The Miracle on 37th Street

Last night, we took the buddies to explore what has come to be known as "The Miracle on 37th Street" in Austin. For the past 20 years, residents on this small urban street show their holiday spirit with a level of enthusiasm that would awe and inspire even Clark Griswold.





The creative residents don't hold back with their displays. They adorned their homes, vehicles, trees, shrubs, toilets (yes...toilets), and sidewalks with thousands of lights. There were even a few homes with lights running over to their neighbor's houses. This year, several residents chose to make political statements as well.




Steve and I enjoyed admiring the creativity and community spirit as we strolled the street. The buddies just enjoyed the spectacularness of it all, and quite enthusiastically. One passerby stopped to sarcastically ask if we could please try to get our boys excited about the lights.

View the rest of our pictures here.