Many people think that Christmas is the most eventful day in white people's countries, ironically it turns out to be opposite in Australia. With virtually all the shops shut and public transportation paralysed on Christmas day, the whole city turns into dead state. To add some colours to our Christmas, we came out with a solution--Christmas Lights. Apparently we don't have extra money to invest in Christmas lights, instead we went to see others' Christmas lights.
What really drives these people to decorate their houses in such a crazy way? Prizes? Or simply their hobbies? Only themselves know. Christmas lights competition is hold annually to award the best decorating houses. As we live in south side of Brisbane, so we find the address of winners in southern suburbs.
The first house we had been is the second runner-up of the competition. As we approached the destination, traffic started running slow and we even saw some minibuses carry tourists in, incredible! After having parked our car on driveway, we slowly walked to the house. The first thing we saw is this one.


These little penguins can sing and dance,
my dear loves them so much.




According to the house owner, the decoration items are their Christmas collection over 20 years and some items are just recently bought. They spent 6 months daily to complete the whole decoration, awesome!
Afterthat, we drove to the second destination which is highly recommended by our housemate. As we turned into the junction, we saw something spectacular. It was sparkling Christmas lights dancing with music. We then recorded some clips and watched it with eyes open wide.
Christmas lights show footage
After the impressive show, we made our way to the last destination which is the competition champion. Similarly, the street was crammed with cars and people, so we parked our car further away. As the champion implied, this house was even more exaggerated, my goodness. The most remarkable thing was the trains manoeuvring on the tracks in and out of the artificial structures.





Dear posing with a fat Santa but received no gifts.
We have no reservation to give a thumb up to these decorators. Total gain of this journey = zero gifts + infinite WOWs (surprises).