The Christmas Experiment 2016 Hours 5+6: Lights and Dining

Okay, time for some random crap.

Invasion of the Christmas Lights 3:Oh, I'm sorry, you thought that being obsessed with getting

Christmas Lights right was local to America? Nope. This time, we're focusing on Europe. Some of the people are almost worse than The Americans. Imagine German efficiency with doing an insane Christmas display. That's what we see here.

That said, it's not just the Germans who go insane with it. They're just the most efficient. The British Family  does it with vastly limited space. There is little to no space between them and their neighbors. I'd probably call the neighborhood association and threaten to sue.

As much as I like to make fun of the German guy, the Italian Guy is the one in the picture. That's what this all comes down to. I can enjoy the ones where there's a degree of precision to it all. So many of these houses, when you see them, just look cluttered. I like one where there are fine lines. It's weird.

Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives: Crap. Guy Fieri. Look, I'm a little heavy on food this time but it happens. BTW, I don't know if it's the thing he calls hair but he might be the most orange person I've ever seen and, in light of recent events, that's saying something.

I will give them one thing. It's easy to do a Holiday cooking special and just touch on traditional Christmas traditions. (Repetive much, Will?). Instead, there's a good variety. For example, we get a diner that specializes in matzo ball soup. Which actually looks pretty awesome! It's the best thing on the episode until we get to the Brisket Knish. I love a good Knish but these things look like heaven!

Also, if I go the rest of my life without hearing Flavor Town, it'll be too soon.

Non-Viewing Thoughts: I find it weird that they're still running commercials saying what stores are open late. I feel like you would have done something about it at this point or not.

Late Christmas Ideas: Merci looks like some decent Chocolate but I know I would just eat them all in like two sittings so no, maybe not.

Notable Commercials: I could describe this cheesy piece of crap Knee Brace Commercial or I could just post a link without commentary. I choose the latter.

 
Tally
Mountain Dews Left: 7 Cans
Coca-Colas Left: 4 Cans
Kickstarts Left: 2 Cans
Coffee Left: 2 Bottles
Pumpkin Pie Left: Whole Pie, currently unbaked
Sanity Rating: (1 being looking at a problem and developing a well thought solution, 10 being deciding to fix a parking problem by cutting off the number of available entrances and exits): 3