Christmas house lights in Gosport

The News, Portsmouth

The Skittlethorpe family from Gosport, have decorated their house in Christmas lights for the fourth year running now and this year are raising money to The Rowan’s Hospice for anyone who would like to make a donation.

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00:00Amy, tell me a little bit about your Christmas decorations this year.

00:05Well, we've been doing them for about four years. I can't take all credit.

00:09My husband is the one that's up the ladder, I'm obviously speaking on his behalf.

00:13We've been doing them for four years. It's just purely for festive, for people to smile,

00:19for the children down the road, they all like to come out.

00:23We did it firstly for our daughter, it was just like round the house

00:27and then we had just a snowman and the Christmas tree and then we added lights on the front

00:32and on the side and it's just got bigger and bigger.

00:35We've had Christmas cards through the door, we've had people knock.

00:38So yeah, we do it really just to put smiles on people's faces.

00:42That's what we really like to do.

00:45So it's been a good reaction?

00:47Yes, definitely.

00:48And you say you're adding more and more each year?

00:50We do, yeah. So hopefully next year with Ben building now a fence out the front,

00:54we can put some things obviously in the front garden, a bit of inflatables or something

00:59that will bring a bit more people over.

01:02That's great. And I understand this year that you're taking donations as well?

01:08Yes, we got approached by a neighbour asking if we'd do any charities,

01:13taking money for charity.

01:15I hadn't really given it a thought up until then.

01:17So what we'll do is we'll just, hopefully obviously the news can put up a link or something

01:23if they want to donate, people can.

01:26Obviously it's entirely up to them.

01:29I know I've got family members that have said that they would like to donate.

01:32We will donate ourselves and we've got neighbours that have said that they would like to as well.

01:36And that's for the Rowan's Hospice.

01:38Obviously they're just close to my heart.

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