This may go against your natural desire to have lights on at night, but there's a good reason why millions in Illinois are being advised to leave them off.
I've seen homes do this over the years, but only recently realized that it was only happening during the month of October. Why do Missouri homes choose to display purple porch lights? The truth is sad.
If you thought it was impossible for Anderson Japanese Gardens to be more beautiful, think again. The gardens will be magically transformed for the holidays.
Depending on your age, it might seem like night games have always been a thing at Wrigley Field, the home of the Chicago Cubs--or, you vividly remember the time when there were absolutely no lights, right up to their installation in 1988.
As a kid, I remember asking my dad why he pulled the plug on our Christmas lights at around 9:00 each evening. He said something that came right out of the typical Midwestern dad phrasebook: "What? Am I made of money? Do you know what it costs to run these lights? Do You?"
Fans of 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation' are flocking to one holiday light display in Cortland, Illinois to see Cousin Eddie in all his bathrobe glory.