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| Christmas lights row as neighbour decries 'tacky' icicles | |
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| When Alice Hughes attached twinkling lights to her home she thought she would be injecting the street with festive cheer - but instead was accused of bringing down the neighbourhood. | When Alice Hughes attached twinkling lights to her home she thought she would be injecting the street with festive cheer - but instead was accused of bringing down the neighbourhood. |
| Ms Hughes put up the rows of icicles on her home in the appropriately named Light Close in Corsham, Wiltshire. | Ms Hughes put up the rows of icicles on her home in the appropriately named Light Close in Corsham, Wiltshire. |
| Later she received an anonymous note claiming the "tacky" lights had made the street "very common". | Later she received an anonymous note claiming the "tacky" lights had made the street "very common". |
| But Ms Hughes thinks they look amazing - so she went out and bought some more. | But Ms Hughes thinks they look amazing - so she went out and bought some more. |
| The row sparked a number of comments on BBC Wiltshire's Facebook page - with many people struggling to see the problem. | The row sparked a number of comments on BBC Wiltshire's Facebook page - with many people struggling to see the problem. |
| Mo Moncrieff-Jury said: "Heard about this on the radio and I was expecting a garden full of blow-up santas, reindeer and flashing multi-coloured lights at least - LOL." | Mo Moncrieff-Jury said: "Heard about this on the radio and I was expecting a garden full of blow-up santas, reindeer and flashing multi-coloured lights at least - LOL." |
| Adrian Smith added: "The letter says nothing about the lights but everything about the author. Perhaps a party at the house where we can all say how nice it looks?" | Adrian Smith added: "The letter says nothing about the lights but everything about the author. Perhaps a party at the house where we can all say how nice it looks?" |
| Ms Hughes put up the lights with the help of neighbour Jordan Franklin. | Ms Hughes put up the lights with the help of neighbour Jordan Franklin. |
| They feature two rows of icicles along the top of the house and some around the fences, "basically covering the front of the house". | They feature two rows of icicles along the top of the house and some around the fences, "basically covering the front of the house". |
| "We've gone through all the time and effort trying to be Christmassy for someone to attempt to knock us down," said Ms Hughes. | "We've gone through all the time and effort trying to be Christmassy for someone to attempt to knock us down," said Ms Hughes. |
| "But at the same time I thought it was quite funny someone had gone to all that effort of posting the letter to then do it anonymously," Ms Franklin added. | "But at the same time I thought it was quite funny someone had gone to all that effort of posting the letter to then do it anonymously," Ms Franklin added. |
| "All it's done is spurred us on and made us go out and buy more lights and they went straight up in the dark." | "All it's done is spurred us on and made us go out and buy more lights and they went straight up in the dark." |