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Will there be a Christmas lights map for must sees this year? I have 2 elderly parents staying home, and at least the trips to see Christmas lights would be a great mood booster.

Hello there!  
With us being in code Red and folks asked to stay home except for essential reasons, I’m not planning to do one at this time as clusters of vehicles at the more popular light displays can get quite big and test the definition of “gathering.” Will monitor provincial Covid status and might still do depending on if the situation improves.

east end seems be more lit up than usual this year, no doubt trying to brighten up the bad year weve all been having. from first and richmond all the way to 17 east theres random yards nicely done up..the house on princess east approx the 200 block is lit up with the music on 104.7 bouncing the lights to the music. just remember to stay in your car and if too many cars are hovering do a lap and wait til its quieter

Would it matter if there's a cluster of vehicles? People aren't gathering there to socialize. I guess it would be no different and definitely no bigger than the clusters of vehicles at the Tims drive thru on a weekday morning.  
 
We've taken a drive around a couple of the houses that we know of that do it every year. The lit up house on Almond Crescent, the house off Park Ave between 26th and 34th (can't remember the street name) that has the lights to music, the house on princess east with lights to music and there's the light display the city puts on "waterfall of lights" down by the fire station/north 40  
 
You literally can not stay locked away in your house all day every day. Especially with kids. I don't see anything wrong (or against the restrictions) with taking a drive around the city checking out the Christmas lights

Doing my best to responsibly interpret the current orders, which were recently upheld re drive-in church gatherings. Definitely some differences to go along with the similarities between the two, but Red River Ex's drive thru light show actually had to be cancelled last month. I'm in no position to tell you what you should or shouldn't do with your kids, but made the assessment that based on the orders as they stand right now I don't want to go as far as making a map that will incentivize leaving home in greater numbers.  
 
That said, since I posted this the topic of lineups for Xmas lights was actually brought up at yesterday's media briefing (sounds like it's been pretty crazy for some Winnipeg residential displays). It wasn't a totally 100% straight answer, but was said that lineups of people staying in cars for lights would be seen as lower risk as long as it's same-household people in the car. Sounded like more clear guidance is coming real soon with updates to the public health orders this week, something I'll watch for and may pivot accordingly.

Thanks for that update Adam, that definitely makes sense. The Christmas lights map is a great tool for people looking for the good light displays in the city but I'm sure everyone understands you doing your due diligence as it relates to the current situation.

So does that mean you will re make the map. Or if I make a map can I post it to this discussion?

I made the rounds last night and took pics of the 20 best that I came across...  
https://ebrandon.ca/buzzpost.aspx?buzz_id=904