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Video: A GoPro Tour Of The Dyker Heights Christmas Lights
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Ben Yakas
Published Dec 21, 2014
Modified Dec 21, 2014
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By now you should know that the Dyker Heights Christmas Lights extravaganza is the real deal—there's a good reason tourists from all over flock to bask in its astonishing display of festive electricity usage. This year's display is up to its usual standards—but in case you haven't had time to get over there, you can watch a GoPro tour of the zany neighborhood below.
If the video is a tad bit jumpy for you, well, just know you're not alone—as one Redditor put it, "Dear lord man lay off the drugs. I got nausea watching this."
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Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
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