Christmas lights a-glowin’

Christmas lights a-glowin’ in West Winnipeg

With the Winnipeg Christmas Map guiding the way, the Free Press Community Review took in the Christmas lights of Lindenwoods and Charleswood last week. Households along many of the neighbourhood streets in Lindenwoods get together every year to co-ordinate their light displays, creating Polar Bear Lane, Nutcracker Land, Candycane Lane and Penguin Parkway (Polar Bear Lane even broadcasts holiday music at 94.9 FM), while one Charleswood yard is so lit up the neighbour’s lawn simply features a lighted arrow and the word ‘Ditto’