It might be Thanksgiving week, but everything around us is already pointing toward Christmas. The television commercials, the decorations, the music – it might as well be December. And since we’re headed that way soon, we got to thinking about those holiday light displays, whether they’re spectacular neighborhood projects or commercial operations.

We want to know the best place in and around Atlanta to see holiday lights. Where do you go to get your dose of holiday color?

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It’s time to vote, but first a note about the nominations.

Every so often, commenters will note that some of the nominations seem to be coming from the same place. It does happen, and it is usually obvious, even without access to the IP addresses behind them. When tallying the nominations, I’ll check those that seem suspiciously similar or those comments that seem to cluster together and mention the same nominee. If they’re coming from the same address, we only count them once. In the instance of the current question, the nominations that had commenters suspicious turned out to be legit (at least as far as IP addresses were  concerned, they all came from different places). Many of the posts for another nominee, however, came from the same few addresses. We welcome all nominations, but if they smell like spam, we’ll probably only count posts from the same IP address once.

But now on to the voting. Just click the vote button on the left and choose from among the Top 5 nominees …

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YOUR PICKS

1) Honeybaked Ham

You say, “Honeybaked Ham! Great turkey, ham and awesome sides!”

2) Copeland’s of New Orleans

3) Maggiano’s Little Italy

4) Alon’s

5) The Mercantile

OUR PICKS

1) The Shed at Glenwood

We say, “A full meal that feeds six to eight and for $150 it includes a whole roasted turkey with sides and apple pie.”

2) Star Provisions

3) Alon’s

4) South City Kitchen

5) Rolling Bones

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