I have spent years crawling the web for the best Christmas displays so you don’t have to. Here are the 10 best displays that I have come across.
Note: ‘Excessive’ has no negative connotations.
10. Just barely making it onto the list is an automated display timed to the peanuts theme. Link to Youtube.
9. controltheshow.com offers a unique experience where the user gets complete control over christmas lights that are viewable via a webcam. There is a queue system where the user gets sole control over the lights for a minute.
8. An automated light display of the song Carol of the Bells is one of the better ones around and made it into this list.
7. These aren’t a light displays, or even displays at all, but they are just sooo awesome that I had to put them in here. gotchabox.com has some hilarious fake product boxes (eg. a 28 piece wisk set) to put real presents in. Too bad it’s too late to order these for Christmas.
6. Here is another automated Christmas light display to the Trans Siberian Orchestra’s the Nutcracker.
5. Kipkay has recently posted an easy Christmas Light hack that anyone could easily do. This video explains how to hook up a set of Christmas light to a stereo and blink in time with the music.
4. Automated Christmas Bells playing the Super Mario theme are pretty difficult to make, but would be good for impressing the ladies. The producer briefly explains how he made the bells here.
3. I don’t like techno (or Christmas music either), but this display plays in time to Da Rude’s Sandstorm.
2. Alek has offered his amazing light display for the public to control. He is doing this all for Celiac Disease (you can donate on his website). There is quite a bit of traffic on this site, so the lights don’t always respond to input. This display started of as a hoax, but probably isn’t now. The Musem of Hoaxes covers this here.
1. It was a close battle between first and second, but the original viral Christmas lights movie has prevailed. It is done to the song ‘Wizards of Winter’. This video has also been rumored to be a hoax, but Snopes debunked that here.
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15 Comments on this post
Leave a CommentCarson Williams WoW is 100% real – he did a great job … so I don’t feel too bad getting “beaten” out by him – Homer says D’OH!
Yes, my setup was 100% hoax/simulation from 2002-2004. 100% real from 2005. Ditto the over $20,000 raised for Celiac Disease Research.
Best Wishes and Merry Christmas,
alek (aka Clark Griswold from #2 above)
Comment left on 12.21.2007 by alek
Wow, that was quick; do you constantly check your incoming links?
Thanks for clearing all of that up.
Good luck with your site.
Comment left on 12.21.2007 by admin
All I can say is WOW! and Thanks!
Merry Christmas!
Comment left on 12.22.2007 by Louie
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Comment left on 5.1.2010 by Chormusiker
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I hate to sound greedy, but….why don’t you update this on a yearly basis around Thanksgiving and allow us to vote? It’s a fun site to find for my and share with my wife (Who’s addicted to Christmas lights!) and she is now sharing it with other junkies.
Comment left on 5.21.2011 by Dave
Extraordinary! I really love your post. I also like the Christmas lights. The color is so beautiful to see, it is good for the eyes of the people. The site you have is very unique for me. You are doing that much better. You’re doing beautifully you know what. Merry Christmas on you and keep up the good work…
Comment left on 5.24.2011 by chiliemae
Wow !!! This is really wonderful. I especially like the second one and I will certainly going to decorate my house like this in Christmas.
Comment left on 5.24.2011 by Anthony
Great Christmas light displays! They’re so beautiful. I remember putting excessive Christmas light on my house. Many people were amazed with what I did. But you also need to watch out your upcoming electricity bill.
Comment left on 5.25.2011 by Megan
Ohhh cute!!!! Now I’m so excited for Christmas to come.
Comment left on 9.21.2011 by keisha