Mark Dillon Ideal SIgns Round Rock, TX  United States.  Deck the lawn presents the fab four from the North Pole, "the Kringles". Singing and performing animatronics with over 25,000 led lights.

Donny Carter Ocean Springs, MS United States. This is our first year using Light-O-Rama. We are running 80 channels with 25,000 lights.  Our display consists of a 15ft mega tree, 18 spiral trees with three colors, some icicle lights, and a couple of arches. We transmit on 96.5 FM and have had a great crowd for 2010. http://www.carterchristmaslights.webs.com

Bruce Ainsworth Kingsville, TX United States. This is my second year using LOR.  I expanded to 80 channels, 16,000 lights this year.

James Hans Vineland, NJ United States. This is my second year going from 16 to 96 channels.  Due to trees in front of my house the video angle is not too good and you can't see some of the elements.  There is a small tree and a nativity to the left of the garage, the driveway is lined on both sides by lights (half are visible in the video) and one of the deer on the front lawn isn't visible.  The blow molds next to the garage also don't show up too well in the video.  Due to the angle of taping, if you look carefully you see the big tree in the front yard but behind it is a smaller tree and behind that is another tree.  They look great in person but are on top of each other in the video.  The 4 mini trees on the lawn show up as white but are multi color.  I am 100% LED, including the spots.  I have 20,480 lights.  My theme for the house, bushes and trees are two color schemes; blue/white and red/green.  On most songs, the lawn elements keep the beat or are percussion.  The house and the mega tree are alternately either the rhythm or melody.  The mega tree is 20' tall, 3 color (RGB) and has 20 LED strobes in it.  Mega has 7250 lights.  Last year's show had minimal traffic but this year traffic is great.  It started slow with about 15-25 cars a night but word of mouth has increased it to where I am getting 75-100 cars a night with no publicity.  I broadcast on an FM transmitter in the basement and the radio sign is not visible on the video.  I am proud of my work this year and hope you enjoy it.  I am already planning for next year (need a lot more controllers!).  All my videos can be found at www.vimeo.com/jimhans but here is one of the crowd favorites... Christmas Everyday.  http://www.vimeo.com/jimhans

Brian Dainard Hastings, Ontario    Canada.  This year presented some unique challenges again, due to domestic problems i had to find another place to do the light display, and right up till about the first of November i didn't know what lights i would have to use in the display, So this was all put up and programmed in approx. 1 month. needless to say i spent long hrs in November to make this happen, This year i have 96 channels and i believe around 7000 lights. I tried several times to videotape this song but every time cars kept getting in the way. 

Brian Carroll Saratoga Springs, NY United States. This is our third year using LOR, hopefully everyone made it to Saratoga to see the display. Currently we are at 112 channels and 1 CCR = 124 channels. One unique feature of our display is the falling snowflake poles.  http://SaratogaLights.com

Jarek Kailiuli Kapolei, HI United States. This year we are running 112 channels.  We got an 18' spiral mega tree, two 10' mega trees, four "rain" poles, 25 strobes, a falling star, four leaping arches now, about 20,000 lights total.  I think it came out pretty good for our second attempt.  I hope you like it, ENJOY

Buddy Mickey Elizabeth City, nc United States. 128 Channels, over 20,000 Lights...Located at 904 Berea Church rd. Elizabeth City NC 27909....Our 4th year of animation!!!

Craig Kramer La Vista, NE United States. I have had a Frosty the Snowman lighted figure but hadn't ever incorporated him into the Light-O-Rama show until this year.  Finally found the perfect rendition of Frosty the Snowman that was both classic and contemporary. Seemed to be a favorite this year. The show is using four Light-O-Rama controllers (two in the Christmas tree, one for the arch, and 8-channels on the 4th controller to control the rest) and seven 16-pixel RGB strings. (I counted those as the equivalent of 3 CCR's). The video camera I used did not have a line-in jack so you can hear the cold north wind blowing as I recorded the show.  I am looking forward to adding some CCR's to the display next year.

Linda Brown Lubbock, TX United States. This is our second year of using Light-O-Rama computerized lighting.  Last year we had 48 channels and this year we added four more controllers bringing our channel count up to 112.  We added music videos, made a singing Christmas tree and two of Santa's elves that sang back up, a 32 channel mega tree, made seven snowflakes for the roof, twenty four mini trees ranging in height from 32 inches to 6 feet, several blowmolds, and five leaping arches.  http://twiceshy.webs.com/

Justin Mullen OAKLAND, TN United States. THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR USING Light-O-Rama WE ARE UP TO 96 CHANNELS AND ABOUT 12,000 LIGHTS. THE SHOW IS IN OAKLAND TN. ANY QUESTIONS SEND ME AN E-MAIL TO MULLENLIGHTSHOW@AOL.COM THANKS FOR LOOKING!!!!!

Ryan Winterbourne Santa Clara, CA United States. This is my first year doing an animated display and it has been a fun learning process. I started with the intent of having just 32 channels to begin with and before I knew it I had 4 Light-O-Rama PC controllers, one Light-O-Rama DC controller and 2 CCR's. My first year display features 17,000 lights (13,000 LED/4,000 Incandescent) and 12 musical sequences with the highlights being the two CCR's, which I made into 4 small arches, and the 18 foot tall mega tree.  My entry for this years contest is Joy to the World by Mannheim Steamroller. I worked a lot with the chase tool in the S2 software on this piece to get a lot of effects on the CCR's. I also transitioned through many colors at different points during the sequence and the RGB colors on the garage mimic those on the CCR's at various points.  The videos of my display were also posted on youtube and can be viewed on my website at http://www.winterholidayhouse.com/videos.html if for some reason the windows media download does not work. My second favorite there would be Winter Wonderland by Alexia Phillips. http://www.winterholidayhouse.com/

Tony Mattera Mechanicsville , MD United States. 112 channels of Light-O-Rama using about 20,000 lights. New this year is almost 4000 LED's on the house and a 20' mega tree with about 11,000 lights. 

Allen Holt Chesapeake, VA United States. This was my first year with Light-O-Rama and originally was going to go with just 32 channels until I started planning everything I wanted and then knew I had to jump to 80 channels.  I had a blast with it and really enjoyed the new software which made it pretty easy to pick up.  I have about 30,000 led lights and about 49 inflatables.  Next year I am already planning on adding a mega tree and more color to the mini tree's.  Whether I win or not I had a great time with my first year and am looking forward to many more to come.  Thanks.  Allen Holt http://www.holtfamilylights.com

Luis Torres Caguas, Puerto Rico United States. This is my third year participating and enjoying the light show. And enjoying Christmas in Puerto Rico that are long.  96 channels were using this year and the song is a Christian who says God is powerful and I like that.

Bob Trela Kendall Park, NJ United States. This specific show uses approx. 120 channels, although other shows we run may use more. Every display in this sequence is home-made.

Jay Peterson Minneola, FL United States. I am using 118 channels in my light show. I design, build, program, setup and even shoot the videos myself. There are 4 speakers in the yard and I also use a modulator so the viewers can tune to 99.9 FM to listen in their cars. Approximately 80% of the lights are LED. I will always have some incandescent lights because the mixture of both look amazing together. There are 30 arches surrounding the display which are made of electrical PVC and wrapped with garland and lights. The 3 arches in the center of the front yard are leaping arches with blue LED's and white incandescents. I used blue lights because everyone seems to use white for leapin arches. My viewers love them because it looks like water dancing in the yard. The large arch over the driveway is also leaping with red/green mini lights. The rest of the arches surrounding the yard also have red/green mini lights. I setup 7 LED snowflakes (blue/white) that chase on top of the fence. The megatree is 20 feet tall with 16 strands of LED's (white/multicolor) topped with an LED star. I limited the number of strands on this to keep the tree transparent so the lights behind it are visible. This created a nice effect. There are over 400 C9 bulbs on the upper and lower roofs. I attached the C9 strings to 1x2 boards which making setting up and taking down much easier. There are also 5 LED stars on the roof. Santa and deer (all LED's) are proudly displayed on the very top of the second story roof with Rudolph's nose "glowing oh so bright" (one red C9 bulb). The 3 dolphins, palm tree and surrounding water are all LED's. Some people didn't think the dolphins fit into Christmas so I placed Santa hats on them. They are now Christmas dolphins. Next year of course the hats will light up with red/white LED's. The 4 oak trees having "chasing trunks". I used 5 channels for the red/white LED's which are also tied to the 5 snowflakes on the pillar next to the front porch. You will find blue LED's everywhere in my show because blue is my favorite color and they look incredible! I used them to outline the yard, driveway, fence and the boarders of the roofs. Well that pretty much sums it up. I also put on a crazy Halloween show. I would like to see Light-o-Rama start hosting a Halloween contest (just a thought).  http://www.jayslights.com

Ken Benedict KB Productions Orangevale, CA United States. Computerized light show on Dovewood Court in Orangevale, California using 21,400 mini lights and 80 separate lighting channels. Height is 16 feet, length is 45 feet, made from small metal conduit and metal strut. Thirty two piano keys, 16 presents and 16 happy faces. Took about 30 hours to program using Light-O-Rama software and hardware (5 controllers of 16 channels each). Custom design by Ken Benedict and installed with the help of the homeowners David and Diana. Was viewed by thousands of people during Christmas of 2010, who also saw other houses on the same court and their wonderful lighting displays. This has been a tradition on Dovewood Court for 30 years and this is the first year for this piano-themed lighting display.

Jonathan Syers Naperville, IL United States. 80 Channel, Light-O-Rama display, Approximately 17,000 lights. Display and website designed and implemented by 16 year old.  Parents helped with setup and funding.  This is our 2nd year of our Light-O-Rama display and we are very proud of it. http://www.themagicalhouseonhuntercircle.com/

Patrick Newman Owens Cross Roads, AL United States. Our 4th year doing a Light-O-Rama display.  Only one of 3 animated shows in the city.  http://www.carterschristmas.com

Jeremy Brown Mason, MI United States. This is our 2nd year using Light-O-Rama and we have over 50,000 lights consisting of 9 – 6foot trees with 800 RGW minis of each color, 26’ tall mega tree with 32 strands of RGW minis, 14 snow flakes, 10 mini-trees, roof outlined in 1700 minis of RGW and not to mention all of the other items.  We broadcast on 107.1 FM using a Ramsey 30B.  Our show runs the day after Thanksgiving to Jan 2nd each year.  There is more information about our show on our website including “How To” section. http://www.brownchristmaslightshow.com

Michael Duncan Huntsville, AL United States. This is my 3rd year working with in computer controlled Christmas light displays.  1st year, 16 channels, 2nd year, 48 channels, 3rd year, 96 channels, and next year, unknown.  Probably start developing some animatronic displays.  It's been a pleasure working with the Light-O-Rama software and hardware. http://www.vimeo.com/18610847

Saul Arriola El Paso, TX United States. All original design and sequencing.  Homemade Wreath, Tree, Arches, Star and Rays,... I've added features from year to year, while trying to keep the look and feel of a Christmas postcard.

Todd Mickley Schaumburg, IL United States. Our display consists of over 18,000 lights, including 10 spotlights.  The lights are separated into 95 different channels.  Our display is different from others in that we try to hide all wires and cords, so we do not use mega-trees or the smaller trees that are just made of wound up light cords.  All the lights on the house are mounted on frames and the wires are carefully wrapped to limit their visibility. We try to take a different approach and try not to have the "Griswold look" in our front yard. http://www.christmasontiffany.com

Charles Hranicky Acworth, GA United States. Used Light-O-Rama program using 83 channels.  Display consists of a combination of mini lights, rope lights, figurines and strobe lights.  This is our third year using the program and it's getting easier to use every year.  

Charles Beckler Friend, NE United States. Here is BecklerLights 2010. The show has over 40,000 lights all LED. I am a Freshman in college and put up this show over my 1 week thanksgiving break. Before thanksgiving i planned everything out. The dots on the roof are 4 foot snowflakes. the flag pole is 35 feet, the star is 40 feet high, and the entire display is 250 feet wide. This is the 4th year of the display. There ate a total of 496 channels in this display (288 CCR) Have a wonderful year. Enjoy http://www.becklerlights.com

Peter Reynolds Armonk, NY United States. I have 15,900 Christmas lights that I accumulated over the past 3 years. I have 96 Channels programmed to 6 other songs. Everything can rotate from red to green to clear. I have a 4ft Bethlehem star on my roof, 2000 C7 and C9 bulbs on my house itself, a 20 ft Mega tree and 2 arches on either side of my house. And more them half mile worth of extension cords. I’m 18 years old and bought every thing on my own, I hope to this for the next 2 years before I enlist into the army.  Enjoy;  House on Christmas Street by Judy Pancoast,  Programmed by: Peter Reynolds

 Richard Nitto Alpharetta, GA United States. Mint Julep Christmas Display.  Residential Christmas Display at 311 Julep Ct, Alpharetta, GA 30009. Consisting of 43,000+ lights synchronized to 20 songs lasting approximately 45 minutes with 128 different channels of Light-O-Rama controllers. It includes 1-20' mega-tree, 2-10' spiral mega-trees, 4 Holdman Twig trees, 6 maxi-trees, 16 mini-trees, 6-10' leaping arches, mini-skating rink display, and seven blow molds.  Show runs Thanksgiving to New Years. Sun-Thur 6pm-10pm. Fri-Sat 6pm-11pm. Watch the lights dance and listen to the music on 88.3 FM radio in the comfort of your car.  Show is free but donations are graciously accepted and ALL funds go to the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Sibley Heart Center. Bring the kids and enjoy.

Mike Magrill Santa Ynez, CA United States. 128 Light-O-Rama channels with about 17,000 LEDs.  The megatree is 23 feet to the top of the star and has about 8,000 lights.  The Ferris Wheel is over 10 feet tall and has 30-inch Teddy Bears. http://www.swampoak.com

Brian McNamara Gilbert, AZ United States. This is my house from 2009.  I moved in 2010 and this is all the video I have
29,000 Computer Animated Christmas Lights in Queen Creek, AZ. Music broadcasted over 93.9FM. Includes 6 ft Helium Balloon with Lights floating over the house and 4 "Leaping Arches" over driveway.   http://GilbertLights.com

Jim Perry Ladera Ranch, CA United States. Nice mashup song, ACDC, I thought it was different.. http://perrychristmas.com

Alfred Dube Fort Walton Beach, FL  United States. First year in a new House, Approx. 15,000 Lights, Video is from story done by local newpaper link.   128 Channels and looking to double it for 2011

Nicholas Cooper Shelbyville, IN United States. This was the second year for the display, and my first year of college, 3 hours away.  The display has over 25,000 lights, controlled by 80 channels of CTB16PC controllers.  Last year, I started with 16 channels, and only white lights. So this year, I added red and green lights to most of the display, the three arches, and ten new mini trees.  The Polar Express was one of four songs in the show.  Christmas Angels by Michael Smith, Nutrocker by TSO, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Twin Sisters Productions were the other songs in the show.  I also had voicers provided by The Demented Elf Productions.  This was my first year taking donations as well. I had always read about others taking donations for organizations and raising hundreds to thousands of dollars. I wanted to keep the donations local and preferably wanted to take donations for children. I did research and about a month before the display began an article ran in the local paper about a 2-yr.-old boy with AML(Acute Myleoid Leukemia).  I contacted his parents to ask their permission to take donations for him and with much appreciation they said yes.  I informed them that I would probably not raise over $1000 dollars, since it was my first year taking donations and that spreading the word about donations would be difficult. However, when all was said and done, I raised a total of $1541.95.  It may not seem like a huge amount but I was only expecting $500 at the most, so I was blown away!  I considered this years display to be extremely successful. It would not have been possible without the help of all of my family and friends. I enjoying putting on the display for the community and hope to continue doing so as long as I can. 

Dave Weber Channahon, IL United States. Just over 60,000 lights, Reflections of Earth.  Displayed on Chicago Channel 7 News.  Light-O-Rama - 128 Channels http://www.weberslights.com