The
craze of lighting up the outside of houses at Christmas has snowballed
in recent years.
Click
on the link below to see our
pick of the county's light shows 
(61
pictures)
Gloucestershire
families deck their halls - and windows, doors, garages, gardens
and rooftops - with a dazzling display of festive illuminations.
Eye-catching
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Gloucestershire and The Citizen newspaper have once again
got together to find the county's
most festively decorated home.
Yes,
the hunt is on again this year to find the most eye-catching festive
houses in the county - in the Christmas Sparkler competition.
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Radio Gloucestershire breakfast show presenter Vernon Harwood
has joined forces with Ian Mean, editor of The Citizen, to find
the county's most decorative domestic Christmas light show.
Click
on the link below to see our
pick of the county's light shows
(61
pictures)
Best
entries
They'll
be picking out the best entries over the next few days.
Keep
checking this page to see the latest additions to the galleries.
We'll
announce the winner nearer to Christmas.
If
you would like to comment on this story get in touch at gloucestershire@bbc.co.uk
or have your say on our
Is
your home a real Christmas Sparkler? Have you spent ages decorating
your house with a dazzling display of lights? You could feature in
our photo gallery... (December 2004)
The world's first practical light bulb was invented by
Thomas Edison in 1879.
