... mine :> hanged in our window with a view at this time of year, taken 12-21-'05... two years ago with all that white snow at the neighborhood as you can see :) and i re-use this 250 USD lantern every x-mas time. too expensive i thought then, but i closed my eyes when i wrote that check, laughs. it turned out that it's worth it after all for i can use it more than once, laughs. only thing is some bulbs burned out and i forgot to buy some replacements there last July. oh well. even then i love it still :)