Each year we like to take one night to go look at other peoples Christmas lights and decorations, and this year is no exception.

We loaded up the car, got the Christmas music playing, and pulled out our map of the Canajoharie-Palatine Bridge Chamber Decorating Contest contestants and headed out on our way.

It’s an old family tradition of mine, started by my parents, that we would drive around and give a rating of each house based on a 1-10 scale, so we were well prepped in judging for the contest.

We drove leisurely from house to house, including a lot that were not participating in the contest, but still had beautifully decorated homes.

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