housebling

housebling
 n.— «A. P. Williams offers “Griswold”… to define decorating the outside of the house with Christmas lights. Having seen some of the houses in my village, I would offer an even more up-to-date word: “Housebling.”» —“Tinseltown” by Peter Bridge in Aston, Herts, England Telegraph (U.K.) Dec. 9, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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