Here at Chez O’Shea, it’s the time of year when our electrical bill goes through the roof, and our neighbors sigh and shake their heads, and wonder when the hayseed trailer trash moved in. Yes, it’s time for holiday lights, courtesy of I-Have-No-Shame Chuck. He spent two weekends before Thanksgiving doing the preliminary stringing of lights, then after Thanksgiving has been putting the finishing touches up. This year we have two new reindeer to join the current herd. Three live in the side yard, and two now frolic in the front yard. Lights are strung over all the fences and some of the trees. Still to come: lights in the backyard. And once the tenants in front go away for the holidays, Chuck will put more lights up there (they have rather, uh, less extravagant taste in holiday lighting). [Pictures are here](http://flickr.com/photos/osheas/sets/72157603462581289/). I’ll add more as we take them.