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The stars.
Susie Licon, Farmers EC | Farmersville
In Johnson City at Pedernales Electric Cooperative and the courthouse.
Shelia Betzel, United Cooperative Services | Venus
Ones I don’t have to put up or take down.
Ed Rowland, CECA | Cisco
The ones reflected in my children’s eyes.
Jessica Paxtor, Pedernales EC | Leander
Those that honor the fallen men and women who have given their life for their country.
Eddie T. Rendon, Victoria EC | Inez
Ones I didn’t have to hang.
Phyllis Suttle, MidSouth EC | Iola
The beautiful lighted cross that sits on top of Lovers Leap and guides us all in my beautiful hometown of Junction.
Susan Martin, San Patricio EC | Three Rivers
The stars in the sky.
Loretta Bedford, Deep East Texas EC | San Augustine
The red ones going down the driveway later Christmas Day.
Charity Stone, San Bernard EC | Waller
Simple and tasteful, not overwhelming and garish.
Lynn C. Sutherland, Farmers EC | Campbell
In the Comfort Christmas parade.
Eileen Gotke, Central Texas EC | Kerrville
When we light up our beautiful Lavaca County Courthouse.
Aileen Peck, San Bernard EC | Hallettsville
Those that still reflect brightly in the eyes of my husband, Tom, after 67 years of marriage to me.
Cora Pauline Brumfield, Bryan Texas Utilities | College Station
No contest, bubble lights for sure.
Sheila Kuschke, Pedernales EC | Buda
The lights that shine brightly in the eyes of friends and family when we are together.
Pat Tucker, Bartlett EC | Florence
The lights on the square in my hometown. They haven’t changed in my 67 years, thank goodness. I still feel like I did as a little girl when the lights are first lit for the Christmas parade. They are still the most beautiful I’ve ever seen.
Lu Anne Major, Lamar EC | Clarksville
Taillights.
Pat Goates, HILCO EC | Rio Vista
Ones that don’t burn out.
Andy Geldarski, South Plains EC | Lubbock
The little blue ones. As a child, I imagined places that were colder than Texas embodied the blue light feel—the soft, cool blue, like polar ice.
Rebecca Pierpont, Pedernales EC | Jonestown
On the Lavaca County Courthouse in Hallettsville.
Anna Klekar, GVEC | Gonzales
The super blue ones.
Valerie Lori Hill-Chandler | Via Facebook
Those that are hung on a modest home, maybe a little bit crooked, a little dim and maybe don’t quite fill up the space. They’re not as impressive as professionally installed holiday lights. But I can see the love and heart that went into hanging them. Someone just wanted to make their small corner of the world a little brighter for the holidays.
Michaelyn Davis, Bluebonnet EC | Brenham
LEDs.
Jami Stracner | Via Facebook
My husband’s blue eyes.
Lourdes R. Kuethe, CoServ | Frisco
Blue.
Betty Haines | Via Facebook
The ones I didn’t have to put up.
Joe Hediger, Nueces EC | Corpus Christi
The ones you turn off.
Eric Colon | Via Facebook
The Gullo house in Magnolia. Unfortunately, this is the last year for them as Mr. Gullo passed away earlier this year.
Bruce Springer, San Bernard EC | New Ulm
In my home.
Karen Hellmuth | Via Facebook
Taillights, when my relatives are leaving.
Arlo Fischer, Bryan Texas Utilities | Bryan
On your house because I have to go outside to see my own, and to see yours all I have to do is go to the window.
Kathy Partin Young | Via Facebook
The old-fashioned, multicolored, oval-shaped bulbs.
Camilla Lopez, San Patricio EC | Skidmore
The icicles.
Melodie Raposa | Via Facebook
The ones on a string that do not all go out when only one goes out.
Betty Lee, Rusk County EC | Henderson
The Lavaca County Courthouse.
Susan Grafe | Via Facebook
At Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls.
Ronnie Estes, PenTex Energy | Valley View
The Nativity scene at Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan del Valle.
Socorro Hernandez, Magic Valley EC | Edinburg
The windup kind. They don’t place any strain on the power grid.
David Krietsch, Pedernales EC | Kyle