Fairfax, VA: Tour of Holiday Lights in Greenbriar, 2009
Every year, my husband James and I spend the late hours of Christmas Eve driving through Greenbriar, and other communities, to look at the homes decorated for the holiday. There is something magical about driving through these communities in the hours before midnight on Christmas Eve. You can feel the excited energy in the air from the youngest residents of each community.
We start our tour in Greenbriar because that is where James grew up. He loves to tell stories of his childhood as we wind around through the streets. The thing I always find interesting about Greenbriar is that all the street names begin with either an M or a P.
James grew up on Mount Royal Lane and reminisces about the snow plow missing that, and other Greenbriar streets during large snows. Because of a nice long hill on that street, James and other neighborhood kids, would get their winter thrills by taking a running start and sleding down Mount Royal Lane.
I got to see the potential of this hill as we found Mount Royal Lane, and many other Greenbriar streets, with huge remnants of our December blizzard still packed on the asphalt. It was a rocky ride this Christmas Eve.
Here are some photos we took from our 2009 Christmas Eve drive. I hope you enjoy them. To see photos we took in Gainesville's Virginia Oaks, just click the link.
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