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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - December 12, 2007, Winnipeg, Manitoba A2 Winnipeg free press wednesday december 12, 2007 festive cheer not so Bright this Christmas Light displays not As popular by Marie to Proulx e Ven though Energy efficient bulbs Are working hard to outshine traditional Christmas lights in Winnipeg this year some people Are lamenting the Overall decline in grandiose displays of festive cheer. On wednesday the Christmas lights of Winnipeg tour kicks off with a three hour sold out bus tour. Tickets Are still available for next wednesdays Outing which starts at the Forks Market and goes past the legislative building Candy Cane Lane and Polar Bear Alley. This year the itinerary also includes a Stop at the electrical museum. As was the Case for last years inaugural lights tour the Manitoba brain injury association will receive a Christmas lights donation of $4 for each Par of Winnipeg tour tic Pant. Don Finkbeiner of tour time 6 30 to 9 30 . Promoter heartland travel Price $25.50 adults said the Christmas tour is $12.75 children 12 and not yet As popular As their under. Includes museum haunted tour which entry. Attracts hundreds of people departs the Forks around halloween. He noted Market Holiday decorations Are no reservations 989-9630 longer the draw they once were which prompted heartland travel to add the museum visit. Displays Don to seem to be As spectacular As they used to be he said adding some areas such As Linden Woods remain Well lit up. Finkbeiner joked that residents there probably Don to have a Choice when it comes to being in the Christmas mood. If you moved into the neighbourhood you a get people knocking on your door saying by the Way you have to put up i a sure they have meetings about tour organizer Heather Pedreira wondered if the recent decision to cancel an annual Christmas lights contest called Winnipeg in lights might explain the dimming of the Decora Tive spirit. Its sad. Its too bad they Arent doing it this year because it used to provide us a list of addresses for the tour she said. Colleen Kurlowich of take Pride Winnipeg a private not for profit that promotes the City said the Light up contest has been discontinued because of a Lack of resources and time. She added the program was not getting an increase in participation and invited residents to consult last years list of entries and winners which remains on the organizations website. At this Point there Are no plans to revive the contest in 2008. If fewer people Are expressing their enthusiasm for the holidays through shiny displays it certainly is not because of a Lack of enticement from retailers. At Home depot glowing animated Reindeer and Remote controlled Trees that can sing four different seasonal jingles and morph into 10 changing Colour schemes continue to be popular. Giant air blown decorations also Are rapidly becom ing favourites. Tiziana Baccega of Home depot Public relations said led Light emitting Diode lights which Combine High output and Low Power consumption Are doing very Well. There has been a huge demand from customers eager to Benefit from introductory discounts. Many also participated in last november a Canada wide Light Exchange program aimed at reducing household Energy consumption. Traditional fluorescent bulbs taken in were replaced with new led ones. Led lights Are easier to put up because they Are made of plastic not Glass Baccega said. While she acknowledged plastic represents another environmental problem she suggested customers probably appreciate lights that Are safer when dropped. Led lights Are marketed As 80 per cent More efficient than traditional bulbs. 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