Wednesday, December 30, 2009

All lit up!

The couple living in this house just north of Eagan along Cedar Avenue has a famous tree. Why? Because everyone saw it during the holiday season on their commute home from work or on the way to the Mall of America or en route to Minneapolis! They told me that it's lit up with 41,300 lights on 150 strings of lights!

31 comments:

Hilda said...

That is awesome! And someone there is a very, very patient person.

James Mark said...

Hi,

This is impressive. Thanks for popping in to Whitby and all the best for 2010.

Olivier said...

la magie de noel, superbe cet arbre de lumiere.

Dina said...

Beautiful, but it must take a lot of work and a lot of electricity.

Gunn said...

Dette var NYDELIG, Leif! :-)

Kaori said...

Oh WOW! That must of taken forever! It's a work of art :D

Kate said...

At first I thought it might be the tree on your header. I seriously doubt that the owners did the trimming since enterprising companies now do it for homeowners. One of these years I'm going to follow the newspaper's list and visit some of these wonders. My granddaughter loves all of them, the tackier the better and some are really over the top! This one is tastefully done.

Stefan Jansson said...

Kinda impressive I guess, although I don't understand why people do this sort of thing. I prefer "my" tree!

brattcat said...

What a gift they've given their community with this tree, decorated to beautifully!

hadv said...

Wow, that's a very beautiful and impressive tree. I'm trying not to think about all that global warming warnings.. :D

Susan said...

Love it, Leif. Seems MN got its white Christmas after all...I've been getting mobile snapshots from my sister.

Small City Scenes said...

My word, that is a LOT of lights. All I can think of is I would not like the one to take them all down. MB

Louis la Vache said...

"All lit up"

«Louis» thought you had been drinking again...

Anonymous said...

Wow!! Looks incredible...but not an example of "going green" for sure!!

Halcyon said...

Pretty!

Anh Brown said...

That is amazing! Muy bonita!! I hope that didn't short out their entire street! Great photo, Leif.

Allison said...

I don't think Steffe got what he wanted for Christmas and is grumpy about it...

Sharon said...

That is an amazing amount of work and the result is spectacular. It must be a sight enjoyed by everyone who passes.

jennyfreckles said...

Hope this is not one of those where one bulb blows the lot and you have to try each bulb to find the rogue one!

Anonymous said...

This is the most impressive chirstmas decorated tree I've ever seen! Really amazing!

Tina Liel said...

Wow some kind of tree. Wonder what their electricity bill will be he he. Happy New Year!

Anonymous said...

May the new year be as bright and light for you all.

magiceye said...

wow! that is a lot of lights!

Bergson said...

fire in tree

Happy new year for you and yours

VP said...

A spectacular tree, now it is known even here...

Have a Happy New Year!

Carlos Lorenzo said...

Hey that's the heck of a beautiful tree if u don't mine my vulgarity here. Even the small twigs bear lights. Great choice to post it here. Thanks. Happy 2010 Leif and family. :)

Andreea said...

That's a beautiful tree, all lit up like that. I'd be curious to see their electricity bill :)

Happy New Year Leif for you and your family! All the best in 2010.

Rob said...

I've seen that tree many times and wonder how long it takes to put the lights up and take them down. Sure is pretty at night!

Tussy said...

Is it the same tree as your header display? so beautiful when it is light up.

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tapirgal said...

That's quite a masterpiece of lighting.

Anonymous said...

Every December when when we travel almost 400 miles to visit our Eagan granddogs Ruby & Millie & their family, we look for the beautifully decorated tree.
J from Racine WI