Christmas Light Competitions And Residential Paving: What They Have In Common
Have you seen this new reality show where people invest in thousands of holiday lights and decorations and create massive displays for a competition? It is mind-boggling, especially when you stop to consider the fact that the prize money is probably going to pay the electrical bill for all of those lights! That aside, some people take decorating to the extreme by hiring residential paving contractors to help in their endeavors. Now you are probably scratching your head, wondering what on earth residential paving has got to do with holiday light displays and competitions. Here are some of the examples taken from the show that reveal the connections between these two seemingly unrelated things.
More Pavement Equals More Flat Display Surface
No joke; people who want certain holiday displays to have a focal point or remain erect are opting to pave parts of their yard. These new paved areas are created so that light-up decorations have a flat surface on which to "stand" and the decorations will not fall down or tip over because they are not on unleveled ground. If people do not have pine, balsam, and spruce trees naturally in their yard for holiday decorating, they can simply erect artificial trees for decorating by placing them on these flat, paved surfaces.
More Walkways Means More Foot Traffic
The displays people create for these competitions require that other people, including the judges, have ample and safe spaces to place their feet when walking through the displays. Ergo, homeowners create additional foot paths and sidewalks on their properties. The foot paths and sidewalks also serve as areas where decorations can line the sides of the paths/walks, and even create bowers of lights overhead. Everyone can pass under and through to see everything without tripping or getting stuck somewhere.
Paved Areas Dedicated to an Ice Rink
Hey, if Rockefeller Center can do it, why cannot the common homeowner? People create a paved enclosure where they can put on a display of lights, fill the enclosure with water, and wait for the water to freeze. Then everyone can come ice skating amidst the holiday decorations. This was actually a feature that won a holiday light display not too long ago, so it does work. The rest of the year, you can use the "rink" as an outdoor patio space for barbecuing and entertaining, so it is a "kill two birds with one stone" sort of residential paving project.
For more information, reach out to companies like New England Paving.
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