Winter traditions: Christmas lights

A few weeks ago I wrote about the differences between Christmas Lights and Illumination. To sum it up; Christmas lights are only up for a few weeks and are gimmicky with at least one Christmas tree and lots of statues of snowmen or Santa made out of lights. Meanwhile illumination is more elaborate and chic, usually much larger and are usually on for months rather than weeks. Each year my family and I try to see both. 

This weekend my children and I went to see two different Christmas Lights Display. And I went on my own briefly to see a third. Which was a complete non event. Basically, it was four string of lights with a tree in lights and a lighted star on top of the tree. It should never have made it onto Yahoo News, where I read about it. I am glad that I had only allocated a short period to visit, on my way between two other locations! 

Of the two that I saw with my children, one of them, in Yoshimi town (pictured above), was relatively good. Its not particularly large, but it looked the part! The other, in Sakado City, had some nice features that afforded a couple of decent photos. But it really isn't somewhere worth making an effort to go to see. Although, none of the ones we've seen so far this year are worth going out of your way to visit, they did add to our festive mood. Even if a display is small or not particularly 'Instabae', going to see some Christmas lights is a nice winter tradition to get you in the Christmas spirit! 

Have you been to see any Christmas Lights this year?