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00:00has made his list and checked it twice right at the top rounding up displays
00:09that are nice unbelievable ferris wheel as families rock the brightest design
00:16this is your Christmas light version of a rock concert and judge Tonya this is a
00:22legit holiday so run and tell all your dear friends because the great
00:38Christmas light fight the show is out of this world let us know when you're ready
00:52welcome to Christmas in the country our Christmas display is what I would call a lot but I don't
01:12mean a lot in a bad way I mean a lot in a great way I'm loving the electrical babe
01:17we have so much fun putting this up bring on the news gives us our world here at Christmas time
01:24we love to do it together that's what makes it so special we're gonna make another Christmas ball
01:29another Christmas ball we have to have some more in the trees okay first of all I'm the decorator
01:34I've got to have it just right you're the boss I'm the laborer this is why I let you know what
01:40she usually comes to me and says I would like to have this can you build it for me I say yes I'm here
01:50to please and I love you for it we have a small farm here and anything we need new for the Christmas
01:58show we can just go out back in the pasture or in the shop and we can build anything we want the
02:05hanging balls are made out of the chicken wire we have a homemade bow which is made out of just
02:10fencing material the homemade stars on top of the roof are made out of rebar the rebar can make it
02:17straight you can make it curve you can do whatever you want to with it rebar rebar paint and glitter
02:23let's go get well right we put so much heart into this there you go perfect to have Tanya come to
02:33this display to see everything we have done is basically a dream come true for us
02:45hey Tanya's coming
02:53I am Sally Irvin this is my husband Kenny Irvin what guys started in all of this she got me into it
03:13because I wasn't too excited about putting Christmas lights up at all at all at all
03:18so what can I expect tonight country lots of lovely lights oh and lots of excitement and fun
03:34all right Texas you know they have cornhole so we improvised a little bit made the hole a little bit
03:41bigger so we're going to see if you can put four balls in four holes to get the lights to come on
03:48yes how much time you guys all have
03:50I know
03:50it's going to be a lot
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04:11that was just kidding
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04:15I was just kidding
04:15no
04:15I was just kidding
04:17Why about this?
04:18There you go
04:20yeah
04:27Obviously I'm gonna sink this shot
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04:34Alright,maINT
04:35count it down
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04:39Woo
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04:41Gaga
04:41Look at all of them so tight, so powerful, I see giant inflatable, you're looking great
05:01there.
05:02Awesome.
05:03Oh man, aren't you?
05:04I know.
05:05What?
05:06I'm seeing trees, trees, trees, and more trees.
05:09I know, right?
05:10I know.
05:11So many trees.
05:12It's beautiful.
05:13Your entire house covered in lights.
05:16I love this pole with the wreath right at the top.
05:19This is amazing.
05:22Very, very cool.
05:27Can we go take a look?
05:29Yeah!
05:30Let's go!
05:31We wish you an awesome Christmas.
05:35We wish you a country Christmas.
05:39We wish you a country Christmas and a happy new year.
05:46This is so fun.
05:51The whole snowman arch is definitely a first.
05:55It takes you all the way down this path.
05:58This is a legit holiday red carpet.
06:01No thanks!
06:02How long is this?
06:03Every section is ten foot long.
06:05Almost a hundred feet long.
06:07So it's PVC pipe and it's rebar stakes in there to hold it.
06:11Holding it down?
06:12They slide over and it goes up and then we screw it with a cross.
06:16Well, I'm really impressed with how nice it goes straight all the way down without sagging.
06:22And these trees, they're so cute.
06:24I'm like an official Christmas tree hugger.
06:26And I love the lights, the way they're perfectly lined up.
06:30And we have a homemade bow that is made out of fencing material.
06:34Right!
06:35We got a little piece of fence just to show you.
06:37This is what you use to actually make a bow.
06:40Because it rolls up nice and easy, you can roll and wrap the lights and it holds its position.
06:45Genius!
06:46Kenneth made those stars up there and they're made out of rebar.
06:50It is one twenty foot piece and then I heat it up and bend it.
06:54I can barely hand draw a perfect star, yet you manage to bend rebar.
06:59That's incredible!
07:05I wanted to show you these here.
07:07Oh yeah.
07:08We call these the kidney canes.
07:10So these are a piece of rebar.
07:12Stop it right now!
07:13Yes.
07:14Anvil has ever put glitter on rebar before.
07:17They're easy to make, but if you have anvil it's easier to hit them to bend them to get the curvature that you need.
07:24So an anvil basically, it helps you bend the rebar.
07:28It's set on a stand and you can pound on it.
07:31And you put glitter on them!
07:32Yeah, I know!
07:33Penny, you have quite literally raised the rebar on them.
07:37That's amazing!
07:38I love it!
07:39I love it!
07:40I love it!
07:47Now this is a cool mega tree and it's wrapped so tightly with lights.
07:52There's like close to fifteen thousand lights on this one tree.
07:56It was a basketball goal for the base.
07:59We extended it up.
08:00I welded a two inch flange on the top and then welded washers on the rebar at an angle so the rebars would come out.
08:09You have a very tight relationship with rebar.
08:11I think it's only fitting that we talk about the great big reindeer in the room.
08:21How tall is this?
08:23This guy is 27 foot tall.
08:25You have this giant reindeer.
08:28You have giant soldiers.
08:30Santa's hanging out in your yard.
08:32It's great.
08:33You have so many great inflatables.
08:35This is the most important one though, I think.
08:37Everybody's always running through their legs.
08:39Come on.
08:40We're going to run through the legs.
08:41Let's go.
08:42Let's go.
08:43We've got to do it.
08:44We could be little kids.
08:45Yep.
08:46One, two, three.
08:47Let's go!
08:49Let's go see some more.
08:50We have some more exciting stuff to show you.
08:52Giddy up!
08:53Let's go!
08:58Tanya, around this corner, we have something very exciting.
09:01A surprise!
09:02A surprise!
09:03You guys ready for a surprise?
09:05Yeah!
09:06Yay!
09:07Yay!
09:08This is a carnival!
09:09It's an actual carnival!
09:11You guys ready for a surprise?
09:12Yay!
09:13Yay!
09:14Yay!
09:15Good luck!
09:16Yeah!
09:17That's so cool!
09:18This is a carnival!
09:19It's an actual carnival!
09:20This is amazing!
09:21All right, I'm ready to play some games!
09:22The games!
09:23I know!
09:24All right!
09:25You can have a cookie!
09:26A candy cane!
09:27Oh!
09:28Real good!
09:29Yeah!
09:30Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
09:31You did it!
09:32Who wants to go up against me?
09:33Wow!
09:34Did you see that?
09:35Nice job!
09:36I can see why everybody loves this so much!
09:40It's so fun and interactive.
09:41Everyone's having a great time!
09:42Do you change it up every year?
09:43We usually try to add something.
09:44This year, it was the Ferris wheel.
09:45I mean, this year, it was the Ferris wheel.
09:47This year, it was a Mirror, and a one-year one-year one.
10:00It was the Ferris wheel.
10:01Yeah!
10:02This year, it was a Ferris wheel.
10:05wheel. I mean this is unbelievable. It took it's about a month. Oh wow a month to do it. To working
10:12at night. So you just made it from scratch? It's all made out of one inch angle iron. It weighs
10:18about 500 pounds but it comes apart in pieces. There's eight seats on it and then the seat comes
10:23off. But you made every piece of this. Every piece. Wow. Yeah this is a bicycle wheel that we had to
10:31use for the pulley. Turn the red switch. Oh wow look at this thing. Is it great? It goes fast. So smooth. This is awesome and I love the way you decorated with lights and greenery and elves. It's next level. Kenny and Sally are a dream duo. They laugh. They have fun but most of all they know how to throw down a Christmas display. You guys are the best. How much fun did we have? This was
11:01amazing. It's magnificent. You had inflatables just larger than life. I thought it was so fun how you guys made so much of what's on your display with the rebar and then the rebar and then the rebar. I love how creative you guys got with that unbelievable Ferris wheel. That love certainly shows in what you do for people with your display.
11:31That's what makes this all worth it. This is what we do. All right well before I get going can I get a great big giant inflatable sized hug. Oh so much fun. Thank you. All right. Merry Christmas. That was great. Unbelievable. Rebar, rebar, rebar, rebar. She loved it.
12:01We'll eclipse the competition. I love it. That looks so good. Lunar Family Lights. It's a synchronized pixel light show with over 120,000 individual pixels placed throughout the display.
12:20With the LED panels you add those in we're over 1.3 million channels of light just like somebody flicking a light switch every second.
12:28His birthday present to himself is putting up Christmas lights in the summer.
12:33It's pretty crazy but hey you know why not. Hey can you grab me that PVC?
12:38Basically I'm a support team. Whatever Brad needs help with I'm happy to do it.
12:44And I can use a power tool and I'm pretty good with my hands.
12:48She's the zip tie queen. Don't let her fool you.
12:51Let go.
12:53Out of the 250 sequences these are the ones that we're going to run. I do all the programming.
12:58You've got to tell the program exactly where every single light is in relation to the prop.
13:04DIY wise I have the frame for our huge 17 and a half foot flake. I cemented that in the ground.
13:15We've got some 3D printed mounts.
13:17He is willing to 3D print his own stuff and I think that's really cool.
13:23I got at least 120 or 30 more of these to print. They take about an hour and a half each.
13:31I realize that's a lot of time.
13:33His attention to detail is unreal.
13:36He has such a love for not only the lights but also the process of doing it.
13:42That it's mind blowing.
13:44Tanya, we're the Lunars.
14:11This is my beautiful mother, Nora.
14:12Hi.
14:13This is my wife, Candace, this is my youngest daughter, Kylie, and my oldest daughter,
14:18Shannon.
14:19And we want to welcome you out to our animated synchronized light show.
14:22Okay.
14:23Only 120,000 pixels and, you know, about 1.3, 1.4 million channels.
14:28Don't give me too much information.
14:30This show is out of this world.
14:33Ooh, I like that, especially since your last name is Lunar.
14:36We were born for this.
14:38Yes.
14:39We were born for this.
14:40I love all the puns by the way.
14:41I'm a total pun girl, so.
14:43But it's missing one light, and we need you to help us with that.
14:47Okay.
14:48We're gonna take this candle, and we're gonna go ahead and have you walk up to the gingerbread
14:51family spinner on the table over there.
14:53Set it in the middle, and that's gonna start the magic.
14:57Okay.
14:58Who's ready?
14:59Let's go!
15:00Let's go!
15:01Let's go!
15:02Let's go!
15:03Count it, count it!
15:043, 2, 1!
15:06Let's go!
15:07Let's go!
15:08Let's go!
15:09Let's go!
15:10Let's go!
15:11Let's go!
15:12Let's go!
15:13Let's go!
15:14This is beautiful!
15:153, 2, 1!
15:16Let's go!
15:17Let's go!
15:18Let's go!
15:19Let's go!
15:20Let's go!
15:21Let's go!
15:22Let's go!
15:23Let's go!
15:24Let's go!
15:25Let's go!
15:26Let's go!
15:27Let's go!
15:28Wow
15:54I love how you use this color here
15:58This is stunning
16:04That's so great and look at this
16:06You have candy canes, you have arches
16:08You have so many snowflakes covering the house
16:12I see your mini pixels on the grass
16:14Just growing right out of the ground
16:16Even the driveway is dancing and moving and spinning
16:20That giant snowflake
16:22Snowflake
16:32Yes
16:34Great job
16:36That was awesome
16:38You wanna go take a look?
16:40Yes, I do
16:42Can we bring them with us?
16:44I would love that
16:46This display is amazing
16:48It's a candy cane
16:52Look at all of this
16:56These arches are so amazing
16:58It's just layers and layers and layers
17:00But yes, this candy cane
17:02Is pretty much my height
17:04These are big
17:06You have so many of them
17:08Oh yeah, there's 18
17:09There's nine on each side
17:10I use half inch mesh
17:12Every single one of these rows
17:14We mapped out inch by inch
17:16You are meticulous
17:18You see on the back
17:19Two stacks of rebar
17:20And we pound them three feet down
17:22And we put them in real good
17:24And then
17:25That's so cool
17:26And then you just slide them down
17:27It's magic
17:28It's that simple
17:29Genius
17:34I promise you've never seen these before
17:36These are three foot tall
17:38Blow mold
17:39We love taking things that didn't have animated lighting
17:43And giving it new life
17:45Take the bulbs out
17:46Oh
17:47And again using my good friend PVCs and zip ties
17:49Yes
17:50Every single zip tie is cut
17:52We don't leave the tails
17:53Meticulous precision right there
17:55So you just put them right back on
17:57Just like every light bulb
17:58Perfect
17:59And that answers the question
18:00How many people does it take to change a light bulb?
18:07So we have our joy sign
18:09It's the first prop I did with pixels
18:11Do you want to see the magic in the back?
18:13I really do actually
18:14I love that stuff
18:16Watch your step
18:17Yep
18:18So I just kind of wing this because I don't have these skills
18:21But you just kind of like dream it up
18:23All this we learn from videos
18:25Videos
18:26A lot of trial and error
18:28You don't sleep
18:29You don't sleep the things you can achieve in life
18:31Yeah
18:32When you use that other half of the day
18:33All right
18:34I didn't sleep
18:35Coming over here
18:36Okay
18:37So I looked out and got some of this framing
18:39And added garden stakes to them
18:41Oh
18:42And every arm had to have the exact same amount of lights for it to work
18:45No that's so cool
18:46No that's so cool
18:47I love that you got creative
18:48The garden stakes really gives us like sparkly rays of sunshine coming out of here
18:54So that was very clever
18:55So we have the framing and a million zip ties
18:58Then we did 130 pounds of concrete in each of these
19:02We're using 18 inch bikes in the ground
19:05Ratchet straps
19:06Guy wires
19:07And if you notice this thing barely moves
19:09Yeah
19:10Last week we just had 60 mile per hour winds
19:12And this is still standing
19:14It didn't flood
19:15Didn't go anywhere
19:16You could probably hang off that thing and it would be fine
19:18Don't tempt me with a good time
19:19Because I will
19:20I will
19:21I want to show you one of our seven pixel fours
19:34Through the beauty of technology with some servos we can actually animate this
19:38Have it sing and dance with the music
19:40Did you figure out how to make this whole thing?
19:43I had to figure out how to put it together and make it work and run the programming
19:47It definitely leaves not a bald spot on the lawn
19:51And if you keep looking up, I call it the mega flake
19:54Yeah
19:55Because the seven and a half foot flake that used to be up there just wasn't big enough
19:58That's right
19:59It has to go to the moon
20:00Hey
20:01Yes
20:05I like the snowflake
20:07I love that big one
20:09I actually have a 17 and a half foot tall snowflake
20:13What?
20:14There's 4,500 lights in here
20:15Wow
20:16I got a whole trussing system that, you know, you'd see at a rock concert
20:19Four by four inch beams in here
20:21Concreted in the ground 40 inches
20:23I mean, it looks awesome, but it's so worth it
20:25Because when you stand on the street and you look at it, it's a wow
20:29So this wasn't enough
20:30One of the first show pieces we ever did was these arches
20:344,800 lights
20:36And what about this?
20:37Added another 2,256 in the driveway
20:40Yes
20:41And staggered it level per level per level like it's going up into the matrix
20:46If we need to at night time what we do is we can easily pop these off
20:51Ah
20:52So that way we can drive through
20:53Oh, yeah
20:54Well, I love the dynamics of everything
20:56It's very cool
20:58Whoa, this is so pretty
21:00All right, Tony, I want to show you something that we only show to our closest family and friends
21:06This is cute
21:07So my stepdad, George, made this 20-some years ago for all the kids and the grandkids
21:13That's so nice
21:14He handcrafted a lot of stuff and of course we had to add some lights to it to give it our own little flair
21:20Unfortunately, he passed away two years ago
21:23He inspired me to do a display and it was tough, it was tough
21:29But I know he's looking down because you can see it from there
21:33Yes, yes, because you can, right?
21:35The fact that you have this is super meaningful and it really ties back to what the holiday season is all about
21:41It's about family as you guys are very big on
21:44I'd love to show you the inside
21:45I would love to see if you want to go ahead and open the door
21:48Okay
21:49Oh, look at this
21:52That is so sweet
21:54Can I go in?
21:55Absolutely, you can stand up in there
21:57Oh, no, yeah, I can, you're right
22:00Oh, this is so amazing
22:03There's some milk and cookies there for you
22:05Oh, yes
22:06So Tanya, so speaking of Brad's stepdad, this is a portrait
22:13He looks like Santa
22:15Doesn't he?
22:16Yes
22:17I thought that was Santa
22:18Yup
22:19I love it
22:20Do you also smell in there?
22:21Yes, it smells like gingerbread house
22:23Gingerbread house
22:24This is awesome
22:26I'm gonna finish my cookie
22:28Excuse me
22:29I'm just gonna have a little moment to myself
22:31Let us know when you're ready
22:33All right, Tanya, I wanted to show you something that's super special to us
22:45Look at this, you guys, this is amazing
22:48Oh, you guys, I love this
22:50Yeah, these are all made by my stepfather
22:53Oh my gosh, you guys
22:54And we've been taking the last couple years in hand painting all of these
22:59You know what, when you look at them up close, they're like puzzles that are put together
23:04Correct
23:05Which is incredible
23:06They're all little itsy bitsy pieces that were all hand cut and jigsawed
23:10Look at all the detail
23:12I know George did not put my name on that list
23:16No
23:17No, but now that you're part of the family
23:21Aw
23:22We had to put you on the nice list
23:23And I'm right at the top
23:24That's right
23:25Hey, go figure
23:26Go figure
23:27The Lunar family has a special family dynamic
23:30You can just tell being around them
23:32I see that coming through in their display
23:34It had a little bit of everything
23:36We had a light show
23:38We had nostalgia
23:39We had a gingerbread house
23:41What else could you ask for?
23:43That was so amazing
23:45Just from the moment I walked up, I felt goosebumps
23:48And it just got better and bigger
23:51I absolutely love the DIY
23:53But the part that really got me the most was the sentiment
23:56The fact that a lot of the influence is coming from your stepdad
23:59And I felt it
24:01Awesome, thank you so much
24:02Thank you
24:03Of course
24:04We're so glad to share this with you
24:05I will tell you, you're leaving me with a big smile on my face
24:10I do have to get going
24:12Can I have one?
24:13Yeah
24:14Bring it in
24:15She's part of the family now
24:16Thank you
24:17Thank you so much
24:18Thank you
24:19You're welcome to the family
24:20Yes
24:21Welcome to the Lunar
24:22Thanks for having me
24:23Bye
24:24Happy Christmas
24:25I don't know guys
24:26I think we had a winner
24:27I think she liked that
24:28All the way to the moon, you might say
24:30Oh
24:31Nobody's as Lunar-tic as us
24:33We're the Clopads family
24:39And when it comes to Christmas lights
24:41We're always on the nice list
24:43Let's just outline it all the way around
24:47Yeah, that'll work
24:50I may not be crazy where I build a mass of things
24:53But everything that's out there has some part of DIY to it
24:58These are some of the handmade wood items that we made
25:00We put lights in them also
25:02These go all the way around the eaves of the house
25:06We have 278 handmade wood figures
25:10There's some reindeer, Santas
25:12Alan does a lot of the outside display work
25:16I do the painting and artistry
25:20There's the missus redoing part of the train that was old and cracked up
25:25We've been decorating over 36 years
25:28And every year we got a little more
25:30And a little more
25:31And a little more
25:32We're going crazy with lights
25:33But then the madness started
25:35Here's the secret to our display
25:38A scroll with names on it
25:41Santa has a scroll with the names on it
25:43We started something like that many years ago
25:46We put our children's names
25:48The grandkids' names
25:49And a lot of the neighborhood's names
25:50On scrolls and put them in the yard
25:53And now what happens
25:54Every time a kid comes
25:56If their name isn't on a scroll
25:58We add it
25:59These are all the new names that we got last year
26:02I believe we had 320 to 330 new names
26:06Another 30 new scrolls
26:08Currently we have 2,295 names
26:13And I've written every single one
26:16It's only the beginning
26:17Right, dear?
26:18Yep
26:19Christmas means to me tradition
26:21I love to have traditions in the family
26:23That stay with you your whole life
26:25And I think we've created that with our display
26:27The kids get to come
26:29Find their names year after year
26:31It's pretty cool
26:32The last scroll of the year to be put in
26:35Alright, babe, they're all in
26:37They're all in
26:54Look at them!
26:56Hey!
26:57Hey!
26:58Hey!
26:59Hey!
27:00Hey!
27:01Hey!
27:02Hi, everyone!
27:03Welcome, Tanya
27:04I'm Alan Kolkatz
27:05My wife Susan
27:06We've been decorating for over 30 years
27:09And we just had our 36 year anniversary yesterday
27:11Yeah, baby!
27:12That's so sweet!
27:14Thank you!
27:15We've been decorating for so long
27:17It gets a little bigger
27:18A little better every year
27:20It really comes from the heart
27:21Everything is handmade
27:23Oh, I love the way you're building it up
27:26Oh
27:27I'm so excited to see it
27:28So tell me how do we get it started? Well, let's step up to our table up here
27:37It's been on my wish list for many years to be on the show
27:40We're finally here. All I need you to do is to plug it in and we'll see magic. Okay. Are you guys ready?
27:50Countdown ready
27:58Oh
28:28Amazing
28:30Starting with the snowflakes on the roof and how they're propped up. I love that and they're even flying in the sky
28:36And then you have is that a gingerbread school?
28:39Yes
28:41But you got penguins and reindeer
28:44Yes, and these beautiful things growing out of the ground. They're scrolls just like santa with his scrolls
28:50Every kid that comes here their name is out there on a scroll. What a cute idea
28:55It looks like there's thousands of them in your yard
29:00And are those stockings and candles in the driveway three stockings three candles it makes it look the driveway a little bit better
29:06And I can see santa kissing mrs. Claus. Maybe it's their anniversary, too. Who knows?
29:12I can't wait. I'd love to get in there. You guys want to come?
29:25There's so many names, isn't there? Let's keep looking. What are we looking for? What ones?
29:36Let's find west
29:43Well, tanya we have 2,295 names out in our yard all you have to do is come in here and find your name for example
29:52Let's see tanya
29:54There I am
29:55So that means your name is out there somewhere on a scroll
30:01We'll get to that later. Okay now if your name wasn't on the list what happens take the notebook put your name on there
30:08Put it in santa's box. Well, look at this just to show you. Oh wow
30:13And it's really surprising every night. I'll have 10 15 20 names in here
30:18We've been getting on the average about two to 300 names every year. That's amazing
30:23There's a hundred and ninety two scrolls out here. What?
30:28All these scrolls are handmade. Basically, we have a wood scroll. We can just pull it up
30:33Oh, wait, so you have rebar in the ground
30:35So what we do is I take pvc three-quarter inch pipe a couple of these c-clamps
30:40Screwed in the lights are all siliconed all the way around the stock
30:44And then what we do is drop the rebarb in rebarb is spaced
30:49Every 13 inches around the yard to be exact to be exact 12 inches is too close
30:55So anyway, it's too far. Oh, it's so great
30:58Hey, I found my name
31:04There it is
31:05W3
31:09F
31:10It's me
31:11Where? Where?
31:14No way
31:15Yeah
31:16These are so cool. They're flawless
31:21They look like they just jumped out of a children's book
31:24I noticed you did a similar setup here. So what do you have the rebar in there and then the pipe actually here?
31:30I got an easy one. Oh, it's like it's on a kickstand on the back
31:34We just basically have a couple pieces of pvc right the best part about this since this is rock
31:40You don't see the basis of anything don't see everything is buried the rock is something special. This all used to be grass
31:47About 12 years ago
31:50We redesigned our whole yard you can walk through our whole display now
31:54Everything is rock. I can hide everything under the rock all the wires the poles
32:00So it makes it look really clean if you get a bird side view
32:04It actually looks like a beautiful angel with wings you changed your entire landscape
32:10Specifically for your christmas display. Yeah, it was a lot of work, but uh, it's well worth it
32:15We'll tell you we got a lot to see let's rock and roll. Let's go
32:22I noticed this cute display from the streets
32:26Santa and mrs. Claus sneaking in a little smooch
32:29I love that it's moving so it actually does grab your attention when the lights go on there's a motor in the back
32:35And then it has little pins with the swivel so the arms go back and forth
32:40That's actually been in the window for about 20 years now. It's so cute. It's a really adorable touch
32:45I want to show you something. I think it's really special. There's 58 snowflakes up there all led 58 58 up on top here
32:59We have 32 little elves. I have a spanish tile roof right and everybody says
33:05How do you get up there without breaking the tiles right I came up with a great idea the snowflake
33:11Has a bracket on the back. It's just simple wood. There's a little three inch spring clip
33:16That doesn't break the tile when you let it go your attention to detail is through the roof
33:23You like that one
33:25Oh, that's my daughter may right there
33:38Natanya you see all these names I do this started the madness
33:43Our kids names our grandkids names the friends the neighbors when we had the grass this was out here in grass
33:49Right one day. I have a first grade teacher lives down the street. She brought her class
33:55down here with 20 kids and one of the kids said
34:02I can't find my name
34:05I looked at her I said we got something here
34:10So what I did I had the first grade teacher give me their names and next year I had made scrolls
34:17I put them out in the yard
34:19The reaction
34:21It broke my heart. I saw these kids jumping up and down so happy mom my name my name my name
34:282295 names later and here we are what I love
34:33About that story is that you heard it. Oh, yeah
34:36You heard that kid and you heard and understood how important and what that would mean to them and you listen
34:43I feel a little bit like the little kid like where's my name?
34:45I don't even know where it is. You are very close
34:49Oh, this is the hot spot right here. You'll need to find out. I'm not going to tell you where
34:56You're a little cold cold. I'll tell you what. Oh, you're getting warm. Oh, am I getting more getting warm tulip?
35:02I'm looking for all the keys. Oh, Taylor. Nope, not me. You see how it can take a long time to find your name. Where is it?
35:09Ah, ah, ah, ah
35:11Oh
35:13Yeah
35:15That is so fun. Look at my smile
35:19The Copatz family display is designed for kids but loved by everyone
35:25Everyone this display is full of heart and the most incredible diy
35:30Tanya, it's been an honor having you here. I hope you enjoyed yourself. I had a blast
35:36I've never seen this done before on the great christmas light fight. It's so unique
35:40You're making every kid feel so special those those words mean a lot to me
35:46If I can have a hug you can have all the hugs you want. I can think of 2295 reasons why this was so
35:54Heartwarming, but I have seen some amazing displays and they were all so different with artistry technology and creativity
36:03But ultimately only one family will make it to the top of the list
36:10Wow no matter what happens bring some smiles to everybody. Yeah
36:15Want to throw your santa hat in the ring for another season apply now at abc.com casting
36:33So happy to see you again
36:38This competition was chock full of innovation and a whole lot of love for the holidays
36:44The urban family from san angelo texas created a down home country carnival
36:51They had interactive games for kids to enjoy nice job
36:55And the entire property was bristling with country christmas charm from the rebar to the reindeer
37:02This guy is 27 foot tall and the centerpiece of their texas size winter wonderland
37:07Was a hand-built ferris wheel you made every piece of every piece
37:12It's next level
37:14It's next level 3 2 1
37:16The ludar family from willoughby ohio created a holiday pixel paradise
37:24Genius their luminous light show was a perfect blend of diy construction and modern lighting technology that was bumping with energy
37:32That's right
37:33It has to go to the moon
37:38This is gorgeous
37:39The copax family from riverside california made children's christmas wishes come true
37:45With their names in lights everything was handmade and truly from the heart look at my smile
37:56Santa you got here just in the nick of time
38:00And now I get to deliver my absolute favorite christmas gift of them all
38:05Okay hit it santa
38:18Merry christmas
38:26Hi
38:27Oh my gosh
38:28Give me a big hug
38:29How are you guys?
38:31Super excited to see you
38:32Yeah i'm excited to see you guys too here come on over this way
38:36Hi
38:36Hi
38:37How are you?
38:38I can't believe you're here
38:39Nice to see you
38:40I cannot believe you're here
38:43I'm here
38:44Welcome back to ohio
38:46Thank you
38:47You know I have to tell you your display dazzled like billions of stars in the sky
38:53And it had me just over the moon and that's why
38:57You're the champions of the moon and the $50,000 is yours
39:06Oh
39:08You guys are going to make me cry
39:13Wild huh?
39:14This is crazy
39:15Did you see this coming?
39:16No
39:17No
39:17The reasons why i chose you first of all your display was massive you actually designed and built
39:29Everything amazing i love the colors that you displayed it was like a piece of art truly
39:37One of the things that i really really loved was how you incorporated things from your childhood
39:43So you had a little something for everybody thank you so very much
39:48He has worked so hard over the last couple years it definitely teaches you a thing or two about work ethic and
39:53I'm just so proud of him he's done everything for us our entire lives and it's nice to get to see him have this for him you know
40:02My job as a dad to teach them to work hard and
40:06Just dream big you fail every time you don't try and
40:09You know to have them here you have all this we're blessed
40:14I know without a shadow of the doubt that your stepdad george is so proud of you
40:28I do have one thing that i actually haven't given you yet so if you'll wait right here i'll be right back
40:33It's happening it's happening it's happening are you ready i don't know if i i don't think
40:40You can ever be ready for this no oh my gosh i do feel like this warrants a strut it's like a trophy strut
40:47You know it's right here and
40:54Of course you know it would not be a light fight trophy if it did not do
40:57I feel like my feet can't touch the ground right now i feel like i'm flying
41:12This is just crazy
41:14It's insane it's crazy so many people say go big or go home we say go big at home and look what it wants
41:24Where should we put this trophy tanya i think we got the perfect place for it yeah yeah i'll follow you
41:31I think i'm thinking what you're thinking
41:34Only one place for this right there
41:41George is keeping a good eye on it
41:43Good eye on it yes
41:50Good job blue darts
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