It’s that time of year again when you start thinking about how fast the holidays are approaching. It’s time to start shopping, hanging up decorations and stringing those lights around the edge of your roof.

On a recent Saturday afternoon I took a walk in a neighboring subdivision and noticed something oddly out of place. As I came to the end of one of the cul de sacs I looked up at the roof line of one of the homes and noticed a long string of icicle lights and a second string of 70’s shaped bulb lights. I’m sure everyone is familiar with a home or two that just never seems to take down those lights, maybe the owner is lazy or just likes to look at them all year round…..however, this time it was different. Those little lights that once glowed and flickered in the night marking the beginning of the holiday season were now covered in filth and entangled in cobwebs……those lights had been left behind.

The lights that had brought joy to one family is now looked upon by the neighborhood with disdain. Should those lights that brought smiles and represented hope and goodwill be looked upon with such disgust, the answer is obviously “no”. Who should be taking responsibility for these lights and restoring that colorful representation of joy? The original owner has long since left so I would ask that in the interest of good taste, would the new owner, National Bank….please remove the holiday lights or at least swing by the neighborhood during the upcoming holiday and plug them in.