hiatus, bubble lights have again been produced in the last few years. Smaller bulbs the so-call- mini-light- ed s have also come into vogue and lights have moved out-of-doo- The move to smaller bulbs on the tree is part of what prompted University of Utah freshman Dan Kaelberer's family a year ago to string lights all through a tree in the front yard. The Kaelberers had jillions of large size lights left over when they went to the mini-lightThey decided to put the leftovers in the tree. That project required 30-fo- ot s. tools strange custom-mad- e boards with strategically (8-fo- ot placed screws!) and the time of Bob Kaelberer, Dan's father. After lacing the delicate limbs with Ii It llv I just love it." Some lights migrated outside the Christmas season began the inside as house, candles on a The brilliance of the stars in the Christmas sky Oq y lights, he couldn't move for three " before others. Lake Salt "for the last 25 years, to get the feel i 4 resident Nan Ayre has been putting lights on her house of v ' SJfcj c 4 o iff o Christmas." This year it took Ayre's helpers about three or four hours to string the lights her around house X v v s n i !;"''! s on r vi conveniently placed aluminum nails. Then there is Ferris Dubach, who believes passionately in Christmas. His yard glistens with dozens of lights, strung around the yard, in every window, up and down the house sides, across bounding reindeer, past caroling figures and through a wire sculpture proclaiming "Noel." It takes Dubach over a week to fully decorate the yard. Afterwards, he starts on the inside of the house, where he has about 20 Christmas trees one for every room. Dubach is a regular patron of the festival of trees. Another impressive lighting done by the Karl Winder job family, of Winder's dairy, at 4400 W. 4100 South. Theirs is one roof Santa shouldn't have any trouble landing on. The runway is completely lit. is However, no home could match the lighting job done at Temple Square. This year is the silver anniversary of the lighting of Temple Square, a tradition which began in 1965. This year, it took seven full-tim- e people and many volunteers from Oct. 8 to Nov. 22 to string approximately 250,000 lights, Wayne Ottley, director of public relations for Temple Square, said. Last December, the wonder- fully illuminated attracted square This visitors. 584,516 s attenaance year looks to break that month, the cost would be about cents." However, the same thing with outdoor bulbs would cost about $5.00. 69 variety of places. Prices can run from as low as $1 per string to over $40. Novelty lights, such as red hot chili peppers, are available from stores like Brown Floral. Prices can go as high as $60 or . record. After Temple . visiting Square, a drive down Main Street is likely to be rewarding, $ fter visiting Temple Square a j par- ticularly while jingling a bell and lip-synchi- ng more. drive down Main Street is likely to be rewarding, particularly jff to while jingling a bell and Bing Crosby. Zj to Bing Crosby. lights, Jim Turner, senior market & Light, said. The amount that lighting adds to the power bill is largely determined by the kind of lights used, he said. "Assuming you on have three sets of mini-light- s for four hours each night for a analyst for Utah Power I lip-synchi- ng The big bulbs also cost a little more to buy. Known as 9 bulbs (slightly smaller ones are Fred Meyer sells a string of 25 for between $6.99 and $11.99 depending on size. The mini-lightwhich usually come in strands of 25, 50 or even 150, are available at a wide C-- The power company doesn't have any trouble taking care of the extra demand generated by A C-7- s) s, cheaper option is the traditional New Mexico Christmas system: lighting luminarios. These are made by lining a walk or street with candles inside brown lunch-typ- e placed A word of caution, paper bags. however: luminarios can be a fire hazard unless care is taken in their placement. Seeing all the ways and places Christmas lights turn up in this season can be, enlightening. $4 111 mm- ; u 1 i JL Apij fill ,1 J':s?i well, |
