Ken Lovely Gilbertsville, PA United States. This years display theme was Mickey and Friends. This video is the first song where, I created a sound file using 3 Disney songs; Believe in Holiday Magic, Fantasia and a skit where Goofy helps the gang light up their tree. I sequenced the sounds to 160 channels that include RGB spots,  fireworks, arches, trees, a train and much more. The song starts with Goofy getting tangled and shocked, moves into a clip from Fantasia, then to Jiminy Cricket's intro to Believe ending with Mickey awakening from his dream. I sequenced the lights to go with the feel and the beat of the music. The video has close-ups of the characters and zoom outs of the entire display. I had a lot enjoyment creating this project, only to have more excitement as I watched the finished product come to life. This squence is followed by 4 more songs from Mickey and the gang and closed by Miley Cyrus's Rocking around the Christmas tree. http://www.lovelychristmaslights.com

Douglas Schultz Spring, TX United States. This is my first year animated with music.  I have over 46500 lights and 270 channels of LOR. http://www.schultzholidaylights.com

Zachary Stoltenberg Lawrence, KS United States. "Clair de Lune - Claude de Bussy" from our 2010 Christmas Light Show.  We have never seen this song sequenced, and several YouTube searches turned up empty.  It's not necessarily a Christmas song, but our viewers seem to LOVE it.  The display is four colors, red, green, blue, and white, on every element in the display.  This year we have just over 10,000 LED Christmas Lights programmed with Light-O-Rama S2 Software and powered by the mighty D-Light.us hardware control boards. (and one token Light-O-Rama D/C Board ;)  ) This year's show is 232 channels and has over 20 minutes of lights and sounds! For more information on the display and our fund-raising for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, visit lightuplawrence.net.  To date we have raised almost $900 for St. Judes! http://www.lightuplawrence.net

William Bottomley 28623, NC United States. The 2010 display was relocated to the local volunteer fire department about one mile from my house.  With the relocation, High Country Lights had more room to build a display and more room for parking.  All donations collected, went to the fire department for fire protection and awareness. The 2010 show has more than 100K lights and 600 channels of Light-O-Rama equipment and software.  Most things in the display are original props.  They cannot be found in any department and/or discount store.  he lights are synchronized to music and broadcast on 96.5FM.  When the show is not running, Christmas music is continually playing so the elementary school across the street can hear it without any interruption.  High Country Lights mega-trees have 9700 lights each including the star.  Each tree is controlled with 48 channels.  The spinning snowflakes have 1600 lights each and controlled by an 8 channel controller.  The large flake has 3200 lights and controlled by 32 channels.  Download the clip: http://www.highcountrylights.com/tso-nutrocker.wmv or click on the vimeo link submitted.  Note: the video was shot on December 25 during a snow storm in the area. http://www.highcountrylights.com

Peter Dyga Hollywood, FL United States.  Any time is a good time to see our Christmas decorations. We've designed our display to be attractive during the DAY as well as at night. In fact, some of our decorations, especially the large ornaments hung from the trees in the yard are only fully appreciated during the day. In addition, we activate our 22 inflatables (three new ones this year) in the morning for the drive to work (7:00-9:00), at lunch  (11:30 1:30) and late afternoon before sunset (4:00-6:00).  But of course the granddaddy of the display is our synchronized musical light show which starts on the hour and half hour (starting at 6:00 PM and ending at 12 midnight) and runs between 10-20 minutes (more songs are added each week). The music is played on outdoor speakers (if you wish to park your car and walk around the display - but please don't block any driveways of area residents) or you may tune your radio to 97.7 FM to hear the music from the comfort of your car. The outdoor speakers turn off at 10 PM but the last light show begins at 10:30 pm during the week and 11:30 pm on the weekend (and may be heard on your car radio).  The show begins on the first Sunday of Advent (at sundown on Saturday after Thanksgiving) and ends on the Epiphany or All Kings Day (twelve days after Christmas Day).  So what does our show entail? Well each year we add a little something new and the display continues to grow. For Advent/Christmas 2010 we will have in excess of over 45,000 lights, synchronized to Christmas songs (with at least two new songs scheduled for this year). We have snow machines, 22 inflatables, a small train ride for young children, a mega tree, numerous "blow molds" (those plastic figurines), a crèche or manger scene, a "tree forest", virtual Saint Nicholas and much more. You simply have to see (and hear) it. Start a tradition...take a picture by the "north pole" and e-mail it to us. We'll place it HERE on our web page. http://www.soflochristmas.com

Christopher Lambert Brooklyn, CT United States. This is my 4th year animated to music (5th year using LOR).  I run a commercial every year that is an interview where they ask me how I do this and I tell them LOR.  I tell them I chose Light-O-Rama since it si very easy to use.  I am actually also trying to set up a meeting with 3 other s that are currently static and thinking Light-O-Rama so they can see how easy it is to use.  Great product.  Also this is my 3rd eyar collecting for Charoty (another thing Light-O-Rama has allowed me to do).  In 3 years we will have collected over 10k, with ~9k of that for Make a Wish. http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Quiet-Corner-Christmas-Christmas-Lights-in-Brooklyn-CT/126464914537

Brandon Workman Stansbury Park, UT    United States. this is our 5th year using Light-O-Rama and we now have 352 Channels.  this year consisted of 4 songs.   Sandstorm, Amazing grace, joy to the world, and Christmas techno extravaganza.  we use a lot of color changes which really makes our display fun to watch.  we change our show every year and we work on it all year long. http://www.youtube.com/user/lightorama

Greg Renna Pompton Plains, NJ United States. Our display features 176 Light-O-Rama channels.  Our master of ceremonies is a 6ft tall, fully animatronic Frosty the Snowman controlled with the ServoDog.  The display features many different RGB fixtures including floodlights, spotlights and pixel strings.  There are over 35,000 lights, 99% of which are LEDs.  This video is our show opener which introduced people to the show and features Frosty singing a few songs.   http://www.christmasonmanor.com

Tim Dorr Prairie Village, KS United States. This is our fifth year to have an computerized Christmas lights display powered by Light-O-Rama. The display is made up of 53,276 lights, 99.9% LEDs, and is controlled using 340 channels. The song entered for this contest is Jingle Bells, performed by Frank Sinatra, with our three elves, Jingle, Jangle, and Judy, in a supporting role. The voices of the elves are our three grandchildren, ages 12, 10, and 7. We are also collecting donations for Children's Miracle Network who support two local hospitals. 100% of donations received will be donated to CMN. http://frontdorr.com

Scott Burdett Thorsby, Alberta  Canada.  The 2010 display is powered by Light-O-Rama controllers & the Light-O-Rama 2 Advanced software. 208 channel control 22,300 lights which are mostly LEDs.  I made two Marty Fans for the 2010 display & they are a bit different than each other. One has 32 channels & does the fan thing 2 colours 16 channels per colour, whereas the second fan has 40 channels & it does the fan, an arch, and a fire stick in the center. The fan has 16 channels, the arch has 16 channels, and the fire stick has 8 channels.  The tree has 32 channels and has 2 colours Red for the 16 channel Spiral, and multi colour lights for the actual 16 channel spinning tree.  My 4 8ft arches are different than most arches in that I use C7 lights. I put 4 C7 sockets on a 9ft cord. Each arch has 8 channels.  I have 2 16 channel "Stand Up Lawn Grids"....you will see them in the video in action. I placed them under arches.  I then have 8 channels that run the trees, bushes etc.  I also did something way out of the normal in that I used a number of songs that are not "main stream songs". All these songs are used by permission.  http://christmaslightsinmotion.weebly.com/

Shane Hewitt ElfboyChristmas.com Carstairs, Alberta    Canada .  This entry is at the Calgary Zoo Zoolights 2010.  It ran from Nov 26 2010 through until January 2 2011.  ZooLights see hundreds of thousands of attendees each year, and 2010 broke records.  The entry uses classic Light-O-Rama panels, (10), 4 color ribbons (first time we've used those!) and "Snowfall" effect LED lights.  This display is 100% LED, led by Light-O-Rama MP3 unit.  We chose the Hippopotamus song because it's the zoo, and remixed it to make it a little funkier and more fun.  We had 1 goal this year, and that was to make kids and parents dance!  And they danced!!!  It's a little less traditional for Christmas, but unique and custom music! http://www.elfboychristmas.com

Louie Rendek West Melbourne, FL United States. Hi everybody!  This was our fifth year with Light-O-Rama computer animated Christmas lights and we thought it would be fitting to have our "new song for the year" consist of We Wish You A Merry Christmas.  After all these years, we have finally accumulated 12 controllers (10 of the PC series controllers and two of the 40A controllers), so we're using 192 channels total.  Broad color sweeps were utilized along with falling snowflakes up on the roof for an element of creativity.  Enjoy!

Gary Martin Lawrence, KS United States. This is our third year for a full animated Christmas display.   This sequence, Nutrocker by TSO, took about 35 hours of sequencing on Light-O-Rama S2 software to put together. http://www.parksidechristmas.com

Mike Cole Coeur d'Alene, ID  United States. The Magnificent Seven Christmas 2010, 336 Light-O-Rama channels, approx. 65,000 lights, This years theme is Western Movie Soundtracks

Kevin Kolak Elliottsburg  , PA  United States. 42000 lights on 240 Light-O-Rama channels. This is a first year rookie attempt at designing and building a Christmas Light Show and now I am hooked. My mega tree is very different than other mega trees as it can do tons of effects many of which I will discover over the coming years....stay tuned as next year I am adding another 25,000 lights....Elliottsburg Pa. I purchased the 16 channel 30 amp hobbyist kits (15ea) and assembled each one without a single mistake using the instructions provided. No plastic Santa's or snowmen just 100% lights. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqvHsmKXueA

Scott Lewis Sunnyvale, CA    United States.  Almost 30,000 lights (including almost 28,000 LEDs... only the deer, dog and polar bear aren't) and two Cosmic Color Ribbons on 192 channels of Light-o-Rama control. Music is the de rigueur "Wizards in Winter" by Tran-Siberian Orchestra. It's somewhat cliché, but it makes a great show and the crowds love it the most. http://lewislights.com

Wayne Krider Churubusco, IN United States. I have 14 Light-O-Rama controllers using 214 channels to control my 29,000 lights in my display. I have 11 songs in my play list one of which is The House On Christmas Street that I am submitting to your contest. I live in a small rural town and I am still hearing from people about my display. http://www.buscochristmas.com

Greg Slodysko Hughestown, PA United States. We tried something a little different this year.  We incorporated a call in request system this year and received many compliments.  My Display contains 208 channels and about 32,000 lights some of which are unable to be videoed due to thier location.  This is our 4th year using Light-O-Rama products.  More info can be found on our website. http://mysite.verizon.net/gslodysko/

Peter Halilovic bandmole productions Melbourne, Victoria    Australia .  Hi we have bohemian rhapsody to lights with 233 channels deployed our display is on u tube after been seen by the whole of Australia over 23 million people on national television 3 times by public demand  hope you enjoy this song as we have 5 more we will eventually put on u tube and thank you for giving us all the technical support as i feel we are the leaders in your lighting system as we were nominated the best display in the country we are planning 2011 and will start very soon from 55.000 to 120,000 single led lights  not bad for a house display

Michael MacDonald Alexandria, KY United States. 160 channel (148 actually used) Light-O-Rama display, all incan lights. Had 18 songs sequenced and show ran for about an hour. 

Fabian Gordon Plano, TX United States. Gordon Lights presents over 100,000 lights synchronized to "Do You Hear What I Hear?" by Spiraling. Gordon Lights uses Light-O-Rama hardware and software, as well as custom hardware and lights designed by Fabian Gordon.  There are over 4,424 channels in use, including Light-O-Rama AC controllers, Light-O-Rama DC controllers, 8 iDMX-1000's, and 11 networks to run it alll.  The sixteen 40-node (120 channel) RGB mini-trees that run along the center of the front yards are DMX controlled using Tiger120 DMX boards that are controlled by the Light-O-Rama iDMX-1000 adapters.  These mini trees were designed and constructed by Fabian Gordon.  Mini tree wireframes and the two mega tree steel structures were custom built for Gordon Lights by 3GLightingCreations.  There are over 1,600 extension cords and about 20 miles of wire used in the display. http://www.GordonLights.com

Brent Waldrep Auburn Hills, MI United States. This year we had over 37,000 lights using 160 channels. We have also partnered with the rainbow Connection to collection donations to help fulfill the special wishes of Michigan Children with life-threatening medical conditions.  http://OurDancingLights.com

Ken Maxwell Murfreesboro, TN    United States. .  My grandchildren heard this song last year and asked if I could "...make the lights dance to it". ( I added the sing-along words in the video for them.)  We got a lot of compliments and enjoyment from watching not only kids but adults singing/dancing to it. Seems the Chipmunks have spanned the ages.:-)  Tech info: Close to 80,000 lights, 20,000 lights make up the Mega tree. 192 multiplexed Light-O-Rama channels, 275 strobe lights. and of course, 5ea. of the giant 20' “Leaping light Arches” :-)   

Robert Opper Pennsburg, PA United States. I am using 240 channels, over 25,000 LED's, 300ft. of rope light, 5400 incandescent lawn lights, 450 C-7 LED retrofit bulbs, 8-150 bulb incandescent icicle strings, 14 flood lights and 14 ground lights with colored lenses.

Jeff Lambert Brandon, SD United States. We feature over 100K lights and have more Light-O-Rama controllers than we can keep track of most of the time.  We have three mega Christmas tree's with the largest being 23' tall.  We also have many items, some of which you can't see in the video including an animated Merry Christmas sign, animated fans, shooting pipes, leaping arches, falling stars, shooting star, 31 mini trees and many other items.  This year the neighbor even let us decorate his yard.  We live in a very young town with a lot of kids.  We hope to make an impression on all the kids and hope we are a memory they remember of Christmas as they grow up. http://www.christmasinbrandon.com/

Kenny Delaney Hillsboro, TN United States. Our first year animating Christmas lights, and it blew us away! These things sure are time consuming!  I like to start out things that I do with a bang, so I created a few elements of our display that are unlike most that we've seen online:   24 ft Mega Star on the side of the house,  41 ft Mega Tree with 48,000 lights, 4 - 18 ft columns wrapped with 16,000 lights allow for some fun sequencing, which was commented on as being the most favorite element of our display by many viewers.  Total of over 110,000 lights, including LED and incandescent, controlled by 160 channels of Light-O-Rama.  Through word of mouth alone, the turnout was amazing, with a traffic back-up over 1/2 mile at times.  We'll be setting up a charity donation box next year, making some other big changes and additions, increasing the number of channels, and we're looking forward to every bit of it!!!  The good news also is that I'm just 26, so there are potentially many more years of this to come in the future!  Thank you, Light-O-Rama, for making this all possible, for changing our Christmas, and for changing the Christmas of our local community all for the better!!! 

Jim Cheslin Longwood, FL United States. The Christmas Can Can by Straight No Chaser --- 40,000 LED Lights, 249 Channels Plus 4 Cosmic Color Ribbons --- 344 Extension Cords to connect everything --- Less than $20 in Electricity for the Month of December thanks to the LED Lights --- and More Happy Faces than one could ever imagine --- Thank You Light-O-Rama

Tim Herberger Clarence , NY  United States. 320 channels and 100,000 lights, all incandescent with an amp draw of 300 when "all on"  36' tall mega tree,  16 5' tall mini trees, 120' long 48 channel 3 color candy cane fence with 192 candy canes, 6 leaping arches 25' long with 8 channels each, chasing C9's along the roof line along with tiered icicle lights for a bouncing roof line effect...

George Simmons Clearwater, MN    United States. .  Clearwater Lights is located in the historic downtown area of Clearwater, MN.  Our display is spread out over two adjacent properties, although only one house is shown in the video.  This is our third year.  We used just under 400 channels, 50,000+ lights, 2 CCR's (which look great in person but look awful on videos) and about 2.5 miles of extension cords.  The sequencing is all original.  This particular song is by The Ventures, originally from their Ventures In Space album, which I wore out listening to as a kid/teen.  (Actually, The Ventures lead all others by far with ten different tunes in the 2010 display.)  This one first appeared in 2009 and was extensively re-done for the upgrades and additions to the display in 2010. http://www.clearwaterlights.org

Reggie Wertz Dillsburg, PA United States. Nutrocker by Trans-Siberian Orchestra.  16,000 lights animated to an assortment of Christmas songs using 183 channels of Light-O-Rama. New for this year is the addition of red and green on the mega trees, dripping icicle tubes, and a Cosmic Color Ribbon used as a color wash over the garage doors (courtesy of a Light-O-Rama door prize at the NJ Mini). http://www.wertzweb.com/lights/

Darrel  Moyer Cleona, PA  United States. Christmas 2010 was my first year using Light-O-Rama in my display. I only had the front yard synchronized to music since you can't see the entire display from any one angle. The backyard remained static. I had approx. 30,000 lights outside this year. 16,000 of which were out front synchronized to music. The part that's synchronized to music consists of one Cosmic Color Ribbon and 8 Light-O-Rama PC kits that I built myself. You can find videos of my display over on my YouTube page and pictures of the display over on my website that I provided the link to above. There is a link to my YouTube page on the homepage of my website.  http://www.moyerdisplays.com/

Joey Felix Dallas, GA United States. The Felix Family Lights is a Light-O-Rama computerized display using 180 channels of animation. We have several lighted moving figures like Sir Elton John, Christmas crocodiles, and Felix the Cat. We have two mega trees that stand 15 and 25 feet tall. And something new we designed and added this year is a little something I call spiral poles. We have several other things too like the Grinch, Frosty, and the Peanuts and a giant 16 foot tall animated arch.  http://www.felixfamilylights.com