| December 17, 2007 A celebration of the season in lights
With Slideshows By IRENE NOLAN
 When it comes to celebrating the Christmas season, Hatteras Island villages are not that different from any other town in America. As the brilliant hues of the winter sunsets begin to fade, the lights come on in villages up and down the island. Some light displays are subdued and others are not. There are white lights and colored lights and even some of the old-fashioned blue lights. There are Santas, sleighs, reindeer, snowmen, Christmas trees, choirs, angels, wreaths, and lots more. The lights adorn business and homes and big homes and modest homes. They are on Highway 12 and off the highway in old Kinnakeet village, Buxton’s Back Road and Hatteras Pines, and Hatteras village. Two Island Free Press photographers set out to give you a tour of Hatteras Island lights. Buddy Swain photographed Hatteras village in a slide show that he titled, “Signs of the Season.” And Don Bowers traveled through the other Hatteras villages for a show he has titled, “The Battle of the Bulbs.” It looks to us as if Salvo might win the Battle of the Bulbs on Hatteras. If you live here or are visiting soon, you can travel the highways and back roads and see the lights for yourselves. If you can’t be here for the holidays, we hope you enjoy our photographs of what the island looks like during the holiday season. And if you know a terrific display of holiday lights that isn’t on these slide shows, please e-mail us a photo at editor@islandfreepress.org. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at The Island Free Press. Click Here to View Slideshow 1 Click Here to View Slideshow 2 Click Here to View Slideshow 3 |
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