Christmas lights

Somehow I have always have felt happy when seeing Christmas lights, or a lot of little lights.
Maybe because I was born on Christmas day, it might be inherited within me. When the Christmas tree is welcomed to our living room I somehow experience a feeling of warmth and comfort. I don't specifically like Christmas songs, but Coldplay has made a good one last year..
"Christmas Lights".

 

 

Having said that, I actually have to say lights do not have to be connected with Christmas in order to evoke a special feeling. About a year ago me and a friend went to a Coldplay concert at the Malieveld (The Hague.) As soon as we arrived, wristbands were handed out. I thought it was something like a souvenir. After a few songs were played and it had gotten all dark above us, these wristbands simultaneously lighted up. It was just like a sky full of extremely bright and colorful stars, but then with you right in the middle of it. It is hard to explain this feeling, it really feels like you are part of something really big when you are right in the middle of this singing crowd with their hands in the air, and these wristbands lighting up. I stood fairly close to the stage, and when I looked behind me I saw nothing but lights and people.

 

It is too hard to explain how this felt, you should definitely have been there. Yet this video might explain it a little. When you don't like the music, just skip to 0:55. (This video wasn't shot at the Malieveld but it is basically the same kind of experience.)

 



As soon as I realized I had this special feeling going on with lights, I knew I had to purchase them and have the ability to enjoy them all year around. Luckily a friend of me gave me Christmas lights as a birthday gift (which is kind of funny considering I am a Christmas-baby). Since then my room has become the best place to just hide away. Isn't it wonderful?