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7Dec/092

Christmas decorations

It's Christmas soon, and in the Christmas spirit I bring to you this old but still goodie, Christmas decorations movie. If you haven't seen this yet, you have to. This might be the coolest thing you've ever seen. Enjoy! (if you have, you already know how good it is)

(From youtube)
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 over 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 rough quality of the video has led some viewers to believe it was put together in stop-action form from still photographs, but that is an artifact of the high compression used in the clip circulated via e-mail. Mr. Williams has posted instructions for recreating his "Wizard in Winter" sequencing, and another of his choreographed Christmas light music shows can be viewed here.

Carson's Christmas display proved so popular that it was featured in a Miller Lite beer commercial in December 2005.

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  1. Evig bra det der ass. Synes du kan stille opp med noe tilsvarende :)

    3 måneder siden sist post forresten :P


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