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Post by dennym57 on Dec 3, 2019 2:02:16 GMT
Anybody watching this?
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Post by kstrains on Dec 3, 2019 2:48:11 GMT
Thanks for the reminder, Denny! I just turned it on. The guy with over 500,000 lights in GA starts in August! Amazing!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2019 2:51:57 GMT
No, turn Christmas into a contest. Boy have we lost our way. Rudolph was on also, much better television
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Post by kstrains on Dec 3, 2019 3:27:04 GMT
I am sure some do make this competition by trying to beat out others with their light displays but I can see others really enjoy building their light displays as they share some of reasons behind their displays.
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Post by Adam on Dec 3, 2019 9:44:24 GMT
I watched a bit and also some last year. I do think they go overboard but you hav to admire the dedication to the craft. Some do a really nice job. I just don’t know how these people find the time!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 4, 2019 23:00:26 GMT
We visited one of the homes that was in this and met the owners. They seemed to be very nice and simply doing it to bring joy to other people. They loved kids coming to see it.
And, it was quite amazing.
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Post by northstar on Dec 6, 2019 0:29:43 GMT
I've watched these since the first year it was on. It does get to be a bit much by the last episode, but I still enjoy it. What gets me is that I know each and every one of them is even more spectacular in person. Things like these cannot be appreciated to their full extent over TV. I honestly believe that the majority of these are done for the right reasons. It's no different from owners of huge houses open up their houses during the holidays for Christmas tours. They have huge, old, historic homes and want to share it with others. Or they want to use the event to raise money towards a charity. There is one I saw in person in Virginia where the homeowners said they did it because the nursing home residents across the street would sit and marvel over it every night.
It's not a hobby I'd want to have. The pressure to do more and more every year must be great. So many who do this find it hard to ever stop after having the community now look forward to it every year. And it really is a hobby for those in southern states with better climates. If I did one of those here in MN, I'd have to start in September if not August in order to get it done before the weather went bad.
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