The SF Bay Area Tacky Xmas Decoration
&
Grand Highly Illuminated House Tour
| Yes, even
the San Francisco Bay Area has Tacky Xmas Houses.
Of course people prefer to think of them as Neo-Expressionist
Illumination Sculptures (or Burning Lights Man),
but that's a personal problem. While the city itself
only has a couple of good houses, the surrounding
areas have more. It's already been written about
in the Charleston, SC Post
and Courier and the Richmond
Times-Dispatch!
Of course this is first year of tracking them
so if you know of any others that should be on
the list, drop a note to md@maddogproductions.com and
help Put the 'X' Back in Xmas! |
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| San Francisco |
 3650
21st St (between Sanchez and Church) – Size
matters at this oversized wonderland. Big
tree, huge stocking, giant toys, big fun!
The city's best. |
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 68
Castro St (between 14th and Duboce)
- Tasteful decorations taken to the Xtreme. |
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 800
Block of Monterey Blvd
(near Montecito Ave)
235 San Anselmo Ave
(near Monterey Blvd) |
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| East Bay |
 Alameda
“Holiday Tree Lane” 3200 block of Thompson
Avenue
(between High Street and Fernside). Fifty-two
(count ‘em, 52!) houses all brightly lit. A
tradition for over 60 years.
Nearby: 1518 Fernside – Jimmy Buffet
meets Santa Claus |
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 More
Alameda:
3279 Encinal
(in the 'hood)
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 Oakland
Picardy Drive
(near Seminary and 55th Avenues)
Two blocks of lights, strung house to house. Not
a feature’s uncovered, not even that mouse.
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 Nearby
in Oakland
3100 block of Millsbrae
(between MacArthur and Seminary
3001 58th Ave (by
Brann) |
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  More
Oakland
2718 Carmel St (near Rhoda)
Home of Evil Talking Santa and John Wayne as his
elf.
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| Tri-Valley
Area |
 Pleasanton
3671 Chelsea Court
http://www.widmer-world.com
It’s WidmerWorld! Thousands of lights
and handmade displays from your neighborhood accountant.
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Dublin (unconfirmed)
6510 Amador Valley Boulevard - Our spotter
sez: "It's just a condo unit....but they must
need their own power generating plant." |
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Valley
lights – A web site of lights from
Hayward to Livermore and every town in between
(www.Lightsofthevalley.com) |
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South
Bay (unconfirmed) |
Redwood
City
"Candy Cane Lane"
Dewey Avenue between Carson Street and Roosevelt
Avenue
Palo Alto
"Christmas Tree Lane"
Fulton Street between Embarcadero Road and Seale
Sunnyvale
666 Lakefair (at Hiddenlake off of Laurence Expressway) |
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Want
more Tacky Xmas lights? This
is the place |
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