Christmas Tree Lane

    Every year my small home town of Alameda gains a mass of visitors around the holiday seasons. Christmas Tree Lane is a small suburban area in Alameda where all of the houses are decorated elaborately with dazzling lights and Christmas themed decorations. It is a spectacular view of the both the light show and the effort that the residence put into house. However, I wondered why would anyone go through such extreme lengths to decorate their house only for a month then take it down shortly.

    Just like the lawn people and their culture from Robbins, the holidays allows the Christmas decorators to shine with the transformations of their houses into Christmas wonderlands. The houses on Christmas Tree Lane uses and extreme amount of energy because of their display lasting every night form December 1st to January 1st. Many view this waste of energy as harmful to the environment, while at the same time a waste of money. The Christmas Tree Lane folks and so many others like them across the nation doesn't see the waste of electricity or even money. It is part of their yearly culture to express themselves and that it has been ingrained into most of Americans that this it is a pretty light show beautiful and merry holiday spirts rather than this electrical waste of electricity and money. Furthermore, American Exceptionalism defines the Christmas Tree Lane and others like them perfectly. There are these grand, bigger than life, light shows and decorations that proves Americans can celebrate and show their love for Christmas better than anyone else.

Here is a video of all the decorated houses on Christmas Tree Lane and a Christmas Light Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llKqglk3BVo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWdOjXJzmZU&feature=player_embedded