The latest unanticipated Covid boom is for companies specialising in putting up Christmas lights from Richmond through the Tri Cities. As the call for commercial Christmas lights dwindles, there is at least a 40% increase in the demand for residential lights. We are rebelling against the idea of no celebration and need the cheer of enjoying our own and our neighbor’s lights. Especially this year when our popular Lafarge Lake display is not happening along with darkness at Van Dusen Gardens, Stanley Park and many other spots. We also couldn’t wait to start the Christmas season, and from Hallowe’en were inundating our unsuspecting light hangers.
North Vancouver Council was asked to consider a new curfew on Christmas lights by those who considered the festive lights to be “nuisance lighting”. That resulted in 70 emails to Council objecting to any such discussion! The lights brighten gloomy days, bring a sense of normalcy to very abnormal times and give us hope that we shall indeed all get through this together.
So….if you feel safe on ladders, there are jobs for you out there!!
If you want to know how Christmas factors into the real estate market and are trying to make timing decisions, please call us.
Whatever the season, we still have you covered. Stay safe.
Generations Real Estate Partners:- Michelle Hawthorne, Scott Johnson, Sheila Francis, Ray Harris and Shane Goutsis.