Remember this blog's "Advent Angel" ode to Christmas lights back on December 3rd? Here's an encore!
Not quite as amazing as the first video (which you can see in high res on a clip from the Today Show here!) but it still begs the questions, "Who is this guy? What's his electric bill? And why haven't the neighbors taken a chainsaw to his display yet??"
Here, at last, is the answer! (And from the horse's mouth here!) BTW, the electric bill's apparently only $150 more than usual! (More on Christmas light electric bills from a couple of years ago...)
Not quite as amazing as the first video (which you can see in high res on a clip from the Today Show here!) but it still begs the questions, "Who is this guy? What's his electric bill? And why haven't the neighbors taken a chainsaw to his display yet??"
Here, at last, is the answer! (And from the horse's mouth here!) BTW, the electric bill's apparently only $150 more than usual! (More on Christmas light electric bills from a couple of years ago...)
Want to make your own? Carson Williams of Mason, Ohio gives you the instructions! How about controlling somebody else's display? Apparently, you can do that here (not to mention contribute to a charity!!)
But, alas, alack! Newsflash: As of yesterday, the Carsons' light show is apparently no more, but not because of the neighbors... It was the Fire Department!
"So much chaos has been caused over a huge local Christmas display, that its creator had to shut it down. Carson Williams put up the elaborate light display at his Mason home and choreographed it all to music. But so many people have been flocking to see it that it's caused a traffic jam in his subdivision. Williams tells FOX19 that there was a car accident in the subdivision Tuesday and the police couldn't get to the scene because of the congestion. So he's decided to shut it down indefinitely..."
(Maybe they'll have him do the town hall next year instead?)
Where to get your Christmas light fix now? Check out Planet Christmas: "The Home for Christmas Displays"! Or try ChristmasStreet.com. Want something more old school? See the "Antique Christmas Light Museum"! (from Metafilter)
UPDATED (Dec. 9): How to take better photos of holiday lights! (from The Presurfer)
UPDATED (Dec. 12): "Rocky Mountain News says the Christmas Lights Webcam is real this year In 2004, this guy fooled the world with his web site that claimed you could view and control his Christmas Lights. But at least according to the Rocky, he's doing it for real this year. Their exhaustive "Can we prove this is a hoax?" writeup is quite funny. The Christmas lights webcam has raised almost $3,000 for the University of Maryland Center for Celiac Research so it is benefiting a good cause. Wonder what the neighbors think of Griswold's 26,000 Christmas lights blinking on and off?" (more from Metafilter)
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