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DOYLESTOWN STATION, Pa. (CBS)-Marie Buonanno has boxes of holiday lights to decorate
her house. She already has one tree up in her living room and a nativity scene. But this holiday season,
she would not dare decorate outside.
" It is very disappointing that we can' t celebrate the Christmas holiday the way that we religiously
choose to," says Buonanno.
Her home only has a holiday wreath on the door, since the Doylestown Station Condominium
Association told her the bylaws do not allow colored Christmas lights. Last year, she was fined $400,
$ 10 for each day her lights were up. But she says she was the only one slapped with a fine.
"One of my neighbors that I spoke to a few days ago, who decorates with multicolored lights, says
he never got a letter of warning or a fine. "
Only white, non-blinking lights are allowed outside. And you can only put up a single white, blue, or
orange light in your windows. Neighbors collected 62 signatures to ask the Association board to allow
colored Christmas lights. In response, the Association sent out a survey.
Out of 38 total responses, 19 voted for white lights, 14 voted for colored non-blinking lights, and 5
voted for colored blinking. The board said the vote was 19-14 against colored lights, interpreting the 5
votes as a separate category.
"As long as it" s tasteful," says neighbor Marc Udell, "let the community do what the community is
going to do. "
No one answered the door at the Association president* s house. Some neighbors say they like the
look of white lights.
"Some colored lights are pretty and they have their place in neighborhoods, but you never really know
how far people are going to go with them," says Jeff Edwards.
It will be a holiday of white lights for Buonanno and her neighborhood. She says for now she will
miss her colored lights and the holiday cheer they brought to her home.
1. This holiday season, Marie Buonanno has no choice but to _____.
A. keep the colored lights in
B. sell the colored lights out
C. leave the Christmas tree out
D. change all the attractive lights
2. The underlined part in the 3rd paragraph means _____.
A. she was the only rich woman in the neighborhood
B. she was the only resident punished with a fine
C. she was the only resident full of strange ideas
D. she was the only person fooled by neighbors
3. Which column does this passage belong to?
A. Science
B. Environment
C. Education
D. News
4. According to this passage, colored lights are not allowed to decorate the outside of houses because _.
A. they are too pretty to be stolen
B. they waste a lot of energy
C. they can trick passers-by
D. they can make neighbors blind
