{"id":37,"date":"2007-12-18T12:53:18","date_gmt":"2007-12-18T12:53:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/the-glory-of-17000-lights.html"},"modified":"2007-12-18T12:53:18","modified_gmt":"2007-12-18T12:53:18","slug":"the-glory-of-17000-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/decemberdilemma\/2007\/12\/the-glory-of-17000-lights.html","title":{"rendered":"The Glory of 17,000 Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Jankowski of Belleville, Michigan wanted to give his wife a Christmas she wouldn&#8217;t forget 6 years ago.  So he set about fully decorating their double-wide trailer home with Christmas lights and trees.  Today, the home boasts 17,000 light bulbs and 30 trees, and it takes Jankowski a full month of work to complete it.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2007\/US\/12\/17\/lights.irpt\/index.html\">Click here to see Jankowski&#8217;s full display on CNN.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Jankowski of Belleville, Michigan wanted to give his wife a Christmas she wouldn&#8217;t forget 6 years ago. So he set about fully decorating their double-wide trailer home with Christmas lights and trees. 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