Reader's Digest UK

Up In LIGHTS

FOR SOME, HANGING Christmas decorations is yet another holiday chore. But for the Pascucci family, stringing lights and decorating the yard of their home in New York was always a time of celebration.

Starting in early November, Anthony Pascucci, the family patriarch, and his older sister, Connie, would visit local shops to check out new decorations and to dream up their vision for that year’s extravaganza.

Anthony’s son, Anthony Jr, and daughter, Sara, shared the home and they pitched in as well. Anthony Jr helped with the wiring, while Sara hung ornaments on the tree inside the house, playing “White Christmas” to keep everyone in the spirit.

In 2020, as in every other year, Anthony Sr strung colourful lights

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