Holiday Houses in your Neighborhood

"Deck the houses with ... tons and tons of holiday lights!" New Yorkers across the boroughs draped their houses in festive lights this year. I nominate NYC for the new title: "City of Lights." This house in Bensonhurst Brooklyn went all out with light up penguins.

... more holiday cheer in Bensonhurst Brooklyn ...

... and even more ... Happy Holidays from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

This bear brings holiday cheer from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

We dare you find room for even one more light on these houses in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

Happy Holidays from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

Happy Holidays from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

Here Sal and Maria Sciangula in front of their home in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

Here Douglas and Debra Schempp in front of their home in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

Happy Holidays from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

Here Vito and Angela Lodato in front of their home in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

Happy Holidays from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

Happy Holidays from Bensonhurst, Brooklyn with a big red bow!

An explosion of holiday lights in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn!

Holiday lights in the garden in Jackson Heights, Queens.

Patricia Smith in Pelham, NY sent us a photo of her first snowman of the year decked in holday lights.

The blazing beacon of holiday spirit is also in the Whitestone section of Queens on 23rd Avenue.

And so is this one! We're sure the airspace above Whitestone is all aglow and may even be giving the Empire State Building a run for its money.

The Christmas spirit has really hit this house in Bayside, Queens. Owner Rober Sibrizzi put up the lights to benefit St. Jude's Children's Hospital and has a donation for spectators. And he's high-tech! In order to keep an eye on his handiwork, Sibrizzi employs 16 closed circuit televisions. He has over 70,000 lights up, which he started hanging in September.

Many Bayside residents decorated to benefit charities this year. Anthony Cardinale uses controlled lights to coordinate his display, and is collection donations for all the lighting St. Mary's Children's Hospital.

The gang's all here at this Brooklyn holiday house - Santa Claus, Rudolg the Red-nosed Reindeer and a troop of wooden soliders.

This house in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn has it all: Bows, glowing snowflakes, Santa Claus, an angel's choir - the works!

Frosty the Snowman takes a time out to carol with two holiday penguins at this house located on 86th Street in Howard Beach.

And they holiday cheer has hit the Bronx too. For more holiday spirit, check out our gallery of pets decked out for the holidays...

2008 Christmas Decorations In Malaysia

Going green: A large Christmas tree Colourful: Trees along Jalan P. Ramlee (P. Ramlee Street/Road) decorated with lights, in Bangsar - 23 December, 2008.

Colourful : Trees along Jalan P. Ramlee decorated with lights.

Non-traditional : A unique Christmas tree in Jalan Bukit Bintang.

Unique : Christmas at Genting Highlands takes on a different theme with white and blue.

Night of the stars : The brightly-lit Bangsar Village, Kuala Lumpur.

Majestic : Christmas trees in Sungei Wang Plaza.

Charming : A girl spotted amid Christmas decorations in a restaurant at Bangsar.

Merry sight : The entrance to Bangsar Village.

Glorious : The Christmas decoration at Sunway Pyramid.

Merry Christmas everyone...

I have received an early Christmas wish from my friend Gibbson Foo from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and I have decided to forward this early Christmas "wishes" with you all...

First, press the "Play" on the music and lets sing along... loudly...!!
Merry Christmas... HoHoHoHo...

You'd better watch out
You'd better not cry
You'd better keep cashI'm telling you why:

Recession is coming to town.

It's hitting you once,
It's hitting you twice

It doesn't care if you've been careful and wise

Recession is coming to town

It's worthless if you've got shares

It's worthless if you've got bonds

It's safe when you've got cash in hand

So keep cash for goodness sake, HEY

You'd better watch out

You'd better not cry

You'd better keep cash

I'm telling you why:

Recession is coming to town!

Finance products are confusing

Finance products are so vague

The banks make you bear the cost of risk

So keep out for goodness sake, OH

You'd better watch out

You'd better not cry

You'd better keep cash

I'm telling you why:

Recession is coming to town.

Christmas Greetings from your Investment Banker
Thanks to Buck Keng from Singapore for sharing 'his' Christmas Tree as above!!

Merry Christmas in advance from Malao 2 u all: