Computer Controlled Christmas Lights ROCK

The Christmas story of 2005 was Carson Williams’ computer controlled Christmas display set to music from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. You can see the original video here plus Miller Beer did a Lites commercial. Being a Christmas Lights guy myself, I had dozens of people Email this video to me. So I’ve seen (and listened) to this awesome production a bazillion times, but always on the computer. [The Best Christmas Decorations in Chicagoland]

Carson Williams was hired to put together the “Symphony in Lights” for the Northfield Stapleton shopping Mall which is about 35 minutes away … so I was excited to actually finally see it in person. My family went down there for the opening ceremony on Saturday, November 18th and it was a heck of a treat. These pictures capture less than half of the 250,000 lights … and (of course), don’t show the motion nor the christmas music. There was also some giant lighted stick figures that towered over the crowd - very cool.

I happened to see Carson being interviewed by FOX News so had the chance to say hello to him. I’m sure he was incredibly busy, but he took the time to graciously chat briefly with me and other people as can be seen below. One interesting tidbit I heard him mention is that the 250,000 lights were all LED’s which are more energy efficient - nice touch!

While it’s cool that one can use the Internet to view Christmas Decorations, and heck, even turn Christmas Lights on & off from your PC, nothing beats seeing (and hearing) something live in person. The shows runs nightly through Christmas, so consider a family outing to check it out - highly recommended!

I have a webpage of the Carson Williams show and high-res pictures are available upon request.

P.S. Also highly recommended is a Christmas Lights display in Broomfield on Telluride just North of 136th. People say my 26,000 Christmas Lights in 2005 were pretty good - they don’t hold a candle in terms of quality and quantity to what Norm and Karen Vaught have done the last 15 years with their house - trust me, you’ll be glad you checked it out - WOW!