2024 has been quite a year.
From the fractured national political landscape to fraught local controversies, folks are on edge.
But hey — it’s the holidays!
Let’s put aside our differences. Let’s slow down. Let’s appreciate, with delight and gratefulness, all the brightness in our lives.
Including our neighbors, who go out of their way to light up the lives of all who pass by.
Whatever their views, on whatever we will argue about after the new year.
West Parish Road (Photo/Kristen Habacht)
North Avenue, across from Staples High School. (Photo/Jennifer Kobetitsch)
Timber Lane. off Roseville Road. (Photo/Celia Campbell-Mohn)
A special message, on Compo Road North. (Photo/Eric Bosch)
This 18th-century one-horse open sleigh was a gift from A.E. Hotchner’s wife, when Rick Benson bought the author’s family home. Rick restored it to its present 21st-century beauty. It’s parked now on Compo Hill. (Photo/Rick Benson)
Green’s Farms Congregational Church. (Photo/Lynn Untermeyer Miller)
Main Street. (Photo/Andrew Colabella)
Vani Court, off Compo Road South. (Photo/Andrew Colabella)
Bridge Street (Photo/Andrew Colabella)
Hillandale Road. (Photo/Lynn Untermeyer Miller)
The Bridge Street home, photographed by Andrew was featured on NBC’s Open House this past Saturday. This home is always meticulously decorated for each holiday, and viewers were given the opportunity to see the same commitment the owner takes with decorating the interior
Thank you so much for sharing these. One of my favorite annual visits is to Westfair Road, where the holiday light display was choreographed to an AM radio station. I went by last night and there were no lights; I’m assuming the family moved? I am sad, but also want them to know that I appreciate all of their past efforts and hope that, wherever they are, they continue to bring light and joy and magic to those around them!
The economy must be doing very well for WESTPORT is lit up like a galaxy.