See the electric and eclectic ways Americans decorate for Christmas - 1
Published 17 Dec 2018, 00:19 GMT
Before the early morning starter’s pistol, participants in the 2012 Las Vegas “Great Santa Run”—who all wear St. Nick costumes—are entertained by the Las Vegas dance troop The Jabbawockeez. The Great Santa Run is a 5K fundraiser for the Opportunity Village, an organisation that supports men and women with developmental disabilities. The event regularly breaks the Guiness Book World Record for most Santas gathered in one place.
Photograph by Jesse RieserIn 2016, Cowboy Kringle poses for photos in historic Gruene, Texas before ceremoniously riding through town to flip on the City’s Christmas lights, waving and passing out candy for local children.
Photograph by Jesse RieserA singular lit tree sits along rural high Route 290 outside of Hye, Texas during Christmas, 2016.
Photograph by Jesse RieserMoses parts the Red Sea in 2016 as part of the Santa’s Ranch Christmas Display in New Braunfels, Texas. The drive-through attraction boasts 1.5 million lights, and draws visitors who come to see the Texan and Bible-related images.
Photograph by Jesse RieserA worker waters some of the thousands of poinsettias in the Bellagio Hotel’s sprawling Conservatory Christmas display in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2011. The floral arrangements are positioned into intricate Christmas-related symbols.
Photograph by Jesse RieserEvery Christmas season, Austin residents decorate the trees lining the Texas State Highway Loop 360. In 2016, “Hook’ Em Jesus” was the theme for a tree paying homage to the University of Texas’s slogan and hand signal “Hook’ Em Horns”.
Photograph by Jesse RieserThe Sun Tint window tinting company’s Christmas display in 2016 featured Santa in his sled above a classic teal Lincoln.
Photograph by Jesse RieserA homeowner’s collection of classic Empire Plastics Christmas display highlight a yard in the Dallas, Texas neighbourhood of University Park in 2016.
Photograph by Jesse RieserA holiday themed Ford Pickup truck at the Santa Ranch in New Braunfels almost seems like a “Tron”-like science fiction image to photographer Rieser.
Photograph by Jesse Rieser