At Gulfshore on Longboat Key, a group of women decided that everyone needed a little Christmas, so they hauled out the holly, turned on the brightest string of lights and decked the halls again now for a neighborhood-wide effort of lights, decorations and tributes for the holidays.
President Iris White asked residents to make a little extra effort to decorate their homes this year and while they didn’t get the entire neighborhood twinkling, there are extra lights and displays around.
“Every year we do some lights, but in (the) spirit of a bit more joy, there was just a feeling we needed to uplift spirits and put forth a bit more effort,” resident and helper Kathy Rylander said.