Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE, Hanukkah is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, which may occur at any time from late November to late December in the Gregorian calendar.
Caroling
The Lazybrook’s Moms Club will be organizing caroling around the neighborhood.
Letter From the President
Not sure where the year has gone, but another holiday season and year end is upon us. Hopefully, everyone enjoyed a terrific National Night Out this year in the neighborhood. We had several block parties and our house had almost 20 attendees. Even without our parade this year, a good time was had by all. Halloween was another treat. The weather was beautiful and all the kids we ran into seemed to be having a great time.
The Cougle’s have noticed more neighbors out walking and in their yards as the weather has cooled off. It’s been nice to speak with you and get to know each other better and let’s all hope for a mild winter that allows for plenty of time outdoors.
Over the coming months we have several events available to residents. The Lazybrook Mom’s Club will be hosting caroling this year and a block party. The date has tentatively been set for Sunday, December 14th and stay tuned into your emails for more specifics on the block to host. The children and residents that participated last year said it was a memorable and enjoyable experience for everyone and definitely something to become an annual tradition.
Finally, we have our final Lazybrook Civic Club and Holiday Social scheduled for Tuesday, December 2nd. Please be sure to come out and say hello and vote for the changes in the neighborhood impacting you. On the agenda for this meeting is the vote for increasing the membership dues (must be voted on in two consecutive meetings so will also be in January) as well as nominations for 2015 officers. We ask everyone to bring a dish or drinks to share, and canned good donations for the Lazybrook Baptist Church holiday food drive.
Due to time constraints, and to allow for Holiday Social, the voting on the TC Jester Park natural areas along the bayous and mosquito spraying will be held in the January meeting.
We hope to see you at a future meeting where you can make a difference in your community.
2014 Holiday Lighting Contest
Lazybrook is a noted decorating, celebrating community and your Civic Club wants to award the families with our Annual Holiday Lighting Contest and Yard Sign Awards. Homes on both the north and south of 18th are eligible and all judged equally, but no businesses are allowed in the contest. DECORATIONS UP / LIGHTS ON BY 7 p.m. Wednesday DECEMBER 17th . Thank you in advance to each of the families for the hard work required to make this a gorgeous Hanukkah/Christmas/New Years in Lazybrook. Please leave your decorations up and on until Jan 1st 2015.
Rules:
- Any home is eligible to win.
- If any home has won the same award 3 consecutive years, they cannot win in that category during the 4th year. They are eligible for the Hall of Fame award the 4th year.
- I am Melodie Matlock and our Lazybrook judging coordinator. I will announce my fellow judges along with the winners in January’s newsletter.
- THE CATEGORIES ARE: Prettiest, Best Front Door, Most Religious, Best Use of Lights, Best Front Window, Best Use of Cartoon Characters, Most Patriotic, Most Childlike, Most Creative, Best Animation, Best Lights in Motion, Best Single Color Lighting, Best Santa Clause, Best Hanukkah (Silver & Blue), Best Nativity Scene, Best Decorations with Wreaths, Best Block (2), Honorable Mention – for tie breakers in a category, Hall of Fame awards for any 4th year winners in the same category.
In recent years we have NOT had any Best Hanukkah lights to choose from and only a few for Most Patriotic lights.
We all look forward to enjoying your lights this year. If you are a winner, call in your name to me or email it, Melodie Matlock 713 417 8164 or melodiematlock@gmail.com so I can place your name in the Lazybrook Newsletter.
Yard of the Month – November 2014
