Normally, the day after Thanksgiving is the unofficial start of the holiday light display season, but this year, it bumped up to the day after Halloween. Sales of string lights were up 194% in October 2020 from October 2019, according to a 1010data holiday report. “There is really no basis to tell somebody they can’t have Christmas lights” on private residential property. Holiday light installers say that business has been down in Dyker Heights, but up in neighbourhoods that don’t usually attract the light-peeper, like Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill. “What does corona have to do with Christmas lights?

Source: bd News24 December 20, 2020 03:22 UTC