The holiday lights "competitions" begin just after Thanksgiving and should continue through the rest of December. NASA scientists have recently determined that nighttime lighting increases by 20 to 50 percent in U.S. cities and suburbs during the holidays. Take a tour down almost any street or neighborhood and you'll be awash in light-covered trees, snowmen, snowflakes, plastic Christmas characters, and maybe a twinkly Round planetoid or two. Bright enough to be visible from space, we just want to know who's paying the electric bill?

12.08.22