One of the most popular holiday lights displays in the Metroplex opens Saturday night. This is the 50th year for the Lights at Interlochen in Arlington.
“The big thing is our golden anniversary,” says Interlochen HOA’s Ralph Sobel. “When it started, there were maybe 20 houses. There was a real estate recession; they needed to bring attention to a new development in what was then a corner of Arlington that had been a flood plain, and a lot of people didn’t know about it.”
Sobel says seven families who participated in the first light display still live in the same home. Each of those families will get a sign to mark the anniversary…