Naturally, the only good time to really experience The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights is after dark... when the lights are on... right? Of course it is... if Christmas lights are all you're looking for. Admittedly though, when the light show is going on, it can all be a bit overwhelming. It's easy to overlook some of the more subtle details. Here are just a few of my favorite things about the Spectacle of Lights by day.
For starters, did you ever notice that Disney swaps out every trash can on the Streets of America for the holiday season? Call me crazy, but I'm a fan of trash can design, and these little beauties with the snowflakes are lots of fun.
I also really enjoy seeing the elves dancing their way up from the subway station, and the toys on display around the street.
Over in the San Francisco area, even Chinatown gets into the Christmas mood. There's a kitschy blue and silver tinsel tree stuck in the window of the China Bowl Restaurant and a snowman using the phone booth.
A little further afield, Santa Claus can be seen climbing the outside of the fire station facade, and the decor in the area of Muppet*Vision 3-D has been appropriately Muppet-ized.
Back on the brownstone side of San Francisco is perhaps one of the most clever details of all. It's a large ball ornament made to look like Jack Skellington from Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, and it's placed just outside the office of a Funeral Director. Brilliant.
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