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There's something about the first big holiday event in Lee's Summit that tells you the season has officially arrived. Maybe it's the downtown tree lighting. Maybe it's a holiday market or an evening when local shops stay open a little later than usual. Whatever the event is, you notice the same thing every year. Families [...]

Most people don't spend much time thinking about Christmas lights until the weather turns cold. Then it happens almost overnight. The decorations come out of storage, neighbors start putting lights on their homes, and suddenly you're searching for someone to handle the job before Thanksgiving disappears. That's usually when the phone starts ringing. The funny [...]

Drive through any Kansas City neighborhood in December and you'll notice something pretty quickly. Some homes catch your eye the second you turn the corner. Others have twice as many lights but somehow don't have the same effect. It usually isn't about spending more money or buying more decorations. It's about having a plan before [...]

Ask anyone who's ever hung Christmas lights, and you'll probably hear a story. Maybe it involved a ladder on a cold Saturday morning. Maybe half the lights worked, half didn't, and a trip to the hardware store became part of the tradition. Or maybe the weather turned just as the project started, leaving everything half-finished [...]

Every holiday season starts with good intentions. You pull the bins out of the garage, convince yourself this will be the year everything goes smoothly, and promise that hanging Christmas lights won't take nearly as long as it did last year. Then reality sets in. A few strands don't work, the extension cords aren't where [...]

There’s a certain point every holiday season when homeowners start looking at the boxes of lights in the garage and ask themselves the same question: Do I really want to do this again? Maybe last year included a trip back to the store because half the lights didn't work. Maybe you spent an afternoon climbing [...]