MaineLights.org - Spiraling - Do You Hear What I Hear (2011) HD from Jeff F on Vimeo.

Happy New Year! We hope everyone enjoyed the lights this year. We think we have found show hours that work pretty decent for the road traffic... 7pm to 9:30pm will be the hours again this year(yes, there will be lights again this year) and we are thinking we will only run the display for the month of December... but who knows.

Almost all of the yard lights have been packed away and most of the roof lights are also down. This week the house lights will be put away and that will put a wrap on the 2011 display.

See you in December!

The lights were on from 7pm to 10pm last night and as long as the rain isn't coming down in buckets this evening they will be on for at least that long tonight.

REMEMBER, Saturday night(New Year's Eve) is the last night for the lights until next December. Weather permitting, they will be on from 6:30pm to midnight!

Due to the crappy, CRAPPY weather being forecast for the next two days... there is a good possibility the lights will not be coming on until Thrusday night... at the earliest.

We may try to put them on tonight since the wind isn't going above 20MPH, but with the HEAVY RAIN they are forecasting the GFCIs will probably all start tripping(meaning the lights go out).

Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas!

Just a heads up that the above video was re-recorded and has much better colors now. I'm going to try and capture all the songs like this before we take the display down.

Almost forgot, just like the past three years, the lights will NOT be on Christmas Night! Please do not plan to come up to watch them. Instead take that time to enjoy your friends and family and give thanks for everything in your life... big and small. God Bless and Merry Christmas!

Wow... what a busy night! Tons of traffic, but it seemed to move along pretty well. Sorry goes out to the regulars who had to listen to our "caution" announcement every song and also for us repeating songs over and over again. Just trying to keep things moving and not have a re-run of last year.

Thanks again to everyone out there tonight(especially those of you who felt the need to yell your approval... the wifey got a kick out of that)!!! If we can keep things moving like this then I can't see a reason NOT to do the show again next year. Heck... I already have ideas for new things next year and the plastic in wallet took a hit today.

Thank you again! And if you are telling people about the display... make sure to tell them to check here to make sure there isn't a delay or cancellation and try to spread the "don't block traffic" mantra. Merry Christmas!!!

The lights will not be on until after 8:00pm to 8:30pm due to family plans. Merry Christmas.

Just wanted to thank almost ALL the people who stopped by last night for not blocking traffic. There were a couple people stopping in the middle of the road and not moving when traffic was trying to get by but for the most part people behaved well. Thank you!

REMINDER!!! If there are traffic issues the lights will have to be shut down. We may try only playing ONE song tonight just to keep things moving... but who knows...

And just in case you missed it, there's a new video above...

No lights tonight due to rain. The GFCIs are going crazy because of all the water. We'll try again tomorrow night.

Ok, we/I decided to list some hours above since the cat's out of the bag and we really are having a little show this year. There are approximately 45,000-50,000 lights up and we are hoping to put some blow ups up as well this week(weather permitting).

Little favor... PLEASE do not come up to the door and knock or ring the door bell because the lights are not on. If they are not on... they are not on. Again, we are NOT a business where we have hard and fast "hours of operation". This is a hobby for us and the hours listed above are "soft".

Have a Merry Christmas and enjoy the lights.

If you plan to stop by 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. Feel free to pull into our driveway to enjoy the lights! Two cars can pull in side-by-side and if you go far enough another two can pull in behind you.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE: We can not have people parked in the road... If this happens the lights will have to be turned off. Unfortunately some people travel well over the cautionary speed limit of 35MPH so... DO NOT STOP IN THE ROAD!!! PLEASE PULL INTO OUR DRIVEWAY and if there is not room consider stopping by later. If you have tried a few times and just can't get in, send us an email and we'll make arrangements.

One more note about the road, if you are pulling over to let someone pass, be careful of the ditch... once we get snow up here the ditches will magically disappear underneath the plowed snow. Only problem is they haven't really dissappeared and you'll be needing a tow.

The display is 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 was 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 primary colors. In all, we could control 176 individual channels of lighting. The inspiration for the 2008 display was Richard Holdman of Utah. Our whole family has enjoyed his display for the past three years and our display tries to capture his style of synchronized lighting(and boy does he have style!).

Some items of interest in 2008 were a 21 foot Mega-Tree with 4,800 lights, four 10 foot animated arches with 1,700 dancing lights each, and a 12 foot tree with 4,800 lights.

In 2009, we kept everything from 2008 and added another 10,000 - 15,000 lights and 80 more lighting channels. We also added two snowflake trails on the house, four "jumping" arches in the yard, and doubled the lights on the two smaller 10' trees.

The display in 2010 was very similar to 2009. The 21' mega-tree was upgraded from 4,800 lights to 9,600 lights as well as some other upgrades. The blowups also made a comeback and they were a huge hit.

In 2011 we reduced the amount of lights to ~50,000 and we also reduced the time the display is on. The past year was a bit much for us and instead of taking the year off, we decided to try for a little less "show".