{"id":29623,"date":"2020-01-02T14:07:30","date_gmt":"2020-01-02T04:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/?p=29623"},"modified":"2020-01-02T14:22:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-02T04:22:08","slug":"christmas-lights-bellarine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/news\/christmas-lights-bellarine\/","title":{"rendered":"The boys light up on the Bellarine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THEY may not have gone \u2018the full Griswald\u2019 with their Christmas displays, but there were plenty of memorable lighting shows decorating homes around the Peninsula this year.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29625\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29625\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29625 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/Layer-1-1-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29625\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gerry Neyenhuis and his Christmas lights display at Heath Court in Ocean Grove.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gerry Neyehuis of Ocean Grove and David Heggen of Clifton Springs were just two who didn\u2019t hold back when it came to decorating for the festive season, with plenty of visitors attracted by the lights.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_29626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29626\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29626 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/geelongtimes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2020\/01\/Layer-1-2-1024x683.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Conductor David Heggen with the railway and lights at his Clifton Springs home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Both veterans of decorating their homes for the Christmas season, they were confident they would be back bigger and brighter in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THEY may not have gone \u2018the full Griswald\u2019 with their Christmas displays, but there were plenty of memorable lighting shows decorating homes around the Peninsula this year. 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