Dear Editor,
It’s not hard to differentiate between the homes and the houses in our Richmond neighbourhood — most of the homes have Christmas lights, and of course the mostly unoccupied mega-houses remain dark.
Unfortunately, with yet more homes being sold and demolished to make way for the building of more huge houses that most likely will never become homes, our block has fewer and fewer displays of Christmas lights every year, with more than half the block now dark and lifeless.
A big change from when we moved into the neighbourhood 25 years ago and all the homes were occupied and full of Christmas spirit.
Thank goodness there are still a few long-time residents left who enjoy adding some illuminated Christmas cheer to the holidays.
Otherwise, no one would ever know it was Christmas around here.
Ray Arnold
RICHMOND
