Mt. Vernon Register-News - VIDEO:11111 Wildest Christmas display revisited

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Published: December 22, 2006 09:55 am

VIDEO:11111 Wildest Christmas display revisited

This display was the work of Carson Williams, a Mason, Ohio, electrical engineer who spent about three hours sequencing the 88 Light-O-Rama channels that controlled the 16,000 Christmas lights in his annual holiday lighting spectacular (from Christmas 2004). His 2005 display includes more than 25,000 lights that he spent nearly two months and $10,000 to hook up. So that the Williams' neighbors aren't disturbed by constant noise, viewers driving by the house are informed by signs to tune in to a signal broadcast over a low-power FM radio station to hear the musical accompaniment. The music is the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's "Wizard in Winter." After a December 2005 traffic accident in his neighborhood, Carson Williams agreed to indefinitely discontinue his 2005 Christmas light display because it was causing severe traffic congestion problems. However, the display lives on in the internet. We bring this back to you for the holidays. Merry Christmas!

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