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I also have a nikon d5000 lso I have a kit lens You can get this effect if you stand far enough back but honestly it will not be any where near as good as the 18-55 is not a telephoto lens really you are looking more at 200mm lenses. Tamron do a nice 70-200 mm telephoto lense for around $150 and the quality is amazing I have the Nikor version and tamron and the tamron is just as good and in some areas quicker considering the $200 price difference.

you can get the Bokah effect on that lense though but you have to have the camera close to the subject you want to focus on and the lights about 5 - 10 meters in the background easily done with christmas lights.

Just put your camera in aperature priority and not any of the auto settings. you will need it about f4.8 which is the lowest the 18 - 55 mm lens does I think also if you slow the shutter speed down the bokah will have more of a star effect.

all though things can be created in photoshop I prefer to just enhance it and have a good ground photo to work from if you get what you want in your photo straight from camera you will get better results.

Do not under estimate the d5000 it is practically the same as the d90 and once you have learnt the manual settings shutter priority or aperature mode it is still a very powerfull camera especially if you get a mid range lens.