Christmas Light Show 2007
FunSome of you may remember me posting these videos of my next door neighbor's Christmas light show last year. Well even though I would swear that was about a week or two ago, here we are in 2007 for the second year of it. This time, rather than 10,000 lights on a single house, he enlisted our neighbor's on the other side Wendy and Dave McKim. They have their house decorated as well, and by chaining the controllers together, they run off of the system in Darren's house that is broadcasting on an FM station so that it runs as a single synchronized show. Combined they are running about 40,000 lights, in addition to a very unique virtual Santa in an upstairs window of Darren's house.
Last year there was a pretty steady flow of neighbors checking it out, but this year is a bit bigger. WFAA Channel 8 of Dallas was out here yesterday, with both a broadcast van and a helicopter. They recorded a story, then ran live from the yard during the 10pm news. My baby girl Cassidy got a lot of face time in the story along with some quick shots of my boys and the other neighbor kiddos, so it was fun to watch. Apparently we weren't the only ones watching as it has been pretty wild out there tonight. A couple of hours ago a big tour bus came from a city named Allen about 30 minutes from here!
Darren has assured me that I will have some videos to post soon of the multi-house show. Speaking of Darren, he has researched and found the current record is 15 houses in a row chained together. I have to give him credit for persistence, but I did decline (a few times) joining the chain this year. Who knows... maybe they can twist my arm enough for 2008.
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