Calling all los Angeles holiday decorating enthusiasts! Do you spend hours transforming your home into a winter wonderland, complete with twinkling lights and festive figurines? If so, Patch wants to showcase your creativity!
We’re compiling a festive guide to the best holiday light displays across Los Angeles County, and we need your help. Share photos and a description of your dazzling display with us, and we’ll feature it in our upcoming “Tour o’ Lights.”
“It does create that neurological shift that can produce happiness,” Psychologist Deborah Serani, a senior professor at New York’s Adelphi University, told NBC’s “Today” show. “I think anything that takes us out of our normal habituation, the normal day in, day out … signals our senses, and then our senses measure if it’s pleasing or not.”
Decorating for the holidays “will spike dopamine, a feel-good hormone,” she said. “For a lot of us, Christmas is a magical time, it’s a time of innocence. It’s a time of joy.”
Ready to spread holiday cheer? Here’s how to submit your display:
- Email your photos and a brief description of your display to Kat Schuster at [email protected].
- If you have a video, please upload it to youtube and send us the link (make sure it’s marked “public”).
- Submissions should be from the homeowner or a close relative.
We’ll be updating our “Tour o’ Lights” throughout December, so don’t delay! for the best photos, try capturing your display at dusk.
by submitting a photo, you’re giving patch permission to publish it for this feature and future stories. Photos should be original and taken by the person submitting them.
To help us showcase your display,please include the following details in your email:
- Exact address of the display
- Your phone number (not for publication)
- Dates and times your display is lit
- Name of your display (or we can definitely help you come up with one!)
- What makes your display unique? (Santa appearances,synchronized light shows,walk-throughs,etc.)
- Links to any Facebook pages or websites associated with your display
Let’s light up Los Angeles this holiday season! Email Kat Schuster at [email protected] to share your dazzling display.
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