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00:00This season, Christmas is approaching full steam ahead, as families hatch up, the entire house is wrapped in chicken wire, it is, unbelievable holiday homes, you live in a neighborhood, you want to scroll through, for your health, this is Elf Tyson, plus,
00:29our annual heavyweight special, this is a battle of epic proportions, goes overboard, this is a battleship, I love those, with the sweetest monster sized displays, you're making me hungry right now, alright, and tonight, Judge Carter Osterhaus, what is happening in there, blows the roof off the competition, look how bright that is, I think I'm getting a suntan right now, with our first
00:57$50,000 prize, this is the coolest Christmas gift ever, so don't change that channel, that is amazing, they're watching the great Christmas light fight, because the great Christmas light fight, I am obsessed, is on, we wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy new year.
01:27Hi, we're the Paliszo family, we make Christmas, and a bright, how do they look?
01:43This one over here, maybe more the corner, got it, our display is a synchronized light show, I call it geek to chic, the geek really came out of me, because I love computers, I love animation,
01:54my wife is the chic, she likes the classic look, just ladies on top in a zigzag pattern, Aaron loves precision, we need to make sure it's completely straight, even the pins on the house, he likes to keep it very precise, is it straight now?
02:08Yeah, the big wow of our display, is the large driveway matrix, it is so awesome, to see the pixels, light up, and turn into some beautiful images, check, check, and double check, to share this with my boys, my daughter, and my wife, there's nothing better than this experience,
02:26Hey guys, there's Carter,
02:36What's up?
02:38Merry Christmas, let's go!
02:42Merry Christmas!
02:44What's up, dudes?
02:46How you doing? How are you?
02:50How are you?
02:52I love this outfit you got on, I like this, tell me a little about who you are, and who's with you.
02:59My name is Aaron Peluso, and this is my beautiful bride Monica, Jonah, Micah, and Annalie, we're the Peluso family, we just have a passion for lights, we fell in love with lights together, we love the great Christmas light fight.
03:11There, points right there, okay, points right there.
03:14You got him, right?
03:15Yeah, absolutely.
03:16The best thing about our display is that we have a techie versus, like, kind of old school vibe going on here.
03:22So first, we have something to give you.
03:24Okay.
03:25We all have these awesome hats and bracelets.
03:27Yeah, everybody does, I just got that, by the way.
03:30These are all synchronized to the light show.
03:32It's got some Christmas magic in it, Carter.
03:34How's that look?
03:35Yeah!
03:36He looks great.
03:37Get ready to be mesmerized.
03:39That is impressive, I don't think I've ever seen that before.
03:41I'm very excited to see it, so how do we get it started?
03:43We can't have any hot chocolate without a marshmallow, so what we're going to ask you is to slide that marshmallow down, and it's going to trigger our button, and it's going to fire that show up.
03:53You guys ready?
03:54We're ready!
03:55Let's go!
03:56Here we go, let's count it down in...
03:58Three, two, one!
04:01One!
04:02One!
04:03One!
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04:29This is great!
04:34You have got a lot of lights.
04:36Yeah.
04:37How many lights do you have in this display?
04:38A little bit over 300,000 right now.
04:40Wow!
04:45I love the ice skaters over here.
04:47That's a blow mold up there?
04:49Yes, sir.
04:50I love the mix and match of old school and new school.
04:53Is that your doorway to your house?
04:54It is something special for the kids.
04:59Yeah!
05:00All right!
05:01Come on, guys!
05:02That was amazing.
05:03Can we get in there and check it out?
05:04Yeah!
05:05Let's go!
05:06Come on, guys!
05:07Let's go!
05:08Let's go!
05:09Come on, guys!
05:10Let's go!
05:11Everything's really good.
05:12I like the...
05:14It's Christmas time.
05:16At Christmas time.
05:18Carter, this is our large driveway matrix.
05:20This is our large driveway matrix.
05:22This is our large driveway matrix.
05:25This is our large driveway matrix.
05:27This is unbelievable.
05:29I've never seen one like it before.
05:31And I've seen a ton!
05:33This has 5,400 pixels on it.
05:36Wow!
05:37And it takes almost two months to really put together.
05:39I'm so curious.
05:40Just seeing, like, you know, 2x4 framing that you have.
05:43But these lights right here, what are you using to hold them nice and tight?
05:47That's called aircraft cable.
05:49Uh-huh.
05:50And that allows me to stretch the cable really taut and allows the pixels to stay flat and even.
05:56What is the width of this?
05:57It's 16 feet.
05:58And then you have...
05:5944 feet.
06:00Uh, the spacing in between is...
06:02They're eight and a half inches to really get the image flat.
06:05Preciseness really has to be exact here, because if you don't, it just won't look correct.
06:11One thing you'll notice, Carter, is that there's over 2,000 zip ties on here.
06:15That is a lot of zip ties.
06:16Yeah, so Carter, right over here on the end, little turnbuckles.
06:21Each one has a different tension.
06:23We have all of our turnbuckles connected on this side, so it allows all of our wires on the other side.
06:29They go back to my Pixel controller that's hidden under the Christmas present.
06:33Yep.
06:34And then this archway, I mean...
06:35We really love these driveway arches, and they synchronize to the music.
06:39This kind of frames it beautifully as you kind of look down the driveway.
06:43Essentially just conduit, I'm assuming.
06:44Electrical conduit, you're right.
06:45Yeah.
06:46What about the stakes in the ground?
06:47They do go down about four feet.
06:50Had to have the gas company come out.
06:52Mark where my gas lines go, because we don't want it.
06:55We don't want to do that.
06:56No hazards at this house.
06:59Little lollipops.
07:00Looking at all of these different items, you guys intermingled old traditional with all of the dancing lights, and that's not easy to do either.
07:10I tend to think that pixels only is a little bit not inviting.
07:13It's not as soft, so I wanted to make sure that we incorporated some of the vintage or old-fashioned components to it.
07:20I mean, even looking at stuff like this...
07:22This is a homemade cupcake.
07:24Can I pick one up?
07:25Yeah, go for it.
07:26It's really heavy.
07:27Be careful.
07:28I have no idea.
07:29How did you make this?
07:30That is insulation foam with those ping pong balls.
07:33So delicious looking.
07:34We also use it to hide our speakers.
07:36Oh, right up here.
07:37That is so cool.
07:39No one wants to see an eyesore of a speaker, so we want to make sure it's inviting and cute like a cupcake.
07:49Look at Santa.
07:50He's coming out of the chimney.
07:51We're going to take a step into here.
07:53You don't let everybody just come into this area, do you?
07:56We're going to be taking a look at something that's really special to my family and I.
08:00Hey.
08:01And it's these wood cutouts.
08:02These are so fun.
08:04So these were the very first things that we had.
08:07This and one strand of lights on the house.
08:09They're kind of old school, but they work with your display.
08:11Exactly.
08:12Can we talk about the roof a little bit?
08:14It looks amazing.
08:15Yeah, my daughter and I spent our time in July really going up on that roof.
08:19Yeah.
08:20I clipped the clips onto the bulbs and he put them in the tiles.
08:23Individually?
08:24Yes.
08:25This is kind of my backdrop to the light show, so we had to tone it way down.
08:29Right now, they're at 1%.
08:30They get brighter?
08:31They get way brighter.
08:32Really?
08:33We're going to turn them on to their full brightness.
08:34Ready, here we go.
08:35Whoa!
08:36Whoa!
08:37Look how bright that is.
08:38Oh, my gosh.
08:39It's shocking the difference.
08:40I think I'm getting a suntan right now.
08:41This is amazing.
08:46Look at our top of the tree.
08:51This is the geekiest, highest mega tree that we could actually get on this lawn.
08:56It's about 29 feet.
08:57There's around 4,800 pixels.
08:59Wow.
09:00We have a 1,000-pound winch secured to the house.
09:03Anchors that go down about four feet.
09:05Structurally, this looks amazing.
09:07It's Fort Knox.
09:08These are DC Volt power supplies.
09:12This is what powers my Pixel controllers.
09:14I actually have 22 Pixel controllers.
09:17Whoa.
09:18Some are on the roof.
09:19Some are under the eaves.
09:20Some are in the driveway.
09:21You have so much passion about this thing.
09:23I love it.
09:24I can tell you.
09:25You do love it.
09:31All across.
09:32All right.
09:33So, Carter, we've got to come right over here.
09:34So, let me remove the cookie real quick.
09:36All right.
09:37No, just joking.
09:38It's not that heavy.
09:39It's not that heavy.
09:40It's not a styrofoam.
09:41Cord, keeping them organized, are really important to me.
09:43So, I had to run a power cord down here all the way through the drain.
09:48Kind of do a little zig-zag.
09:50And it goes straight across my roof line.
09:52You have power cords in your gutters?
09:54I didn't want to trip hazard across my driveway.
09:57That is genius.
09:58If you look right here, I have about 8,000 thumbtacks to hold the lights.
10:03You use those for all your lights in the house?
10:05Hurt your thumbs.
10:06I'll tell you that, Carter.
10:07I'm sure.
10:08Half a day, your thumb's hurting like heck.
10:09Yeah, you've got to take a break.
10:10You've got to take a break.
10:11You've got to take a break.
10:12We hold chocolate in here.
10:16Oh, what's up, guys?
10:17We're going to show you the Santa's workshop.
10:18This is Santa's workshop?
10:19I was a little unsure if this was actually your front door.
10:20You've got to make sure you're elf sized to get in there.
10:33Okay.
10:34I have to shrink down like this, okay.
10:35The kids are ready to drop the Christmas magic on you right in here.
10:38Look at this.
10:39Wow.
10:40I love Santa's workshop.
10:43We're going to show you the Santa's workshop.
10:47This is Santa's workshop?
10:49Whoa!
10:51Look at this place!
10:53This is so cool!
10:55I love Santa's workshop!
10:58I love the fireplace, the wreath,
11:01the lights that are strung up across the top.
11:03What's your favorite part of this whole area?
11:05Hit a button.
11:06Oh, I hit a button?
11:08Oh, it plays jingle bells!
11:10That is so fun!
11:12Look at this, presents are falling off the conveyor belt.
11:14Come on, man! Give me a high-five!
11:17Nice!
11:18My favorite part of this would be this little village
11:20that we have.
11:21Love that.
11:22Those little pieces are my grandparents.
11:23And it's great!
11:24What's on the other side of that?
11:25Our kitchen.
11:26There is so much going on in this little space.
11:29We have a little hot chocolate and cookies for you.
11:31Oh, look at this!
11:33This is the coolest place ever.
11:35I never want to go anywhere else.
11:36Stay right here.
11:39Oh, that is perfect.
11:41Should I have a cookie, too?
11:42Yeah, we made them.
11:44Oh, come on now.
11:46I don't want to leave this room, Annalia.
11:47I really just want to stay right here.
11:49I guess so.
11:50I'll come back.
11:51The Peluso family had an incredible display.
11:54I love the blend of the high-tech and traditional.
11:57When it's done this well, it looks perfect.
12:00You guys, that was so much fun!
12:02I was so impressed just on the matrix alone on the driveway.
12:06That's something I've never seen before.
12:08I love seeing all the lights on the roof and how precise they are.
12:12The mix and match from the new to the old, the blow mold, and then mixing that with all of the dancing lights that are around.
12:19That's not easy.
12:20Aaron works on it every single day.
12:22Yeah.
12:23This is definitely his dream, his vision, and he does it all to bring joy to others.
12:27You guys go above and beyond on so many levels, and that's why I love seeing your display.
12:33I have some other places I've got to go to, so I'm going to give you guys a big hug and say Merry Christmas!
12:37Merry Christmas!
12:38Thank you so much!
12:39Take care!
12:40See ya!
12:41I think Carter matched my geek on that one.
12:46We did it, guys!
12:47Woo!
12:52Tug-a-tug-a-tug-a-tug-a-tug-a-tug-a-tug-a-tug-a-tug-a-tug-a!
12:55We're the Grayson family, all aboard the Holiday Express!
12:59Next stop, Christmas!
13:01Choo-choo!
13:02All right, I'm going to have to solder that.
13:04I've been decorating for Christmas since I was a teenager.
13:07My grandfather had a set of trains underneath of the tree, and it would go round and round,
13:11and I got really involved with it, and then he left me his train.
13:14Okay, that went on real nice.
13:16And I kept doing them and still are doing them to this day, and I just love playing with them.
13:20This is the train garden.
13:21It has seven different trains running at one time.
13:24There's an elevated train here that goes along.
13:27He's always working on the trains, but the trains is like all year round kind of thing.
13:32The display is set up within an acre of land, so that's a lot.
13:38Besides making sure everything's placed exactly where I need it to be, I bury all the wires.
13:43Carter won't see any wires anywhere.
13:45Okay, we're good.
13:50And the leaves, trying to take care of the leaves during the light display, it is a real challenge.
13:55We call it leaf wars.
13:59This Christmas display isn't one that you can drive around.
14:02You have to walk around the property, look at all the decorations, watch the trains.
14:07It just lifts everybody's Christmas spirit.
14:10Are you ready?
14:20Yes!
14:21What's up?
14:22What's up, guys?
14:24Merry Christmas!
14:27Merry Christmas!
14:31How you doing?
14:32How you doing?
14:33How you doing?
14:34I'm real good.
14:35I'm Chuck Grayson, and this is my family.
14:37Hi, guys.
14:38How are you?
14:39I love the conductor outfit you got going on right now, and the elves.
14:43Tell me a little bit about your display.
14:44Our theme is trains.
14:46Oh, very cool.
14:47We do this for the whole community.
14:49We have such a blast.
14:50How long have you done it for?
14:51I've been here doing it for 30 years.
14:53Some of the things that I have here are over 50 years old.
14:56Holy smokes.
14:58We've been doing it for a long time.
14:59Yeah.
15:00That's really impressive.
15:01You guys ready to see it?
15:02Yes!
15:05Carter, we have this train back here.
15:07There's a switch here for you to hit.
15:08This is so cool.
15:09Wow.
15:10I've got a conductor's hat for you.
15:11There we go.
15:12I love wearing hats, but I do have a big head, so yeah, it doesn't fit me.
15:16But that's okay.
15:17We'll just put it right on the top there.
15:18All right?
15:19Well, how do we get this started?
15:20We're going to say three, two, one, all aboard.
15:22Are you guys ready?
15:23Yes!
15:24All right, here we go.
15:25Let's get this train rolling in three, two, one, all aboard.
15:32Wow.
15:33Let's get this train rolling in three, two, one, all aboard.
15:38Wow.
15:39It goes all the way around the house.
15:40The whole display is one acre big.
15:41Holy moly.
15:42You have the house decorated.
15:43The roof is decorated.
15:44You can see all the trains in the front yard.
15:45Wow.
15:46It goes all the way around the house.
15:47The whole display is one acre big.
15:48Holy moly.
15:49You have the house decorated.
15:50The roof is decorated.
15:51You can see all the trains in the front yard.
15:52Wow.
15:53Lot of trains.
15:54Wow.
15:55This is incredible.
15:56I mean, you have the perfect space for it.
16:15I'm ready to get into it.
16:20Here, I'll put that on you, all right?
16:23You guys want to check it out?
16:24Yeah!
16:25Come on.
16:26Let's go.
16:27All right.
16:28Look how cool this is.
16:38This is a great perspective to see the entire display, which I love.
16:42It's on a nice hill here.
16:43It's a bit of a challenge, setting it up on the hill.
16:45I can imagine.
16:46The perspective is so cool here because it's like an amphitheater.
16:49Okay.
16:50You feel like the seating is all here.
16:51Your house is the stage.
16:53But I'm sure as you walk down, you get a different perspective.
16:56You get the feel of it.
16:57You're in it.
16:58Look at the floor.
16:59Look at the floor, man.
17:02Wow!
17:03Is that Santa?
17:04Yeah.
17:05Is that Santa?
17:06Did you notice?
17:07Do you see any wires?
17:08I don't see any wires.
17:09There are no wires to be found.
17:10Always impressed when I can hop over here.
17:13I don't see any wires.
17:14Where do you put them all?
17:15They're all buried under the ground.
17:17I take a claw hammer and dig a trench.
17:19And I put the wires in there and cover it back up.
17:22So let me get this straight.
17:24So you take the backside of a hammer that's used to pull out nails.
17:27Correct.
17:28And you just dig a little trench.
17:29Correct.
17:30My man, I do the same thing.
17:31Do you?
17:32That's great.
17:33I like the one on the Christmas tree.
17:34Now, look at all of these trains.
17:47I love the elevated train.
17:49I don't think I've seen one ever.
17:51It took me a whole summer to elevate that track.
17:53It's all pressure treated.
17:54One by sixes.
17:55And on top, a half inch rebar.
17:56Okay.
17:57That I tried to make it as level as I could.
17:59It's funny you called it the elevated train, because that's its name.
18:01It's the elevated train.
18:02Amazing.
18:03Wow!
18:04Look out there.
18:05Good job.
18:06Carter, I want to show you in here.
18:07This is a special thing.
18:08Just follow me.
18:09Yeah.
18:10It's kind of neat to be in the middle of it, you know?
18:11I have very large feet.
18:12Oh, my gosh.
18:13I feel like you're right in it now, right?
18:14You're in the middle of it.
18:15Whoa!
18:16Whoa!
18:17Hey, buddy!
18:18How you doing?
18:19You're like the only person I've ever allowed in here.
18:20This is the military train.
18:21Okay.
18:22This is the military train.
18:23Okay.
18:24This is the military train.
18:25It's the military train.
18:26It's the military train.
18:27It's the military train.
18:28Okay.
18:29And this one?
18:30That's track one, and it's a lot of maintenance stuff to take care of trains.
18:31Okay, I see that.
18:32But I love these trains.
18:33I mean, there's just so many lights on all of them.
18:34I've had to put every light in there.
18:35Yeah.
18:36I take them in, set them on a workbench, and I start adding these little LEDs to them.
18:37For me to build one helicopter there, it took me 14 hours.
18:38You know, and that's just for one.
18:39That's crazy.
18:40The LEDs are so tiny.
18:41Yeah.
18:42You can almost not see them, and they put out all this light.
18:43You are devoted to your train track.
18:44All these little scenes that are happening.
18:45Yeah, and the guy buying a newspaper there.
18:46Wow, this is so cool.
18:47I love it.
18:48The Ferris wheel.
18:49You have, like, a little town.
18:50And if you watch the little guy in the middle, the snow cones turn and stuff.
18:51Yeah, of course.
18:52How long does it take to lay something out like this?
18:53Years.
18:54Because I just kept building onto it.
18:55Yeah.
18:56Yeah.
18:57Because I just kept building onto it.
18:58Yeah.
18:59Yeah.
19:00Yeah.
19:01One of the main reasons I got into it was the kids that come here.
19:02They noticed the detail.
19:03Carter, come on over here.
19:04I'll show you.
19:05Such a different world over here.
19:06The landscaping is just gorgeous.
19:07Well, thank you.
19:08I collected these little details.
19:09I collected the details here.
19:10I've collected the details.
19:11So, it's all the details.
19:12Yeah.
19:13I've collected the details.
19:14I've collected the details.
19:15I've collected the details.
19:16Wow, this is so cool.
19:17I love it.
19:18The Ferris wheel.
19:19You have, like, a little town.
19:20If you watched the little guy in the middle, the snow cones turn and stuff.
19:22Of course.
19:23How long does it take to lay something out like this?
19:24Years.
19:25Because I just kept building onto it.
19:26Yeah.
19:28The landscaping is just gorgeous.
19:30Well, thank you.
19:31I collected these rocks from this property
19:33to be able to build the waterfall and the pond.
19:36Some people think it's a natural stream.
19:38It's really not.
19:39There's two pumps down in here.
19:40That's incredible.
19:42So what'd you build this out of?
19:43It's three-quarters, five?
19:44It's pressure-treated, two-by-sixes.
19:46Oh, it is?
19:47Sometimes I need to walk on that.
19:48And why do you have the plexi?
19:49Well, my theory was in case a train fell off,
19:52it wouldn't fall into the water.
19:53So I ended up putting it all the way around.
19:55Even the lights.
19:56I didn't even see those lights right there.
19:57I needed lights on here
19:59because it was a little dark over here.
20:01So I got these aluminum slots and then cut them in half.
20:04Because they look like real lights
20:06that you would see, like on a street.
20:08Hi, guys.
20:10That's so cool.
20:11It brings back the kid inside of anybody.
20:14Carter, if you think this is something,
20:16we need to go out back and let me show you what's back there.
20:19It's fantastic.
20:19All right, let's go.
20:20Come on.
20:20Okay, let's go.
20:24Carter, I have a surprise for you.
20:25Okay.
20:26We have a very unique way of showing off their display.
20:29Okay.
20:29And I hope you're not afraid of heights.
20:32What?
20:33You want me to get on that?
20:37That's our Christmas cable swing.
20:38Wow.
20:40How high is that?
20:4160 feet.
20:41That looks so scary.
20:43Is this for real?
20:45Yes.
20:45Now I'm getting a little nervous.
20:46Climb up them steps there.
20:47I don't know what this has to do with Christmas,
20:50but I am all for it, guys.
20:51Put this up underneath of you.
20:53Okay.
20:53Back up into it.
20:55Here goes nothing.
20:56You guys ready?
20:57Ready.
20:58Yep.
20:58Give me a countdown, guys.
20:59Ready?
21:003, 2, 1, go!
21:03Oh, this is awesome.
21:09Oh, my gosh.
21:11This is the coolest Christmas gift ever.
21:15Wow.
21:16Oh, my gosh.
21:18Oh, my goodness.
21:20I felt like I could see the entire town.
21:23I got so high.
21:24That is high.
21:25That is really high.
21:27A little bird's eye view.
21:28It was perfect.
21:29Oh, my gosh.
21:30That is great.
21:32That is so cool.
21:33Oh, my gosh.
21:35You guys.
21:35I am so impressed.
21:38This display had so many twists and turns,
21:40and I'm not just talking about the train tracks.
21:42And Chuck does it out of the goodness of his own heart.
21:45I really see why this family pulls out all the stops
21:48to make this happen.
21:49That was so much fun.
21:50I had a blast.
21:52I mean, you put me on a swing.
21:53Of course I'm going to love it.
21:54One of the coolest things about your display.
21:56There's just so many trains moving around.
21:58You've created all the scenes and also the landscaping, too.
22:02Some of the kids that sit there,
22:03they stay there until the parents have to carry them off screaming.
22:06I can imagine.
22:08That's a labor of love.
22:09It's his passion.
22:10You can see how much love he puts into all of it.
22:14Right.
22:14It shows, and that's why I think people keep coming back.
22:17Oh, it's such a treat, you guys.
22:18I had such a blast being here.
22:20I had so much fun.
22:22I'm going to just give you a big hug and say, Merry Christmas.
22:24Merry Christmas.
22:25Thank you so much.
22:28All right, take care, all right?
22:29All right, you too.
22:29Bye.
22:30That was good.
22:31I think he had a really good time on this.
22:33Swing.
22:34He seems a little scared.
22:45We're the Jimenez family, and our display is more than meets the eye.
22:49Christmas time for us is an important holiday.
22:53We come from really traditional families where there's a lot of traditions.
23:00We're from traditional families where there's a lot of traditions?
23:02Help!
23:03I got stuck.
23:04We just made it worse.
23:05We've been decorating for about 11 years now.
23:10It started out pretty simple and pretty basic, and added to it every year.
23:14It really sort of transitioned into an interactive walkthrough experience.
23:18We're going to be setting up our sidewalk-adjacent Candyland area.
23:22One of the things we try and do with the biggest little Christmas in Phoenix, as we call
23:26it, is really do things that can be experienced from a kid's perspective.
23:31So the kids will be able to come through and see Stitch there.
23:33Perfect.
23:34It's so full of whimsy and creativity.
23:39It's a little bit of a lot of things.
23:42Like, you can't turn around and not, like, see something.
23:45Your show is relentless.
23:47Relentless.
23:51Yeah, it just broke.
23:52Ah!
23:53Doing a display like this in Arizona, it's like rocky, clayey soil.
23:58That's a rock.
23:59So we find other ways to do things.
24:00All right.
24:01Well, this blow mold keeps blowing over because we have a really small space to work with.
24:07Half of our display is on our driveway, so one of the things I do is we zip-tie the blow
24:11molds to these grids and then set those on the ground and put rocks on the grids.
24:15We still have a lot to do.
24:17Yeah, well, that doesn't look like much.
24:18No, this is what we've already done.
24:20This is what we still need to do.
24:22Oh!
24:23I would love to see us win the Great Christmas Light Bite because it would be a message to
24:30people that you don't have to do a Christmas display like every other Christmas display
24:35you've seen.
24:42Oh, hey, everybody!
24:43Here comes Carter!
24:44What's up, guys?
24:46Merry Christmas!
24:47What's going on?
24:48Merry Christmas!
24:49How you doing?
24:50Merry Christmas!
24:51How you guys doing?
24:52Good.
24:53Fantastic.
24:54Fantastic.
24:55You're looking great.
24:56I love this.
25:00I'm Carl.
25:01And this is my spouse, Patty.
25:02How you doing?
25:03Pleasure.
25:04And this is the biggest little Christmas in Phoenix.
25:05We don't have a lot of space.
25:06It's not a huge yard.
25:07So we do a lot of things with scale.
25:08Things that are big and things that are little.
25:09Good things come in small packages.
25:10That's a really good thing.
25:11Aw, that's so cute.
25:12Yeah.
25:13But we also do a lot of wordplay and a lot of sort of puns and kind of like gags like
25:17that.
25:18I love that.
25:19I am excited to see this.
25:20Well, we've ordered a special switch from the Holiday Light Display On Switch Company
25:24out of Traverse City, Michigan.
25:25What?
25:26Come on!
25:27Yeah.
25:28Yeah.
25:29Yeah.
25:30Yeah.
25:31I'm excited to see this.
25:32Well, we've ordered a special switch from the Holiday Light Display On Switch Company
25:36Oh!
25:37Out of Traverse City, Michigan.
25:38What?
25:39Come on!
25:40Yeah.
25:41That's where I'm from!
25:42Woo!
25:43Are you guys ready?
25:44Yeah!
25:45I'll give you the throw bar.
25:46Okay.
25:47I'm just gonna...
25:48You gotta know how to use this.
25:49Yeah.
25:50All right, guys.
25:51There you go.
25:52There you go.
25:53There you go.
25:54Oh!
25:55What happened?
25:56It's tiny.
26:00Prepare to have your mind blown.
26:02Oh!
26:03That is the cutest little switch I've ever seen!
26:07We even made a little pallet right there.
26:09All right.
26:10You guys ready?
26:11Yeah!
26:12Let's count it down in three, two, one!
26:17Three, two, one!
26:27You weren't kidding!
26:28You packed everything in there!
26:34Where's your yard?
26:35How do you even get in there?
26:36It's all in there somewhere.
26:37I love all the blow molds over here.
26:40What are those?
26:41Dinosaurs?
26:42Yeah, we got dinosaurs!
26:43All right.
26:44The gingerbread man.
26:46I see a ton of lights.
26:47How many lights do you have in there?
26:48We've got, like, dozens, at least.
26:50Dozens?
26:51Yeah.
26:52I feel like I'm gonna have a lot of, like, this throughout the night, huh?
26:58You guys want to get in there and check it out?
27:00Yeah!
27:01All right.
27:02Let's go take a look.
27:03All right.
27:04Come on.
27:05Hey, Mr. Snowman, how do you do?
27:08Wow.
27:09You look so funny, and you're more of those, too.
27:13Happy, smiling faces will be your reward.
27:18Hey!
27:19Let's take a look at the start of our display here.
27:24As you know, snowmen and global warming do not go well together.
27:28Yeah.
27:29And so they've gathered here to protest climate change.
27:31Oh!
27:32And...
27:33That's so great!
27:34They're trying to change the world.
27:35So how many blow molds you got?
27:37A bunch.
27:38Okay.
27:39There was a lot, and now there's more.
27:41And then you keep gathering them?
27:43It just kind of grows.
27:44Luckily, I break a lot of things.
27:45Okay.
27:46So then he needs to buy new things.
27:48The whole thing is that once you start taking a closer look, there's like this sort of like
27:52next level.
27:53And you're going to get down, and then there's like a fourth level that's like even, you know,
27:56more detailed.
27:57That's some levels.
27:58Yeah.
28:07Well, if you like Snowtown USA, then I think you're going to like what's next.
28:11We have Honey Lane.
28:13I think the best way to experience it is to actually sing it.
28:16Okay.
28:17So let's sing it.
28:18Okay.
28:19Okay.
28:20Here we go.
28:21We wish you a Merry Christmas.
28:22We wish you a Merry Fishmas.
28:24We wish you a Merry Christmas.
28:27Moose.
28:28Moose.
28:29And a Happy New Year.
28:34I love that.
28:35Thanks.
28:36We are literally six feet away from the climate crisis.
28:40Yes.
28:41And now we just got happiness.
28:42Oh, we have cow puns.
28:43Yes.
28:44Yeah.
28:45I see some major large things over here.
28:54They're all very specialized Christmas dinosaurs with very specialized Christmas skills.
28:58Right.
28:59Right.
29:00We have our Triceratops, which has a specialized skill of helping to dig up Christmas trees.
29:04Of course.
29:05Then we have the Brightosaurus.
29:06So he's really good at hanging up decorations up high in the trees.
29:09Yeah.
29:10Get those bright lights up there.
29:11The Stegnogosaurus.
29:12He just really enjoys a nice eggnog.
29:14It's not necessarily a skill, but it's what's...
29:15Someone's got to do it.
29:16Someone's got to do it.
29:17And then, you know, the big guy here, Tyrannosaurus wraps.
29:19He's got those short arms, so they're really in close, and he can get the detail work of
29:22a really nicely wrapped present.
29:24That's genius.
29:25I mean, half the things are in here.
29:26She's like, nobody's going to get that.
29:28I'm like, oh, no.
29:29There's one dad who's going to come through.
29:31He's going to see that detail.
29:32Some guy comes up and is like, Carl, great job.
29:35I love it.
29:36That makes it all worth it, right?
29:37Exactly.
29:42Of course, over here, we have our Winterfest.
29:45Mm-hmm.
29:46Which is a celebration of fun, friendship, and elf culture.
29:49Mm-hmm.
29:50There's a concert series.
29:51It features some of the biggest names in elf music, like Elvish Bresley.
29:54Yes.
29:55Uh, Missy Elfiet.
29:56Uh, Elf Elf Cool J, of course.
29:57That's so great.
29:58Right?
29:59One of, like, our most popular features of Elf Name Generator.
30:03Okay.
30:04So the first letter of your name, C, would be Hoppy.
30:08That's my name.
30:09It's Hoppy.
30:10Hoppy.
30:11And then your birth month.
30:12Mm-hmm.
30:13Oh, no way.
30:14I'm Hoppy Jolly Flakes.
30:15Oh, ho, ho.
30:16You look like a Hoppy Jolly Flakes.
30:17I know.
30:18Oh.
30:19Hi.
30:20I'm Hoppy Jolly Flakes.
30:21Let me try again.
30:22Oh.
30:23Oh, hi.
30:24I'm Hoppy Jolly Flakes.
30:32Over here, we have Mr. and Mrs. Claus.
30:36Of course, got Mrs. Claus here with her bake shop.
30:39Smell the cookies.
30:40Oh, I can smell from here.
30:41Okay.
30:42And then, of course, Santa's workshop.
30:44I love all the detail.
30:46So we really try and literally take our view from a kid's perspective.
30:50Sure.
30:51And I'll literally get, like, on my knees.
30:53Yeah, because you kind of have to.
30:54And crawl through the display.
30:55Well, yeah, if you don't get down in here, you're not going to see.
30:58Yeah.
30:59Mrs. Claus has a picture of Santa, and Santa has a picture of Mrs. Claus in here.
31:04Oh, that's so sweet.
31:06Right.
31:07Santa!
31:08Santa!
31:11I'm just going to stay on my knees from now on, okay?
31:14And I feel like everywhere I look, I want to see something more interesting than the last.
31:18Okay, we can do that.
31:19We can.
31:20Bring us over to Penguin-topia.
31:21Yeah.
31:22It's an iceberg with penguins on it.
31:24Great.
31:25But if you get in, there's a surprise in there for you.
31:28What?
31:29Oh, my gosh.
31:30What is happening in there?
31:32That is incredible.
31:38There's a whole world in there.
31:39Yeah.
31:40There is.
31:41I got a pond liner.
31:42I flipped over, spray painted white.
31:43Yeah.
31:44But then there's this big hole on the side where the plumbing was for the pond.
31:45Yeah.
31:46And I'm like, maybe I don't cover up the hole.
31:47Genius.
31:48And I do something else with it.
31:49That is so creative.
31:50I was not expecting any of this.
31:51But it's what's inside the Penguin-topia.
31:52Yeah.
31:53Again, that's the layers.
31:54That blows my mind right there.
31:55It's ice skating.
31:56Yeah.
31:57It's ice skating.
31:58Yeah.
31:59It's ice skating.
32:00It's ice skating.
32:01It's ice skating.
32:02It's ice skating.
32:03It's ice skating.
32:04It's ice skating.
32:07It's ice skating.
32:08It's ice skating.
32:11Here, we have the Keebler House.
32:13Cool.
32:14Which is the home for Wayward Elves.
32:15Yes.
32:16Oh, sweet.
32:17So we have elves just going about their business when they're not making toys.
32:22And then, I don't know if you can see, but down in the living room...
32:25What?
32:26...our elves are watching something on television.
32:28You've got to be kidding me.
32:31They're watching The Great Christmas Light Bites.
32:33The elves love Great Christmas Light Bites.
32:34What?
32:35They've got a Carter episode in there.
32:38I'm so impressed.
32:39I am not worthy.
32:40I have never seen this, ever.
32:42Did you see in here?
32:43You've got to see this.
32:44Oh, my gosh.
32:45Wait, that is so cool.
32:48Then we come over here, and we've got our food truck, giving away free samples, candy
32:55canes as big as your head, as long as your elf size.
32:58Oh.
32:59As long as you're a little miniature.
33:00We come over here.
33:01Santa's got a little bit of a side hustle.
33:03Okay.
33:04You've got to diversify in this economy.
33:05Of course, yeah.
33:06I don't know if you want to give that horn a little...
33:08Hit it, Santa!
33:12There we go!
33:13Uh-oh.
33:14Uh-oh.
33:15Uh-oh.
33:16No.
33:17They've all escaped.
33:18Somebody left the door open.
33:19Do not open crate door.
33:20If the nutcrackers escape, they're likely to engage in holiday hijinks and horseplay.
33:25This one over here trying to trick you into eating a pepper instead of a peppermint.
33:29Christmas joy.
33:30And now it's just oi.
33:31These little dudes, you can't trust them.
33:34They can be naughty folks.
33:35Mm-hmm.
33:36Jack!
33:37Jack!
33:38Jack!
33:39Jack!
33:40It's amazing!
33:41Remember when we saw Santa's delivery truck over there?
33:47Well, the trees that he's delivering come from Quick Nick Tree Farm.
33:50Perfect.
33:51Some customized trees.
33:52You've got the Jack Skellington Bone Daddy tree.
33:54Nice.
33:55Creative.
33:56I see a really special tree.
33:57Oh, yeah.
33:58There we go.
33:59I got my own tree!
34:01Some wrenches and some hammers.
34:02Okay.
34:03Smart.
34:04And a variety of tools and things.
34:05Play to your audience.
34:06I like it.
34:07Yeah.
34:08Right?
34:09Yeah, a nice saw blade.
34:10Quick Nick's tree farm has inspired me for my new tree now.
34:11There you go.
34:12I like it.
34:15So we use every part of our yard.
34:18Of course.
34:19What we've got to show you is something on a scale you've never seen before.
34:23Okay.
34:24And rather than see how big we could go, we wanted to see how small we could go.
34:27Of course.
34:28So we have the micro tree, which is the littlest Christmas tree in Arizona.
34:33Come on.
34:34So under the microscope, you take a look and you can see the micro tree there.
34:40No way.
34:42I think this is a joke.
34:44Special shrinking technology has been employed.
34:46Come on.
34:47So you can see the sensors here that are like reading the tree data.
34:50I mean, the sensor technology alone at that scale, it was really a challenge.
34:55Yeah.
34:56Whoa.
34:57I get the joke.
34:58That is genius.
34:59Who thought of that?
35:00The micro tree is one of our proudest accomplishments.
35:03I am very impressed.
35:04Congratulations.
35:06You've done a very good job.
35:07Absolutely.
35:08All of your clinical trials and finally getting into this.
35:10Yeah.
35:11You can see like the scientists have been busy.
35:12So you've seen the littlest Christmas tree in Arizona.
35:14Yeah.
35:15Right?
35:16I mean, I think so.
35:17Yeah, sure.
35:18Well, and with that, you get the special prize here.
35:19Ah!
35:20Special button.
35:21That is perfect.
35:22I love it.
35:23There you go.
35:24Carl and Patty created a tremendously creative display.
35:27Everything is packed in by making things small and telling a story on different levels.
35:33But you know what?
35:34That took it to the next level.
35:35Patty, Carl, that was amazing.
35:37When you guys said this was the biggest little Christmas, you weren't kidding.
35:42There was so much to see in here.
35:44I love the fact that you have so many different scenes within your space.
35:47There was just so many different things, so many different levels.
35:50If you didn't get down and you didn't see that different perspective, you wouldn't really
35:55know what's happening inside each part of the display.
35:59I just kept wanting to do more.
36:01Yeah.
36:02But we're just landlocked with the amount of space that we have.
36:05And I do like to think that people come to this and be like, oh, we can do something
36:09really big and really cool with just what we have.
36:12Yeah.
36:13I think that he's made something really magical.
36:15So just getting to help him with that, I feel really lucky.
36:18Carl and Patty's display is so clever and detail-oriented, but I have seen some amazing displays.
36:24This is going to be a really hard decision to make.
36:27Thank you so much.
36:28I just want to give you both a huge hug.
36:29Thanks for being.
36:30Thank you so much for coming.
36:31Take care, guys.
36:32Bye.
36:33Bye.
36:34Thanks for coming.
36:35Hey, great job.
36:36You too.
36:37I'm really proud of you.
36:38Oh, yes.
36:39All right.
36:40So what do you think next year?
36:41More blow molds?
36:42Oh, probably.
36:43We can go more on the display on the roof.
36:45That's a great idea.
36:46Let's talk about that tomorrow.
36:47Want your display to shine?
36:49Go to abc.com slash casting to apply to be on the show.
37:03All right.
37:05What's up, big guy?
37:07This competition had me smiling like a kid on Christmas morning.
37:14Woo-hoo!
37:15The Peluso family from Carlsbad, California, tech the halls with boughs of circuits in a
37:22picturesque pixel show like nothing I've ever seen before.
37:25I can't believe everybody's hats are lighting up.
37:27Magic.
37:28Magic.
37:29It is magic.
37:30The driveway matrix with animated characters was a true engineering feat.
37:34I've never seen one like it before.
37:36And I've seen a ton.
37:38Plus, the nostalgic pieces in Santa's workshop added such a sweet touch to the display.
37:43This is the coolest place ever.
37:45All four!
37:47The Grayson family from Parkton, Maryland went full steam ahead with a festive train-themed display.
37:53Whoa!
37:54Hey, buddy!
37:55How you doing?
37:56Chuck's massive collection of lit-up trains speeding through an intricate landscape of miniature
38:01villages got Christmas rolling on the right track.
38:04It brings back the kid inside of anybody.
38:07It was such a fun way to swing into the Christmas mood.
38:10This is the coolest Christmas gift ever!
38:16The Jimenez family from Phoenix, Arizona packed a plethora of puns into a pint-sized presentation.
38:22You can see the micro-tree there.
38:24Carl and Patricia were a couple of Christmas comedians who utilized layers and scale to decorate inside their decorations.
38:32There's a whole world in there!
38:33There is!
38:34With a clever take on Christmas that brought me to my knees.
38:37That is amazing!
38:38They're watching The Great Christmas Light Fight!
38:40All right, it's right up here, Santa.
38:44And now, Santa and I have something special for Under the Tree.
38:53Hit it, Santa!
38:58Thanks, Santa!
39:03All right, this is gonna be fun.
39:04It's Garner!
39:05No, seriously!
39:06No!
39:07What?
39:08Hey, guys!
39:09What?
39:10Come on out, guys!
39:11What are you doing?
39:12How are you?
39:13Good!
39:14Good!
39:15We're a little surprised!
39:16Good to see you!
39:17Good to see you!
39:18Merry Christmas!
39:19Merry Christmas!
39:20Oh, my gosh!
39:21Merry Christmas!
39:22How you been?
39:23Fantastic!
39:24Pretty good!
39:25Been to a lot of awesome places, and yours was super cool.
39:28I did love it a lot.
39:30You know, you guys proved that you don't have to have a massive display
39:34to have massive amounts of creativity.
39:37And that's why you guys are the champions of The Great Christmas Light Fight!
39:41You just won $50,000!
39:44Congratulations!
39:45Oh, my gosh.
39:49Congratulations, you guys!
39:51I'm, like, blown away.
39:53Yeah.
39:54Absolutely blown away, like.
39:55I'm not often speechless.
39:56No!
39:57Look at what you've done here.
39:58You were not speechless the entire time you didn't walk through.
40:01Come on!
40:02The creativity was off the charts.
40:04You know, when you talk about deck the halls, you guys decked the halls.
40:07Yeah.
40:08And the halls of the halls.
40:09Yeah.
40:10You didn't stop.
40:11You had to, like, get down and really see everything that you could.
40:14And you had your micro-tree.
40:15I mean, were you pranking me?
40:17No!
40:18Are you sure?
40:19It just proves it's not the size of the display.
40:21It's the creativity.
40:22Thanks so much.
40:23I hope we inspire other people to go for it.
40:25Yeah.
40:26Do it.
40:27Yeah.
40:28Okay.
40:29Well, I have a tiny little surprise for you.
40:30Mmm.
40:31Is he giving me that coffee I need?
40:32That coffee?
40:33What?
40:34No.
40:35You guys ready?
40:36Oh, my gosh.
40:37Okay.
40:38Here we go.
40:39One, two, three!
40:41What?
40:42Oh, my gosh.
40:43It's fantastic.
40:44It's beautiful.
40:45Can you see it?
40:46It's a micro-trophy.
40:47Look at that.
40:48It's the smallest trophy.
40:49There you go.
40:50You need that?
40:51There you go.
40:52Oh, you didn't fit his whole name on there.
40:53Yeah.
40:54You want this?
40:55There we go.
40:56You got it?
40:57Woo!
40:58They won the micro-trophy!
40:59Yes!
41:00Yes!
41:01Give me that.
41:02I got something else for you.
41:04Can I put this in here?
41:05Yeah, put it in there.
41:06All right.
41:07Here it is.
41:08Here we go!
41:09Look at that!
41:10And...
41:11Fantastic!
41:12It's yours!
41:13Take it, Patti!
41:15Can you believe that?
41:16Our silly little display.
41:19Fantastic.
41:20Woo-hoo!
41:21We got it!
41:22Come on, dude!
41:23Look at this!
41:24Let me help raise it up!
41:25Yeah!
41:26This is just amazing.
41:27It's frosting.
41:28Is frosting better than icing?
41:29Yeah, yeah, yeah.
41:30You want cream cheese frosting?
41:31This is the cream cheese frosting?
41:33This is the cream cheese frosting.
41:34This is the cream cheese frosting.
41:35On the cake?
41:36On our light show cake.
41:37Oh, that's nice.
41:38That's a good metaphor.
41:39Maybe let's take it to the lab, see if we can shrink it.
41:41Ooh!
41:42You'll make it tiny.
41:43That's right, yeah.
41:44Because, you know, around here we say, like, if something's good, shrink it.
41:46Yeah.
41:47The smaller the better.
41:48We can publish in the shrinking journals.
41:51That's right.
41:52Shrinking today.
41:53Shrinking today.
42:09haha that way.
42:13Has he been eaten?
42:15With all these ghosts actually?
42:17Let's go.
42:18I don't know, too.
42:19I found you and I had to go on 17!
42:23Yeah!
42:24NYX Kaiser, Montreal!
42:262 Pro Friedman, 1871.
42:29The Π слаナ 건물!
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