The lights will probably NOT be on tonight! If they do get turned on, it won't be until after 8:00pm.

The lights will be on until midnight on New Year's Eve and 10:00pm on New Year's Day.

Tonight is NOT looking good for the lights due to the high wind. Anytime the wind is over 20-25MPH we have to lower the two large trees because the wind smashes the lights into each other which breaks them. We may try to run the show without those trees tonight though since it's getting so close to the end of the season.

The lights will be on at 5pm tonight. Reminder... Friday January 1st will be the last night for the lights until next Thanksgiving!

No show tonight due to the rain and wind. I had it running for about 20 minutes earlier but the GFI outlets turned off due to the moisture. Tomorrow evening is looking like a winner weatherwise so the lights will go on early!

Merry Christmas!

Michele's Mother has made it through the surgery and is doing well. Thank you for your Prayers!

Michele's Mother is undergoing emergency bypass surgery this morning for AT LEAST six clogged arteries. A few small Prayers would go along way right now... God Bless...

The lights will not be turned on until after 6:30pm on Christmas Eve but they will be on until at least 10:00pm.

And just in case you missed it in the "Schedule" section, the lights will NOT be on Christmas Night! Please do not plan to come up to view them that night... instead, consider taking that time to enjoy your friends and family and give thanks for everything in your life... big and small. God Bless.

The lights were delayed until about 6:50pm due to a system issue. Surprisingly there were two people parked out front in the dark waiting for them!

WOW! What a busy night! CHOW donations really picked up and we would like to THANK EVERYONE for stopping by! Here is how it looked outside a bunch of times tonight as captured by two of our security cameras...

Remember... FEEL FREE TO PULL INTO OUR DRIVEWAY! We really don't mind and more than likely you will get a candy cane to enjoy while watching the lights!

CHOW UPDATE: CHOW donations have been steady this year and we have been dropping them off weekly down in the Town of Maine. THANK YOU ALL for the very generous donations! These donations and seeing the happiness on people's faces as they watch the lights are two of the big reasons we like doing this whole display. Thank you!

On a little less positive note, we would just like to remind a couple people that this light display is a hobby for us and NOT, I repeat, NOT some kind of business. The hours listed for when the lights are on are only a rough guide as to when they are normally on. If we decide to go out for dinner one evening and the lights don't get turned on "on time" then so be it.

99.8% of people understand this and don't need to be told, but there have been a couple emails that have made us chuckle because they are written in the style of a complaint towards a business... which we are definitely NOT!

The videos of this year's display are now online HERE.

The lights will be on at 5:30pm tonight and Brownie Troop 727 will be in the house and possibly outside the house handing out candy canes!!!

Due to the rain and freezing rain, we are assuming the lights will NOT be on tonight. If it should happen to get a little warmer and change over to all rain we may put the lights on but it's not looking promising.

OOOOooooo Doggie is it cold and windy out there! The lights ARE ON for now but the wind is really whipping. Supposedly it is supposed to start dying down after 6pm so we're going to try and keep everything together until then!

We're going to try and get the lights going tonight but the wind is still pretty gusty. The lights should be on at 5:00pm and hopefully they will be on until 10:00pm(depending on the wind).

NO LIGHTS TONIGHT!!! Due the the continued windy conditions up here on the hill(gusts to over 40MPH), the lights will not be on tonight. They will be on this weekend from 5:00pm to 10:00pm as long as this wind dies down to under 20-25MPH.

Hiya Chuck!

The wind that came through with last night's storm wreaked havoc with the two large trees. They were lowered this morning but there are multiple broken strands. They are back up now and we're going to give it a go tonight but if the wind picks back up and starts breaking strands of lights again, we'll have to stop it. Thankfully it looks like only a day or two of these winds and then it will be back to "normal" upstate NY December weather.

There are some new pictures of our display HERE.

We are going to try putting the lights on at 5:30pm tonight and see how it goes. One big reason we do not usually start until 6:30pm on weekdays is because of the "going home from work" traffic... we'll see how it goes.

The lights went on at 5:00pm and will be on until 9:30pm tonight!

The lights did not go on tonight due to a delay in us getting home and then the roads being pretty slippery up here on the hill. We are planning to turn the lights on at 5pm tomorrow evening to try and make up for tonight. BUT, you never can tell what the weather on the hill will be like so who knows!

95% of setup is complete so it's looking like things are a go for tomorrow evening.

Put most of the items out in the yard this weekend... now to wire them all up with over a mile of cable!

Made some good progress this past week working on the house lights. The above picture shows how far along we are. We are hoping to wrap up the house this morning and start work on the 21' tree this afternoon.

And thanks to the wifey working with the local CHOW chapter, we will be collecting CHOW donations for people right here in Maine.

Took advantage of the beautiful weather today and started putting up the lights on the roof. They should all be placed and wired this afternoon and then I'll test for burned out lights tonight... one project down... 108 more to go!

We haven't started putting anything out in the yard yet but we have started to test all the lights!

This year will be similar, but different. We are adding 15,000 to 20,000 more lights so it should be an even brighter year!

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!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! The lights will be on until 10:00pm tonight and then not again until Thursday November 26th at 5:30pm... which is Thankgiving. This is the final night and we would like to thank everyone who has stopped by... it has been a blast.

We took a few pictures of the display during the day today, CLICK HERE to view them.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! The lights will be on until 9:30pm tonight and 10:00pm Friday and Saturday.

The lights will NOT be on Tuesday or Wednesday nights. The wind that came through last night twisted our 10 foot, 3,600 light tree into a pretzel and the wind is supposed to keep up for some time. We are hopeful to be up for the final three nights, Jan 1st thru Jan 3rd.

The show is up and running.

We would like to thank everyone who has stopped by. Seeing how happy people are watching the lights is just awesome. We have also received a lot of email with some being very emotional. We are humbled by what people have said and we are honored that we can bring some cheer into people's lives. We had a feeling people would like the lights, but we did NOT expect people to be so moved by them. We have received Christmas cards and monetary donations through the mail... which once again has just shocked us.

So... we would like to THANK EVERYONE again and wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS!

News 10 Now stopped by yesterday and did a little story on our lights! The reporter, Neil St. Clair, was a very nice guy and really seemed interested in the lights and how nutty Christmas light people are. He talked about a couple other big displays and I really got the impression he thinks we are all nuts... hopefully nuts in a good way. Here's the like to the story and video...

We just want to remind you that if you are stopping by, PLEASE DO NOT STOP IN THE ROAD! Just park in our driveway and if there isn't room, try stopping back later. AND USE CAUTION ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, THERE IS A DITCH UNDER THE SNOW!!! It may look like solid ground over there, but it isn't!

Finally, THANK YOU for all the CHOW donations! We have had OVER THREE FULL tubs of food and are very grateful to all those donating! Merry Christmas!

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 are having the display synchronized to music broadcast on 94.9 FM radio via a low-powered FM transmitter.

There are 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 for 2008 are 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. The show lasts 15-18 minutes start to finish so be sure to allow enough time to enjoy it.

There are also a couple other things, but those are a surprise so come on by and take a look! (hint, hint... look up!)

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 cannot 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.