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Christmas Lights Gone Wild

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Wow, this thing has really gone crazy with the viewers. Let me first start by saying that this is not my house. Regardless of what any of the comments read, this house really does exist, I have seen it with my own eyes and nothing you see in the video is trickery, it's all real.
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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  • hey cool my last ...

    hey cool my last comment was the 4444th one! hehe

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  • woah! thats flashy!

    woah! thats flashy!

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  • AMAZING :)

    AMAZING :)

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  • We went to see this ...

    We went to see this house last christmas! it ws awesome!! If you are ever in Toronto-- look up Lindsay Lights!

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  • i saw this video ...

    i saw this video and went directly to itunes and bought the song.

    its fricken awesome

    By futballerrdg18 [Affiliate User] 1201616995 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • way cool! Blue

    way cool!
    Blue

    By AllAmericngrl28 [Affiliate User] 1201590822 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • AHAHAHAH Lota ...

    AHAHAHAH Lota progrming ahha

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  • What's the name of ...

    What's the name of the song?

    By supertails61 [Affiliate User] 1201548573 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Why would anyone ...

    Why would anyone want to make one of these purely for the computer?? They are so fun to see in person, we had one similar near our house this year and the kids and even my husband and I got such a kick out of visiting the house during Christmas.

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  • it always amazes me ...

    it always amazes me everytime i watch this clip

    By graph77 [Affiliate User] 1201395967 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Electrical ...

    Electrical engineers are cool.

    By gremlin05 [Affiliate User] 1201372319 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • ya dont know??????? ...

    ya dont know??????????????

    By tilenkacin13 [Affiliate User] 1201369497 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • dang i gotta start ...

    dang i gotta start reading the sides of stuff lolz anyways it could be done on a comp much easier than using all that money

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  • wizards in winter

    wizards in winter

    By arimaius [Affiliate User] 1201352969 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • song name please

    song name please

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  • amazing job

    amazing job

    By aidanfdsa [Affiliate User] 1201308331 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • how could they use ...

    how could they use software to do this? dont you see the reflection on the house? That would almost be impossible to replicate.

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  • thts awsome ...

    thts awsome who-ever-created-it because it is so sweet since i watched it in 5th grade and today, i say this till next christmas "coolly!!!

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  • wizards of winter ...

    wizards of winter by the trans-siberian orchestra

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  • They used software ...

    They used software to do this

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  • whats the name of ...

    whats the name of the song? i like it

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  • nobody who knows ...

    nobody who knows that thats not true CARES about your freakin websight ts!

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  • i dont think so

    i dont think so

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