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The Great Christmas Light Fight - Season 13 Episode 2 -
Santa's Making His List
Santa's Making His List
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00:00has made his list and checked it twice right at the top that's right
00:07rounding up displays that are nice unbelievable ferris wheel as families
00:14rock the brightest designs this is your Christmas light version of a rock concert
00:20and judge Tanya Nyack this is a legit holiday red carpet moment awards another
00:27$50,000 ties look at my so run and tell all your dear friends because the great
00:38Christmas light fight the show is out of this world excuse me let us know when
00:48you're ready
00:57our Christmas display is what I would call a lot but I don't mean a lot in a
01:13bad way I mean a lot in a great way I'm loving the electrical babe we have so
01:19much fun putting this up we love to do it together that's what makes it so
01:27special we're gonna make another Christmas ball another Christmas ball we
01:31have to have some more in the trees okay first of all I'm the decorator I've got to
01:36have it just right you're the boss I'm the labor this is why I let you know what
01:40we need to do she usually comes to me and says I would like to have this can you
01:47build it for me I say yes I'm here to please and I love you for it we have a
01:54small farm here and anything we need new for the Christmas show we can just go
02:00out 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
02:09made out of just fencing material the homemade stars on top of the roof are made
02:14out of rebar the rebar can make it straight you can make it curve you can
02:19do whatever you want to with it rebar rebar paint and glitter let's go get
02:26welding all right we put so much heart into this there you go perfect to have
02:32Tonya come to this display to see everything we have done is basically a
02:37dream come true for us
02:44great Christmas
02:51wow this is quite so welcome my goodness I am Sally Irvin this is my husband Kenny Irvin what guys started in all of this
03:11she got me into it because I wasn't too excited about putting Christmas lights
03:16so what can I expect tonight country lots of lovely lights oh and lots of
03:33excitement and fun all right Texas you know they have cornhole so we improvised a
03:39little bit made the hole a little bit bigger so we're going to see if you can
03:44put four balls in four holes to get the lights to come on yes how much time you
03:49guys all have
03:56all right here we go
03:58all right next next basket
04:08there we go
04:15there you go
04:17obviously I'm gonna sink this shot
04:30all right let's count it down three two one
04:37that was so great
04:39look at all of the lights so powerful I see Ryan inflatable
04:45giant great bear
04:58oh that aren't you
04:59what I'm seeing trees trees trees and more trees I know right so many trees
05:09So many trees!
05:10I know, right?
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!
05:25Very, very cool.
05:27Can we go take a look?
05:29Yes!
05:30Let's go!
05:32We wish you an awesome Christmas.
05:35We wish you a country Christmas.
05:38We wish you a country Christmas.
05:42And a happy new year.
05:46This is so fun.
05:52The 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.
06:01How long is this?
06:03Every section is 10 foot long.
06:05Almost 100 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.
06:15Well, I'm really impressed with how nice it goes straight all the way down without sagging.
06:21And these trees, they're so cute.
06:24I'm like an official Christmas tree hugger.
06:27And I love the lights.
06:29The way they're perfectly lined up.
06:31And 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.
06:42You 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 20 foot piece.
06:51What?
06:52And then I heat it up and bend it.
06:54I can barely hand draw a perfect start.
06:57Yet you've managed to bend rebar.
06:59That's incredible.
07:05I wanted to show you these here.
07:07Oh, yeah.
07:08We call these the kinney canes.
07:09So these are a piece of rebar.
07:11Stop it right now.
07:12Yes.
07:13Who has ever put glitter on rebar before?
07:17They're easy to make, but if you have an anvil, it's easier to hit them to bend them to get the curvature.
07:23That 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.
07:40The anitomics!
07:47Now this is a cool mega tree and it's wrapped so tightly with lights.
07:52There's like close to 15,000 lights on this one tree.
07:56Yes.
07:57It was a basketball goal for the base.
07:59We extended it up.
08:01I 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.
08:16I think it's only fitting that we talk about the great big reindeer in the room.
08:22How 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, we're going to run through the legs.
08:40Let's go.
08:41Let's go.
08:42We got to do it.
08:43We could be little kids.
08:44Yep.
08:45One, two, three.
08:46Let's go.
08:47Let's go see some more.
08:50We have some more exciting stuff to show you.
08:52Giddy up.
08:53Let's go.
08:57Tanya, around this corner, we have something very exciting.
09:01A surprise.
09:02A surprise.
09:03You guys ready for a surprise?
09:05Yeah.
09:08This is a carnival.
09:09It's an actual carnival.
09:15You guys ready for a surprise?
09:16Yeah.
09:17Yeah.
09:18That's so cool.
09:19This is a carnival.
09:20It's an actual carnival.
09:21This is amazing.
09:22All right.
09:23I'm ready to play some games.
09:24I know.
09:25All right.
09:26You can have a cookie.
09:27A candy cane.
09:28Oh.
09:29No, good.
09:30Yeah.
09:31Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo.
09:32You did it.
09:33You did it.
09:34You did it.
09:35You did it.
09:36You did it.
09:37You did it.
09:38You did it.
09:39You did it.
09:40You did it.
09:41You did it.
09:42You did it.
09:43You did it.
09:44You did it.
09:45You did it.
09:46You did it.
09:47You did it.
09:48You did it.
09:49Nice job.
09:52I can see why everybody loves this so much.
09:56It's so fun and interactive.
09:57Everyone's having a great time.
09:59Yes.
10:00Do you change it up every year?
10:01Yes.
10:02Add something.
10:03This year, it was the Ferris wheel.
10:05I mean, this is unbelievable.
10:07It took us about a month.
10:09Oh, wow.
10:10A month to do it.
10:11To working at night.
10:12So you just made it from scratch?
10:14It's all made out of one-inch angle iron.
10:17It weighs about 500 pounds, but it comes apart in pieces.
10:20Wow.
10:21There's eight seats on it, and then the seat comes off.
10:23Comes off?
10:24But you made every piece of this.
10:26Every piece.
10:27Wow.
10:28Yeah, this is a bicycle wheel that we had to use for the pulley.
10:33Turn the red switch.
10:35Oh, wow.
10:36Look at this thing.
10:37It's flying.
10:38It goes fast.
10:39So smooth.
10:41This is awesome.
10:42And I love the way you decorated with lights and greenery and elves.
10:46It's next level.
10:48Kenny and Sally are a dream duo.
10:51They laugh.
10:52They have fun.
10:53But most of all, they know how to throw down a Christmas display.
10:57You guys are the best.
10:58How much fun did we have?
11:00This was amazing.
11:01It's magnificent.
11:02You had inflatables just larger than life.
11:07I thought it was so fun how you guys made so much of what's on your display with the rebar and then the rebar.
11:15And then the rebar.
11:16And then the rebar.
11:17I love how creative you guys got with that unbelievable Ferris wheel.
11:23That love certainly shows in what you do for people with your display.
11:28The expression and the joy and the happiness on their face.
11:32That's what makes this all worth it.
11:34This is what we do.
11:35All right.
11:36Well, before I get going, can I get a great big giant inflatable sized hug?
11:40Oh, it was so much fun to eat them.
11:43Yeah.
11:44All right.
11:45Merry Christmas.
11:46Merry Christmas.
11:47That was great.
11:48Unbelievable.
11:49Rebar, rebar, rebar.
11:50She loved it.
11:51Rebar, rebar, rebar.
11:52We're the Lunar Family.
11:55And our synchronized pixel light show.
11:56We'll eclipse the competition.
11:57I love it.
11:58That looks so good.
11:59Lunar Family Lights.
12:00It's a synchronized pixel light show with over 120,000 individual pixels placed throughout
12:16the display.
12:21The LED panels, you add those in, we're over 1.3 million channels of light.
12:26Just like somebody flicking a light switch every second.
12:29His birthday present to himself is putting up Christmas lights in the summer.
12:33It's pretty crazy, but hey, you know, why not?
12:36Hey, can you grab me that PVC?
12:37Basically, I'm a support team.
12:39Whatever 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.
12:50Don't let her fool you.
12:51Let go.
12:53Out of the 250 sequences, these are the ones that we're going to run.
12:56I do all the programming.
12:58You 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.
13:11I cemented that in the ground.
13:14We 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.
13:26They take about an hour and a half each.
13:29I realize that's a lot of time.
13:32His attention to detail is unreal.
13:36He has such a love for not only the lights but also the process of doing it that it's mind-blowing.
13:44It's so nice to see you guys.
14:09Well, I'm Tanya.
14:10Tanya, we're the Lunars.
14:11This is my beautiful mother, Nora.
14:12Hi.
14:13This is my wife, Candace.
14:14This is my youngest daughter, Kylie.
14:16Hi.
14:17And my oldest daughter, Shannon.
14:18And 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.
14:33Oh, 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.
14:45What?
14:46And we need you to help us with that.
14:47Okay.
14:48We're going to take this candle and we're going to go ahead and have you walk up to the gingerbread
14:52family spinner on the table over there, set it in the middle, and that's going to start
14:55the magic.
14:59Okay.
15:00Who's ready?
15:01Let's go.
15:02Okay, let's count it down in three, two, one.
15:04It's going.
15:05It's going.
15:06It's going.
15:07It's going.
15:08It's going.
15:09It's going.
15:10It's going.
15:11It's going.
15:12It's going.
15:13It's going.
15:14It's going.
15:15Wow.
15:16This is beautiful.
15:17Joy to the world.
15:19Joy to the world.
15:21Joy to the world!
15:22Joy to the world.
15:27Wow, oh, this is beautiful.
15:36Joy to the world, joy to the world.
15:40Joy to the world, the Lord has come.
15:45Let Earth receive her King.
15:48Oh, my goodness.
15:49Let every heart prepare his moves.
15:51This is incredible.
15:52I love how you use this color here.
15:57The palette is just stunning.
16:04That's so great.
16:05Look at this.
16:06You have candy canes.
16:07You have arches.
16:08You have so many snowflakes covering the house.
16:13I see your mini pixels on the grass just growing right out of the ground.
16:17Even the driveway is dancing and moving and spinning.
16:21That giant snowflake.
16:31Joy to the world.
16:34Yes.
16:35Great job.
16:36That was awesome.
16:37I say we go take a look.
16:38Do you want to take a look?
16:39Yes, I do.
16:40Can we bring them with us?
16:41I would love that.
16:42I'm flying.
16:43This display is amazing.
16:48It's a candy cane.
16:55Look at all of this.
16:57These arches are so amazing.
16:59It's just layers and layers and layers.
17:01But yes, this candy cane is pretty much my height.
17:05These are big.
17:07You have so many of them.
17:08Oh, yeah.
17:09There's 18.
17:10There's nine on each side.
17:11I use half inch mesh.
17:12Every single one of these rows we mapped out inch by inch.
17:16You are meticulous.
17:17We put some PVC on the back.
17:19Two stacks of rebar and we pound them three feet down and we put them in real good.
17:24Oh, that's so cool.
17:25And then you just slide them down.
17:27It's magic.
17:28It's that simple.
17:29Genius.
17:30I promise you've never seen these before.
17:37These are three foot tall blow mold.
17:39We love taking things that didn't have animated lighting and giving it new life.
17:45Take the bulbs out.
17:46Oh.
17:47Once 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 just like every light bulb.
17:58Perfect.
17:59And that answers the question.
18:00How many people does it take to change a light bulb?
18:06So we have our joy sign.
18:09It's the first prop I did with pixels.
18:12Do you want to see the magic in the back?
18:13I really do actually.
18:15I love that stuff.
18:16Watch your step.
18:17Yep.
18:18So I just kind of wing this because I don't have these skills, but you just kind of like
18:23dream it up.
18:24All this we learn from just videos.
18:26Videos.
18:27A lot of trial and error.
18:28You don't sleep.
18:29The things you can achieve in life when you use that other half of the day.
18:34I didn't sleep.
18:35Coming over here.
18:36Okay.
18:37So I looked out and got some of this framing and added garden stakes to them.
18:41Oh.
18:42And every arm had to have the exact same amount of lights for it to work.
18:46No, that's so cool.
18:47I love that you got creative.
18:49The garden stakes really gives us like sparkly rays of sunshine coming out of here.
18:55So that was very clever.
18:56So we have the framing and a million zip ties.
18:59Then we did 130 pounds of concrete in each of these.
19:02We're using 18 inch bikes in the ground, ratchet straps, guy wires.
19:07And if you notice, this thing barely moves.
19:10Yeah.
19:11Last week we just had 60 mile per hour winds and this is still standing.
19:15It didn't fludge.
19:16It didn't go anywhere.
19:17You could probably hang off that thing and it would be fine.
19:19Don't tempt me with a good time because I will.
19:22I will.
19:23I want to show you one of our seven pixel fours.
19:34Through the beauty of technology with some servos we can actually animate this, have it
19:39sing 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.
20:02I like the snowflake.
20:06I like 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, concreted in the ground 40 inches.
20:23I mean, it looks awesome, but it's so worth it because when you stand on the street and
20:27you 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.
20:35And what about this?
20:36Added another 2,256 in the driveway.
20:37Yes.
20:38And staggered it level per level per level like it's blowing up into the matrix.
20:47If we need to, at nighttime 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.
20:57Whoa.
20:58This is so pretty.
21:00All right, Tommy, I want to show you something that we only show to our closest family and
21:06friends.
21:07This is cute.
21:08So 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.
21:16And 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.
21:28It was tough.
21:29But I know he's looking down because you could 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
21:40is all about.
21:41It's about family as you guys are very big on.
21:45I'd love to show you the inside.
21:46I would love to see.
21:47Do you want to go ahead and open the door?
21:49Okay.
21:50Oh, look at this.
21:52That is so sweet.
21:54Can I go in?
21:55Absolutely.
21:56You can stand up in there.
21:57Oh, no.
21:58Yeah, I can.
21:59You're right.
22:01Oh, this is so amazing.
22:04There's some milk and cookies there for you.
22:06Oh, yes.
22:07Mmm.
22:08Mmm.
22:09So, Tanya, so speaking of Brad's stepdad, this is a portrait.
22:14He looks like Santa.
22:15Doesn't he?
22:16Yes.
22:17I thought that was Santa.
22:18Yep.
22:19I love it.
22:20Do you also smell in there?
22:22Yes, it smells like gingerbread house.
22:24Gingerbread house.
22:25This is awesome.
22:26I'm going to finish my cookie.
22:28Excuse me.
22:29I'm just going to have a little moment to myself.
22:32Let us know.
22:33Let us know when you're ready.
22:34Mm-mm.
22:35Mm-mm-mm.
22:41All right, Tanya, I wanted to show you something that's super special to us.
22:46Look at this.
22:47You guys, this is amazing.
22:49Oh, you guys, I love this.
22:51Yeah, these are all made by my stepfather.
22:54Oh, my gosh, you guys.
22:55And we've been taking the last couple of years and hand painting all of these.
23:00You know what?
23:01When 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, but now that you're part of the family, we had to put you on the nice list.
23:24And I'm right at the top.
23:25That's right.
23:26Hey, go 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.
23:35It had a little bit of everything.
23:37We 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.
23:49And 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.
24:00And I felt it.
24:01Awesome.
24:02Thank you so much.
24:04Of course.
24:05We're so glad to share this with you.
24:06I will tell you, you're leaving me with a big smile on my face.
24:11I do have to get going.
24:12Can I have one?
24:13Yeah.
24:14Bring it in.
24:15She's part of the family now.
24:17Thank you so much.
24:19Welcome 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.
24:28I think she liked it.
24:29All the way to the moon, you might say.
24:31Oh.
24:32Nobody's as Lunar tick as us.
24:33We're the Clopads family.
24:34And when it comes to Christmas lights, we're always on the nice list.
24:45Let's just outline it all the way around.
24:49Yeah, that'll work.
24:51I may not be crazy where I build a mass of things, but everything that's out there has
24:56some part of DIY to it.
24:59These are some of the handmade wood items that we made.
25:01We put lights in them also.
25:03These go all the way around the eaves of the house.
25:06We have 278 handmade wood figures.
25:10There's some reindeer, Santas.
25:13Alan does a lot of the outside display work.
25:17I 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.
25:29And every year we got a little more and a little more and a little more.
25:32We're going crazy with lights.
25:34But then the madness started.
25:36Here's the secret to our display.
25:39A scroll with names on it.
25:42Santa has a scroll with the names on it.
25:44We started something like that many years ago.
25:47We put our children's names, the grandkids' names, and a lot of the neighborhood's names
25:51on scrolls and put them in the yard.
25:54And now what happens every time a kid comes, if their name isn't on a scroll, we add it.
26:00These are all the new names that we got last year.
26:02I believe we had 320 to 330 new names, another 30 new scrolls.
26:09Currently we have 2,295 names, and I've written every single one.
26:16It's only the beginning.
26:18Right, dear?
26:19Yep.
26:20Christmas means to me tradition.
26:22I love to have traditions in the family that stay with you your whole life.
26:26And I think we've created that with our display.
26:28The kids get to come, find their names year after year.
26:32It's pretty cool.
26:33The last scroll of the year to be put in.
26:35Alright, babe.
26:36They're all in.
26:37Look out, babe.
26:38They're all in.
26:39Look out there!
26:40Go Colcats!
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27:03Hi, everyone!
27:04I'm Alan Kolkatz my wife Susan. We've been decorating for over 30 years, and we just had our 36-year anniversary
27:16We've been decorating for so long it gets a little bigger a little better every year. It really comes from the heart
27:23Everything is handmade. Oh, I love the way you're building it up
27:27So excited to see it so tell me how do we get it started? Well, let's step up to our table up here
27:34It'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
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29:59Now, fiving it is a tricky part.
30:01We'll get to that later.
30:02Okay.
30:03Now, if your name wasn't on the list, what happens?
30:05Take the notebook, put your name on there, put it in Santa's box.
30:10Well, look at this.
30:11Just to show you.
30:12Oh, wow.
30:13And it's really surprising.
30:15Every night, I'll have 10, 15, 20 names in here.
30:18We've been getting, on the average, about 200 to 300 names every year.
30:21That's amazing.
30:23There's 192 scrolls out here.
30:27What?
30:27Yeah.
30:28All these scrolls are handmade.
30:30Basically, we have a wood scroll.
30:32We can just pull it up.
30:33Oh, wait.
30:34So you have rebar in the ground.
30:35So what we do is I take PVC, three-quarter-inch pipe, a couple of C-clamps screwed in.
30:41The lights are all siliconed all the way around the spot.
30:44Incredible.
30:45And then what we do is drop the rebar in.
30:48Rebar is spaced every 13 inches around the yard.
30:51To be exact.
30:52To be exact.
30:53To be exact.
30:5312 inches is too close.
30:55And 14 is too far.
30:57Oh, that's so great.
31:03Hey, I found my name.
31:05There it is.
31:07W, three, F.
31:10It's me.
31:11It's me.
31:11Where?
31:12Where?
31:14No way.
31:15Yeah.
31:16These are so cool.
31:19They're flawless.
31:22They look like they just jumped out of a children's book.
31:25I noticed you did a similar setup here.
31:27So what do you have?
31:27The rebar in there and then the pipe.
31:29Actually, here.
31:30I got an easy one.
31:31Oh, it's like it's on a kickstand.
31:33On the back, we just basically have a couple pieces of PVC.
31:37Right.
31:38The best part about this, since this is rock, you don't see the basis of anything.
31:42You don't see it at all?
31:43Everything is buried.
31:44The rock is something special.
31:45This all used to be grass.
31:47About 12 years ago, we redesigned our whole yard.
31:51You can walk through our whole display now.
31:55Everything is rock.
31:56I can hide everything under the rock, all the wires, the poles, so it makes it look really
32:02clean.
32:02If you get a bird side view, it actually looks like a beautiful angel with wings.
32:07You changed your entire landscape specifically for your Christmas display.
32:12Yeah.
32:12Wow.
32:13It was a lot of work, but it's well worth it.
32:16Well, Tanya, we got a lot to see.
32:18Let's rock and roll.
32:19Let's go.
32:21I noticed this cute display from the streets, Santa and Mrs. Claus sneaking in a little
32:28smooch.
32:29I love that it's moving, so it actually does grab your attention when the lights go on.
32:33There's a motor in the back, and then it has little pins with a swivel so the arms go back
32:39and forth.
32:40That's actually been in the window for about 20 years now.
32:42It's so cute.
32:43It's a really adorable touch.
32:51I want to show you something I think is really special.
32:55There's 58 snowflakes up there, all LED.
32:5758!
32:5858.
32:58Up on top here, we have 32 little elves.
33:02I have a Spanish tile roof.
33:04Right.
33:04And everybody says, how do you get up there without breaking the tiles?
33:08Right.
33:09I came up with a great idea.
33:10The snowflake has a bracket on the back.
33:13It's just simple wood.
33:15There's a little three-inch spring clip.
33:17That doesn't break the tile when you let it go?
33:19Your attention to detail is through the roof.
33:23You like that one?
33:24Oh, that's my daughter, May.
33:34Right there.
33:38Natanya, you see all these names?
33:41I do.
33:41This started the madness.
33:43Our kids' names, our grandkids' names, the friends, the neighbors.
33:47When we had the grass, this was out here in grass.
33:50Right.
33:50One day, I have a first grade teacher who lives down the street.
33:54She brought her class down here with 20 kids.
33:57And one of the kids said, I can't find my name.
34:05I looked at her.
34:06I said, we got something here.
34:10So what I did, I had the first grade teacher give me their names.
34:14And next year, I had made scrolls.
34:17I put them out in the yard.
34:19The reaction, like, it broke my heart.
34:23I saw these kids jumping up and down, so happy.
34:26Mom, my name, my name, my name.
34:282,295 names later, and here we are.
34:32What I love about that story is that you heard it.
34:36Oh, yeah.
34:36You heard that kid, and you heard and understood how important and what that would mean to them.
34:41And you listen.
34:42I feel a little bit like the little kid, like, where's my name?
34:46I don't even know where it is.
34:47You are very close.
34:50Ooh, this is the hot spot right here?
34:51You don't need to find out.
34:52I'm not going to tell you where.
34:54I'm going to look.
34:54Try to find your name.
34:55I'm going to look.
34:55I'm going to look.
34:55Ah, ah, ah, you're a little cold.
34:57Cold, cold.
34:57I'll tell you what.
34:58Ah, you're getting warm.
34:59Ooh, am I getting warm?
35:00You're getting warm.
35:01Tulip.
35:02I'm looking for all the T's.
35:03Ooh, Taylor.
35:04Nope, not me.
35:05You see how it can take a long time to find your name?
35:08Where is it?
35:09Ah, ah, ah, ah.
35:10Oh.
35:13Yes.
35:14Yes.
35:15That is so fun.
35:17Look at my smile.
35:19The Copatz family display is designed for kids, but loved by everyone.
35:26This display is full of heart and the most incredible DIY.
35:31Tanya, it's been an honor having you here.
35:33I hope you enjoyed yourself.
35:34I had a blast.
35:36I've never seen this done before.
35:38On the great Christmas light fight, it's so unique.
35:41You're making every kid feel so special.
35:44Those words mean a lot to me.
35:46If I can have a hug.
35:47You can have all the hugs you want.
35:48Come here, sweetie.
35:49I can think of 2,295 reasons why this was so heartwarming, but I've seen some amazing displays,
35:57and 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.
36:07Thank you so much.
36:08Bye.
36:09Merry Christmas.
36:10Thank you so much.
36:11Wow.
36:12No matter what happens, bring some smiles to everybody.
36:14Yeah.
36:15Want to throw your Santa hat in the ring for another season?
36:18Apply now at abc.com slash casting.
36:21So happy to see you again.
36:35This competition was chock full of innovation and a whole lot of love for the holidays.
36:43The urban family from San Angelo, Texas created a down-home country carnival.
36:51They had interactive games for kids to enjoy.
36:54Nice 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.
37:04And the centerpiece of their Texas-sized winter wonderland was a hand-built ferris wheel.
37:09You made every piece of...
37:11Every piece.
37:12It's next level.
37:13Three, two, one!
37:17The Ludar family from Willoughby, Ohio created a holiday pixel paradise.
37:24Genius.
37:25Their luminous light show was a perfect blend of DIY construction and modern lighting technology
37:31that was bumping with energy.
37:33That's right.
37:34It has to go to the moon.
37:36Oh!
37:37This is gorgeous!
37:39The Copax family from Riverside, California made children's Christmas wishes come true
37:45with their names in lights.
37:48Everything was handmade and truly from the heart.
37:51Look at my smile!
37:57Santa, you got here just in the nick of time.
38:00And now, I get to deliver my absolute favorite Christmas gift of them all.
38:06Okay, hit it, Santa!
38:18Merry Christmas!
38:26Hi!
38:27Oh, my gosh!
38:28It's going to be a big hug!
38:29How are you guys?
38:30Super exciting to see you.
38:31Oh, my God.
38:32Yeah, I'm excited to see you guys, too.
38:34Here, come on over this way.
38:35Hi!
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.
38:41This is crazy!
38:42I'm here.
38:43Welcome back to Ohio.
38:46You 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.
38:56And that's why...
38:57You're the champions of the moon!
38:58And the $50,000 is yours!
38:59Oh!
39:00You guys are going to make me cry!
39:01Wild, huh?
39:02This is crazy!
39:03Did you see this coming?
39:04No!
39:05No!
39:06No!
39:07The reasons why I chose you, first of all, your display was massive.
39:26You actually designed and built everything!
39:30Amazing!
39:31I love the colors that you displayed.
39:34It 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.
39:45Thank you so very much.
39:47He has worked so hard over the last couple of years.
39:50It definitely teaches you a thing or two about work ethic.
39:53And I'm just so proud of him.
39:55He's done everything for us our entire lives.
39:57And it's nice to get to see him, have this for him, you know?
40:02My job as a dad is to teach them to work hard and just dream big.
40:07You fail every time you don't try.
40:09And, you know, to have them here, to have all this, we're blessed.
40:14I know without a shadow of the doubt that your stepdad, George, is so proud of you.
40:21Oh!
40:23I do have one thing that I actually haven't given you yet.
40:31So if you'll wait right here, I'll be right back.
40:34It's happening.
40:35It's happening.
40:36It's happening.
40:37Are you ready?
40:38I don't know if, I don't think you can ever be ready for this.
40:41No.
40:42Oh, my gosh.
40:43I do feel like this warrants a strut.
40:45It's like a trophy strut.
40:46Yes!
40:47You know?
40:48A strut here.
40:49And...
40:50Voila!
40:51Yes!
40:52Ha ha!
40:53Of course you know it would not be a light fight trophy if it did not do...
40:57Oh!
40:58Thanks!
40:59There we go!
41:00Oh, my gosh!
41:01We win!
41:02Congratulations!
41:03Thank you so much!
41:04It looks beautiful!
41:05Yay!
41:06I feel like my feet can't touch the ground right now.
41:09I feel like I'm flying.
41:10Woo!
41:11This is just...
41:13Crazy.
41:14It's insane.
41:15Crazy.
41:16So many people say go big or go home.
41:19We say go big at home.
41:21And look what it won us.
41:22Woo!
41:23Woo!
41:24Where should we put this trophy?
41:26Tanya, I think we got the perfect place for it.
41:28Yeah?
41:29Yeah.
41:30I'll follow you.
41:31I think I'm thinking what you're thinking.
41:34Only one place for this.
41:36Right there.
41:37All right!
41:38Woo!
41:39Woo!
41:40George is keeping a good eye on it!
41:43Yes.
41:44Woo!
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