[Diddle E. Squat]

From a happier time:

http://www.oxfordpress.com/hp/content/shared/oh/stories/1205lightsweb.html

Warren County holiday light extravaganza

DEERFIELD TWP., Warren County — To say that Carson Williams and his family love Christmas — or rather decorating for the holiday — would be the understatement of the year.

Consider this:

• They've lit up their Deerfield Twp. home in southern Warren County with 25,000 colored lights.

• Carson, an electrical engineer, computerized the display so that the lights are synched up to music by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.

• Ever the courteous neighbors, the Carsons broadcast the music not over loudspeakers but with a low-power FM transmitter so that people driving around to view decorated homes can listen on their car radios.

The Williams' light show runs from 6 to 10 p.m. each day through Jan. 1. The family appeared on NBC's Today show Monday morning and has numerous Internet sites burning with chat about how they pulled it off, what people think of all the illumination and links to Web sites offering computer software and other tips for do-it-yourselfers who want to do the Williams house one better.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Maybe the accident was because the prior article in that paper gave incorrect directions? LOL

[patton]

oops.

[curlewbird]

I just showed the video of this to my hubby tonight! I can't even get him to put the wreath up on the barn!! LOL!!

[VOA]

bump

[RightOnline]

As a HUGE Trans-Siberian Orchestra fan (and as one who is playing lead guitar in an upcoming series of concerts playing their entire "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" catalog)......I loved the video of this house's lighting display synched to the TSO song. Just awesome. Check it out and turn UP your speakers when you do..........

[mathurine]

How come they are Christmas lights when the stuff hits the fan rather than holiday lights?.Are they predominantly Nativity Oriented, or just a bunch of twinklers?

[CharlesWayneCT]

I watched the video, and I've read that this is a live show, but I still think that for the video he used some stop-motion stuff. The still pictures they show do not show snowmen all over his yard (or trees, or whatever they are).

In the video he has these rows of white trees/snowmen marching around his yard, forward, back, to the left, and to the right. I think he had 5 of them and posed them -- look at the video, and you don't see any hint of 'turned-off' objects blocking the objects that are "behind" them.

There are a few other things that don't quite look live in the video, but that was the most obvious.

Still awesome though. Anybody have an opinion about the video?

[CommandoFrank]

That is the coolest light display I've ever seen, excluding Disney. Too bad he didn't use Holiday Christmas music.

[Trust but Verify]

That's Clark W. Griswold.

[daybreakcoming]

Saw a book yesterday - "Holiday Decorating For Dummies". Obviously this guy doesn't need it

[Steve Van Doorn]

bump to show wife latter :)

[bjcintennessee]

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