All the lights in the yard are put away and so is the star that was atop the house. In the next few weeks all the house decorations will be put away and then the 2008 season will officially be done for us. Again, thanks for everyone stopping by and a big THANK YOU to those donating food/money for CHOW!

We are located at 1245 East Maine Rd in the Town of Maine(in NY). We have always enjoyed decorating the house for Christmas and in 2007 we had a display with about 4,000 Christmas lights and 13 inflatable.

2008 is the first year that we had the display synchronized to music broadcast on 94.9 FM radio via a low-powered FM transmitter.

There were around 45,000 computer controlled lights with Silver, Gold, and Red being the main colors. The inspiration for the display is Richard Holdman of Utah. Our whole family has enjoyed his display for the past two years and our display tries to capture his style of lighting(and boy does he have style!).

Some items of interest in 2008 were a 21 foot Mega-Tree with 4,800 lights, a 10 foot tree with 3,600 lights, sixteen 2 foot Mini-Trees with 300 lights each, four 10 foot animated arches with 1,700 dancing lights each, nine 5 foot trees now with 1,500 lights each and a 12 foot tree with 4,800 lights.

And if you are stopping to enjoy the lights, we ask that you remember East Maine Road can be a very busy road at times and completely dead at others. The suggested speed limit is 35MPH over the crest of the hill(thanks Judge! ) but people do not seem to follow that suggestion. Please feel free to pull into our driveway to enjoy the show! Two cars can pull side-by-side and if you go in far enough another two can pull in behind you.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: We can not have people parked in the road, if this happens the show will have to be stopped. Unfortunately some people travel well over the cautionary speed limit of 35MPH on the downhill side of our road so... DO NOT STOP THERE!!! PLEASE PULL INTO OUR DRIVEWAY and if there is not room, please consider stopping by later. If you have tried a few times and just can't get in, send us an email and we be sure to get you in.

Finally, we will be accepting non-perishable foods for CHOW since they are running low on food this year. 100% of all donations will go to CHOW for local people. There will be an announcement during the show and the location to drop of your donation will be all lit up. Thank you for anything you can give!