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Show A guide to fun Christmas lights By MARCELLA WALKER One of our family's favorite things to do this time of year is go out and look at Christmas lights. I could do it every evening but time does not allow for that. I feel good if we can get out once or twice. Over the years we have found some of the really lovely and fun places in our area to visit. In Pleasant Grove this includes the Bud Baker home with its ani-m ani-m ated displays, the old Fugal home at 400 E. near Grovecreek which is absolutely a thrill, the front window win-dow at the Joseph Sorenson home on 1100 North with its picture of the Madonna and child, the Dallen Beck home at 160 N. Main St. with a lighted panorama to thrill old and young alike, as well as the lovely trees and porches and windows of hundreds of homes asyou travel up and down the streets. Some of the businesses this year have done a marvelous job of decorating deco-rating their establishments. We especially noticed the new State Farm office near the Purple Turtle, Huntsman's Country Woods where the old library was, and Bloomers on the west side of Main Street downtown. The new Pleasant Grove City Library also looks extremely ex-tremely festive. A drive around Provo brought a gasp and oohs and aaahs from all of us when we went down Osmond Lane near the Sherwood Hills Racquet Club. Each of those gorgeous homes on that lane are decorated in a splendor splen-dor of lights that nearly takes the breath away. PG Blah We always enjoy going to see the Mary Pulley home in American Fork, also. We have not yet been to see some of the lights in Lehi but we understand under-stand there are some which are glorious. At one spot a star hasbeen placed atop a very tall pine tree and can be seen for a long distance, I have been told. When we made regular trips to Ogden to see the folks, we would always be sure to visit the extensive exten-sive animated display on the grounds of the Ogden City Hall. If you get up that way be sure to not miss it. Everyone loves the decorations and lights at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. That is another one that about takes your breath away. Salt Lake has several other streets who have had special decorations deco-rations for many, many years. A lady called me the other day but would not identify herself. She called herself a concerned citizen. She was disappointed in the city's decorations this year noting that there was nothing on the light poles on Main St. nor any greetings on banners across the roadway. I tried to explain to her that the city council h ad deci ded th at the ol d decorations were too far shot to use anymore. Perhaps the little Santa and his sleigh was still usable that went above the street by Smith Bros. Market for many years. I don't know about that. Most of the rest of them, however, how-ever, were pretty bad off. So the city council decided to do the lighting around the new liba-rary liba-rary and at each of the city entrances, en-trances, south and west. Those spots do look really nice. Gradually more lights will be added to the trees on Main Street so that it will look more Christmasy up and down Main and Center. The council would also like to eventually light the trees in the Downtown Park which would be spectacular. I had occasion to talk to Officer Jay Thornton at an accident a few days ago, and he reported he had been really busy following up on thefts of Christmas lights from outdoor displays at homes in the Blackhawk area. Every year there are many reports re-ports of stolen lights and other decorations. There have been thefts from the cemetery at this time of year. It doesn't matter if it is a small pine tree that someone has planted in memory of a loved one, a special wreath or decoration for Christmas, Christ-mas, or what it is. Somehow the true meaning of Christmas is sorely lost when these kind of things happen during Christmas time. But for the most part people are especially generous and kind this time of year. I took a picture of all the thousands thou-sands of cans of food that the Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove Junior High School students stu-dents have collected for the needy this Chrismtas season. It was wonderful. ! Mr. O'Berry, who kind of got the hall rolling on this project, said that Sometimes people are critical of junior high age kids, yet, look what these young people have accomplished. accom-plished. He is right. In getting the police report this week I learned that a man named Hugo Martinez from Pleasant Grove had found a wallet containing contain-ing $99 and had turned it into the police department who was able to find the owner and return the wallet with money intact. Surely Christmas abounds in Pleasant Grove and Lindon with incidents like these taking place. If you could see the toys, clothing, cloth-ing, and food that has been donated by area residents for the Sub-For-Santa families that The Review is helping this year, you would be amazed. In fact, so much food was collected col-lected that all the families that were suggested to the newspaper for help will receive food, not just the families selected from those submitted. This is Christmas the way it really should be. Thank you for your generosity and take a trip out and see the lights. It is worth your while. Only four more shopping days until Christmas. Hurry! |
