fancy christmas light displays

[ivymike]

here's a good one ... skip to 1:43 or so for "the drop." ;-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWdOjXJzmZU

 

[JStephen]

Basically, how to annoy your neighbors no matter what they like!

 

[ivymike]

we have a neighborhood decorating contest every year ... my immediate next door neighbor has always won since 2008. I would summarize his strategy as "put as many holiday-related items in your front yard as possible." It's essentially the same display each year, with the addition last year of some 3d-printed brackets that I provided to help with some of his signage, and a 3d-printed tent stake (sorta) that I provided this year to replace a broken item.

I've suggested to my wife that a potential path to victory would be to buy as many lights as we can afford and pile them arbitrarily on our lawn.

 

[IRstuff]

There's usually nothing better than the first time, which would be the Wizards of Winter light shows that came out in 2004-2005.

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[msquared48]

Now they have a contest for 50K as to who among four families can put up the best display. Watched a couple of episodes last night to my chagrin. I believe it was called "Christmas Light Wars", or something like that.



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[IRstuff]

Yeah, I saw that. The guy who took time to bury the wires was, in my book, the most serious of the lot

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[SomptingGuy]

Maybe you can get kits for electric cars so they can park nearby and get some inductive charging for free.

- Steve