Every December, my mom will say “Come on, please!” enough times that the rest of the family would finally relent and pile in the car to gawk at the local light displays. She adores Christmas and delights in the annual car ride around our large and winding neighborhood, slowing down to get a better look at her favorites, turning around to pass by again, and then hypothesizing about how she can put her own spin on them.
And I know it’s not just my mother. According to a 2019 Gallup poll, 93 percent of Americans celebrate Christmas, which naturally translates into a lot of front yard odes to the holiday. By that logic, if every one of those people had a front yard to decorate, there would be 305.3 million decorated homes. But not everyone has a giant space to deck out in twinkling lights, and no one wants to foot the electric bill that comes after a month of powering them 24/7.
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