POWER WOES SHORT-CIRCUIT TRADITION.(MAIN)

Byline: ROBERT JABLON Associated Press

LOS ANGELES -- Power shortage or not, Lori Bledsoe doesn't like the idea of turning off the Christmas holiday display at her Valencia home.

The glittering 16-foot Ferris wheel, light-strung candy canes, the tree festooned in green bulbs -- for five years they've been a tradition.

``It takes my husband two weeks to put it up,'' she said.

California's unprecedented winter electricity shortage has been dimming some of the holiday cheer around the state. Homeowners were urged to wait a few extra hours after dark before turning on their outdoor holiday lights.

The twinkling lights that festoon …