Wade Spivey said he never expected his Christmas decorations to ignite an online meme war, yet the lights on his Evanston home seem to be all anybody is talking about online.

That’s because a neighbor who was frustrated that the home lighting drowned out Wednesday’s northern lights show took to Facebook, with a post bemoaning “Wade” and his vanity lights.

“You're lucky if you saw the Northern Lights!” Schaffer’s post reads. “This is what I look at EVERY NIGHT for over two years now. Wade's dumb vanity light set to 100% brightness and flickering.”

Spivey responded to the post, saying he had no intention of causing anger or frustration with his lights and offered to limit the brightness after 10 p.m., sparked a massive debate over light pollution versus homeowner autonomy.

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