Our display has moved and currently located at 1575 Norman Street in Palm Bay, Florida and lights this year Monday thru Thursday from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and Friday thru Saturday from 6:00pm to 10:00pm . This will be our 3rd year animating our house along with music. You can hear the music via fm channel 96.7 or through the exterior speakers on the lawn.

Quick Stats
Number of Lights?	Approximately 15,956
Electrical Amps?	73.96 Amps
Total Watts?	8875 Watts
Amount of Cords?	Over 2,000 feet of extension cords
Channels Used?	43
Electricity Cost?	Less than $50.00
Total Cost?	between $2,500 - $3,000

What inspired this? Well I can blame it on wanting to put smiles on children's' faces but that's only part of it. When I was younger, I visited a house each year that went all out for Christmas. This house had 3 separate colors; red, green, and white. When illuminated separately, it gave a very unique look that I wanted to duplicate. So searching the internet I went and I stumbled across PlanetChristmas.com. This place had all the answers I needed and for 2005 my house went animated to music.

2006 was one of upgrades. Most of the budget went to upgrading the roof and upgrading to LED bulbs which tend to be rather expensive. The roof for 2005 consisted of 244 lights and for 2006 the roof consist of 720 lights. Due to the high cost ($1.40 per bulb) of the LED bulbs, I chose to only upgrade one color at a time. So all of the blue lights on the roof and ground are LED replacement bulbs.

Led Bulb from Creative Displays

Plans for next year...

Yes, I already have plans for next year. 2009 will be the year of wire frames. I plan on purchasing a welder shortly after my 2008 display is broken down and I plan on creating wire frames all year. I won't go into detail on my projects that I am planning (Santa's secret) but there will be multiple themed displays to put in the yard.

I also want to incorporate a mega tree into my display. I am not sure if it will make it into the 2008 display but it will definitely make a permanent appearance by 2009. By the way, when I say mega, I mean 30 - 40 foot Mega!